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Comfort Food Recipes

What's your favorite comfort food?

My favorite comfort food recipes include noodles, tacos, braised dishes with beef or chicken, beans, stews, carb heavy dishes, and simple classics from childhood.

These comfort food recipes feel heavier and grounded when you need a little extra love, stability, and comfort in life.

My current favorite comfort food dishes include:

  • Red Lentils and Rice
  • Spanish Chicken and Rice ( aka Turmeric Arroz con Pollo)
  • Simple and Easy Tomato Bisque
  • Easy Beef and Bean Chili
Top view of a smashed (flattened) potato with sour cream and chives. On a white plate with black rim.

Easy Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Spinach Gratin with a Crunchy breaded topping in a copper baking pan on a wood floor.

Creamed Spinach Gratin

Creamy Orange / Yellow Squash soup in a white bowl. White napkin, spoon and black pepper shaker on the side. Top view.

Simple and Easy Butternut Squash Soup

Whole Roasted Turkey Breast in Gravy On White Platter

Bone In Roasted Turkey Breast

Close up of elbow Macaroni & Yellow Cheddar Cheese Pie topped with golden buttery breadcrumbs.

Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Pie

Chunky sliced Mushroom Gravy Recipe in White Bowl with a spoon sticking out.

Shiitake Mushroom Gravy

Close up of white bowl with blue rim mounded with a heap of mashed sweet potatoes garnished with chives.

Creamy Ricer Mashed Potatoes

Yellow Golden Beets roasted and sliced and tossed with red onions and a dressing. On a wood plate with a wood spoon.

Roasted Golden Yellow Beets & White Wine Dressing

Chicken breast with Mozzerella broiled on over a bed of spaghetti with marinara. 2 white plates. Basil Garnish.

Stuffed Chicken Breast Cacciatore

A Cast Iron Skillet over a gas oven cooking with chunked beef and carrots in a brown dark red wine gravy.

Classic Cast Iron Beef Bourguignon

Top down view of a white plate with chicken over egg noodles and peas. Forks and parmesan cheese on side.

Herb Chicken Thighs and Egg Noodles

Side View of 13 bean soup in a red tomato sauce on a white wood table. side view. white bowl. Thyme sprigs in the back ground

Simple Vegetarian 13 Bean Soup

Roasted brown, peeled and halved Yukon Gold Potatoes on a round white platter. Top view.

Oven Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes

Two Bowls of Oat Groats with Strawberries & Blueberries & Pistachios in Bowls. Top view.

Oat Groats Recipe with Fruit and Nuts

Close up of Deviled Eggs Topped with Chow Chow (Pickled Tomatoes) on a white plate

Deviled Eggs with Pickled Chow Chow

Side View wood bowl of white cauliflower soup with 5 croutons and a chopped parsley garnish

Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Bisque

Mushroom Gravy Beef Pot Roast Whole On Wood Serving Platter with Thyme sprig garnish

Tender Pot Roast With Mushroom Gravy

6 crispy roasted chicken thigh and leg skins on a small rectangle wood cutting board with an orange square small serving dish of hot sauce.

Crispy Oven Roasted Chicken Skins (Cracklings)

Top view. White bowl with spoon of white rice covered in yellow brown creamy lentil puree. White bowl of rice on side.

Simple Coconut Red Lentils And Rice

Wood bowl of brown dip garnished with chopped parsley and lemon zest. Purplee and white napkin in background. Top view. Close up.

Roasted Eggplant Dip (No Tahini)

Close up. Meatloaf on a brown rectangle platter with a couple sliced pieces in front. Baby Baked Potatoes and cooked Green beans in background.

Simple and Easy Traditional Meatloaf

White bowl of orange soup with green garnish with blue napkin and silverware on the side. Top View

Carrot Soup with Coconut Milk

Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes With Rosemary in Shallow White Serving Bowl

Easy Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes

Braised Chicken & Mushrooms on a white plate, with brown gravy over rice with a thyme sprig on top.

Chicken Thighs with Mushroom Gravy

Burrito on a plate cut open to expose black beans, eggs, and cheese. Side of tomato salsa and arugula. Fork and knife on plate.

Freezable Egg and Black Bean Breakfast Burritos

White shallow bowl of chunks of cooked pork shoulder and Italian Sausage in a red marinara sauce over grits. Garnished with Parmesan cheese and crispy chopped bacon.

Pork Shoulder & Italian Sausage Ragout (Ragu)

Top view of rich red / orange soup with chunks of chicken and goat cheese garnish.

Sopa Azteca - Mexican Chicken Soup with Tortillas

Top down view of two plates of ragout: cooked sausage, sliced seared zucchini, chopped kale, white beans, and tomato. Side of hot chili flakes on the side.

Sausage And White Bean Ragout with Kale (AKA Ragu)

Top down view of white soup bowl filled with broth, kale, beans, and sliced sausage. Spoon sticking out. Grated Parmesan cheese on the side in a wood bowl. Chopped parsley in a small bowl on the side.

Turkey Kielbasa, White Bean, and Kale Soup

White bowl of ½ blended and ½ chunky cucumber and tomato gazpacho soup with basil leaf garnish

Fresh Cold Gazpacho Soup Recipe

Chicken thighs cooked in a red cast iron pot with a marinara sauce and basil leaf garnish. Serving spoon inside the pot. Top view.

Rustic Chicken Leg Cacciatore (Thighs / Drumsticks)

Brown Fried rice with scrambled eggs, toasted almonds, soy sauce, and fresh microgreen salad on top. White plate.

Leftover Fried Rice with Eggs and Microgreens

Egg Salad mixed with mayonnaise and topped with chopped parsley in a white bowl with a wood spoon with a white napkin underneath the bowl. Very Close up.

Simple Chunky Egg Salad with Mayonnaise

White bowl of shrimp in red tomato sauce over white rice and garnished with peppers and chopped celery leaves.

Easy Shrimp Creole with Rice

Turkey Meatloaf on a wood cutting board with 3 pieces sliced. Mashed Sweet potatoes in background and small plant in blue bowl.

Easy Parmesan Turkey Meatloaf

Top view of crispy browned bone in, skin on chicken thighs on a white plate on a white table.

Crispy Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs (Bone In)

2 bowls of orzo pasta in a green herb sauce with diced cucumbers, red onions, and green onions. One bowl has shredded parmesan and a spoon. Side view.

Lemon Dill Orzo Salad with Feta

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish. Close up.

Sweet Potato Corn Chowder

Brown Roasted Crispy bacon on an elevated wire rack over an aluminum lined sheet pan.

Easy Mess Free Oven Bacon

Top view of white oval bowl of black beans with a cilantro leaf garnish.

Easy Spiced Up Black Beans

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