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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
White shallow bowl filled with cooked browned beef, chunks of carrots and potatoes in a beef broth with thyme sprigs on top. Spoon and glass of white wine on side.

Easy Crockpot Beef and Vegetable Stew

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

Shiitake Mushroom Gravy

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

Sopa Azteca - Mexican Chicken Soup with Tortillas

Creamy Orange sweet potato soup in a wood bowl with a spoon on the side and an orange napkin.

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup

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)

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

Chicken Thighs with Mushroom Gravy

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

Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Bisque

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

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

Oven Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes

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 plate of meatballs with red sauce and spaghetti with grated parmesan cheese and a fork.

Bison Meatball Spaghetti

Spaghetti in a white bowl with a cracked sunny side up egg and basil leaves.

Spaghetti, Fried Egg, Basil, Cheese....

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

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)

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

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

Oat Groats with Fruit and Nuts

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

Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms, Peas, & Egg Noodles

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)

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

Deviled Eggs with Pickled Chow Chow

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

A piece of toast on a wood cutting board topped with pimento cheese, arugula, and sliced small tomatoes. 3 tomatoes in backdrop.

Pimento Cheese & Arugula Tartine

Top down view of open clams and sausage in sauce in a green bowl with a baguette on the side.

Clams and Chorizo in White Wine Sauce

White plate with spaghetti topped with chili and grated cheddar cheese with a parsley garnish

Easy Cincinnati Chili with Spaghetti

Baked Meatballs elevated on a wire rack above an aluminum lined baking sheet.

Buffalo Meatballs with Dill Sauce

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

Easy Shrimp Creole with Rice

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

Carrot Soup with Coconut Milk

Side view of white bowl of orange yellow butternut squash soup with a spoon on the side and toasted coconut flakes and mint on the side. Stainless steel pot of soup in background with a ladle.

Coconut Curry Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes With Rosemary in Shallow White Serving Bowl

Easy Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes with Rosemary

Small glass Of fresh jamu juice in front of a blender with a lime on the side

Indonesian Jamu "Juice" Drink

Close up of fresh diced tomatoes, jalapenos, red onions, cilantro in a bowl.

Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

Bacon Arugula Tomato Stacked Sandwich on white plate. side view.

Bacon Arugula Tomato Sandwich

sdie View of a Pork Chop on a White plate smothered with chunky mushroom gravy. Fork and knife on the side of plate.

Smothered Pork Chops and Mushroom Gravy

Top view. Stainless steel pan filled with thin noodles in a light soy sauce with garlic, chopped peanuts, and sliced green onions.

Soy Sauce Peanut Noodles

3 shelfs of colorful grains in quart size mason jars on stacked wood shelves

20 Easy To Make Pantry Recipes

Top View Of Toast with Mashed Avocado, Scrambled Egg, and Hot Sauce On a Cutting Board with tomato Slices

Scrambled Egg and Avocado Tartine (Toast)

Sliced Salami, Brie Cheese, Baguette Loaf and bowl of olives,

Salami, Bread, Cheese - Dinner is Done!

Close Up of Beef Short Ribs in a brown sauce with diced carrots, bones sticking out. side view.

Braised Red Wine Short Ribs

White shallow bowl filled with white rice and topped with potato, eggplant, green bean tan curry with a sliced green onion garnish.

Mixed Vegetable Curry and Rice

Sliced Pepperoncini, caper, mozzarella cheese, browned pizza topped with fresh sliced basil.

Homemade Pepperoncini & Caper Pizza

¾ of a plate filled with browned gnocchi, sautéed kale, and ground sausage. On a white plate with a white napkin with small colorful flowers. Top view.

Pan Fried Gnocchi with Sausage and Kale

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