Jan 18 2009

What are some good "comfort food" recipes?

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9 Responses to “What are some good "comfort food" recipes?”

1. # Joanne A. Won 18 Jan 2009 at 7:41 pm

   Take a look at these recipes:
   http://www.campbellsoup.com/Supper_Bakes.asp

   And these categories on the left and on the right hand sides:
   http://www.campbellkitchen.com/recipedetail.aspx?recipeId=25093
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   Best of all, Hormel, Armour, Tyson and other brands have packages of PRE-COOKED beef tips, roast, pot roast, pork roast, chicken, ham, meatload. Most all come with gravy. They are very good and I serve them often. Use this for your meat dish and add vegetables, rice, or potatoes and gravy. You will find these packages near the meat section, they are not frozen. If you are only cooking for yourself, you can make two or more meals out of one package and freeze them for future dinners or lunches.

   Tyson's fully cooked whole chickens are delicious. I serve them often with S&W canned sweet potatoes, Stove-Top dressing, microwave chicken/turkey gravy, a vegetable, cranberry sauce, and Pillsbury Microwave Biscuits which are better than I can make. A frozen pie defrosted and fully cooked. Perfect for one or two people at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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   Crockpot websites to check out:
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   Beef Recipes in Crock Pot (see other types of meats at the very bottom of this link):
   http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/beef-crock-pot-recipes/index.htm
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   Chicken Recipes in Crock Pot:
   http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/chicken-crock-pot-recipes/index.htm
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   Scroll way down this link for more chicken recipes:
   http://www.worldfamousrecipes.com/crock-pot-recipes.html
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   http://southernfood.about.com/library/crock/blcpidx.htm
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   http://www.anniesrecipes.com/Kitchen/crockpot.htm
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2. # Jason Bon 18 Jan 2009 at 7:52 pm

   Simple but good recipes.

   Chicken noodle soup, Tomato soup.

   Spaghetti, Linguini with alfredo sauce.

   Bread and olive oil.

   Stir fry.

   Salad with wild greens and roasted pairs and a homemade oil-balsamic vinegar vinagrette.
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3. # Sal SRon 18 Jan 2009 at 8:08 pm

   Beef stew or chicken stew taste good. Eat with bread or pasta. When my husband is not feeling well, either i prepare soup or fish and vegetables.
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4. # skababyyon 18 Jan 2009 at 8:35 pm

   These sites have lots of fast, tasty, and easy to make recipes
   http://www.recipetrove.com/
   http://allrecipes.com/
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5. # Stephanie Won 18 Jan 2009 at 8:53 pm

   To me the ultimate comfort food is chicken pot pie. I make it using store pot deep dish pie crusts, chicken, cream of chicken and whatever veggies you want. Yummmm!
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6. # fishineasyon 18 Jan 2009 at 9:22 pm

   Mac and Cheese Casserole
   2 cups penne pasta
   10 oz. container refrigerated Alfredo sauce
   2 cups shredded American cheese
   1 cup frozen baby peas
   1 cup soft whole wheat bread crumbs
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 1-1/2 quart glass casserole with cooking spray and set aside. In large pot, cook pasta according to package directions until al dente, drain and return to pot. Add alfredo sauce, cheese and peas to drained pasta and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until mixture is combined, about 3-5 minutes. Place in prepared dish and top with soft bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until casserole is bubbling and bread crumbs are browned. Serves 4-6

   Skillet Spaghetti
   28-oz. jar pasta sauce
   1-1/2 cups water
   1 lb. frozen fully cooked meatballs
   8-9 oz. spaghetti pasta, broken in half
   1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
   In 12" skillet, combine spaghetti sauce and water and stir to combine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add meatballs and spaghetti. Stir well, making sure spaghetti is under the sauce, completely covered in it. If necessary, you can add another 1/4 cup of water. Bring to a boil again, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 20-25 minutes, stirring frequently. You may add more water or tomato sauce if the mixture appears to be too dry. Cook until spaghetti is al dente. Serve with cheese. Serves 4 to 6

   Crock Pot Chili
   1 lb. ground beef
   2 onions, chopped
   3 cloves garlic, chopped
   2 (14 oz.) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
   15 oz. can tomato sauce
   1 Tbsp. chili powder
   1 tsp. gorund cumin
   1/2 tsp. dried oregano
   2 (15 oz.) cans red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
   2 Tbsp. cornstarch
   1/4 cup water
   Cook ground beef in heavy skillet until brown and drain. Mix all ingredients except cornstarch and water in 3-4 quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on low heat for 6-7 hours until vegetables are tender. Turn heat to high. Mix cornstarch and water until smooth and add to chili, stirring well. Uncover and cook for about 15 minutes, until slightly thickened. 8 servings.

   Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
   1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1" pieces
   3 (14 oz.) cans ready to serve chicken broth
   1 (14 oz. ) can ready to serve vegetable broth
   1 onion, chopped
   3 cloves garlic, minced
   3 carrots, sliced
   2 stalks celery, chopped
   8 oz. pkg. sliced fresh mushrooms
   1/2 cup long grain rice
   1/2 tsp. dried basil leaves
   1/4 tsp. dried thyme leaves
   1/2 tsp. salt
   1/8 tsp. white pepper
   Combine all ingredients in 4-5 quart crockpot. Cover and cook on low heat for 6-8 hours until chicken is thoroughly cooked and vegetables and rice are tender. Serves 8.

   Bean and Bacon Soup
   2-1/2 cups dried navy beans
   3 quarts water
   8 slices bacon
   3 onions, chopped
   2 cups diced, peeled potatoes
   1 cup sliced carrots
   28 oz. can tomato juice
   2 tsp. salt
   1/2 tsp. pepper
   1 bay leaf
   Combine beans and 3 quarts water in large pot. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Cover and let stand for 1 hour. Meanwhile, cook bacon until crisp in large stock pot. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain and crumble.
   Add chopped onions to bacon drippings. Cook and stir until onions are tender. Add partially cooked beans and cooking liquid. Cover and cook over low heat for 1 hour.
   Add remaining ingredients including reserved bacon pieces. Cover and simmer for 50-55 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender and soup is slightly thickened. Remove bay leaf before serving.

   Crockpot Directions:
   Precook beans, bacon, and onion as directed above (this step is necessary because otherwise the beans would never get tender because of the acid in the tomatoes). Combine all ingredients in 4 quart crockpot. Cover and cook 10-12 hours on low. Remove bay leaf before serving. 12 servings.

   MY FAMILY LOVES ALL OF THESE RECIPES. I COOK THEM OFTEN!!

   nfd?
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7. # Lauren Emon 18 Jan 2009 at 9:58 pm

   Here are a few of comfort food recipes that I make when I'm strapped for time. I usually get about 4 servings out of these, but they're easily adjusted for more/less.

   ***Simple Sausage & Peppers
   Cover 1 lb of your favorite sausage with water and bring to a boil. Drain sausage and cut into 1-inch slices. Pan fry the sausage for 5 min. You can drain out any fat at this point. Return to pan and throw in some frozen bagged peppers and onions. Cook till they're done, then add marinara sauce to simmer till heated through. I like to add sliced black olives at this point. Serve on sandwiches or over pasta.

   ***Italian Sloppy Joes
   (I love to eat these with macaroni & cheese)
   Brown 1 lb lean ground beef. Meanwhile, chop 2 green bell peppers and put them in a saucepan with a very small amount of water (about 1/8 cup). Steam them over low heat until they change into a more olive green color. Combine the beef and peppers with 1 cup marinara sauce; toss in some oregano and Italian seasoning to taste. Put the mixture in an 8×8" baking dish. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top, cover with foil, and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Serve over split hamburger buns and eat with a fork.

   ***Easy Shrimp Scampi
   Boil some angel hair or linguine. Meanwhile, melt 3 T. butter in a saucepan; add 1-2 cloves garlic. Add 1 lb raw shrimp and cook till the shrimp turn pink. Reduce heat to low. Pour in 1/2 cup white cooking wine. Add seasoned breadcrumbs, about 1/4 cup at a time, stirring, until the breadcrumbs soak up the butter and wine and you get a nice texture. Sprinkle with parsley flakes and serve over pasta.
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8. # tllew1on 18 Jan 2009 at 10:06 pm

   This good, quick, easy and comforting:
   Mother's Goulash
   1 lb. bacon
   1 lg. onion, diced
   1 lb elbow macaroni, cooked
   1 can tomatoes
   1 can rotel tomatoes

   Brown bacon until crisp and crumble. Add onion and sautee until transparent. Drain bacon grease from pan, return bacon, add macaroni, both cans of tomatoes, sprinkle in some salt and pepper to taste, and cook slowly until thickened.

   Really good with crusty bread and a salad with everything but the kitchen sink.

   Meatloaf
   2 lbs. lean ground beef
   3 T. chopped onion
   1 c. evaporated milk
   1 c. oats
   1/2 t. salt
   1/4 t. pepper

   Mix together, place in loaf pan, or shape into a loaf and place in large casserole.

   2 T. Worcestershire sauce
   3 T. vinegar
   1/4 c. water
   1 c. ketchup
   2 T. sugar

   Mix together, pour ontop of meatloaf. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Good served with mashed potatoes, green beans, or petite sweet peas.
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9. # pj_galon 18 Jan 2009 at 10:26 pm

   The food suggestions are somewhat based on my tastes. I have a couple of suggestions.

   Now I do need to admit I have a upright freezer to store extra frozen food. Also if you do choose to freeze food mark the date made and type of food on the bag. Some of my suggestions take a little preplanning like cooking on your days off so when you get home from a stressful day, then you have comfort foods to eat with out the extra stress of needing to cook.

   You make a meatloaf. Once it is cooked and cooled, cut it into slices. Put as many slices as you and your husband would eat for one meal in freezer bags. Then put in freezer.

   Also either keep instant mashed potatoes on hand or if like me you make mashed potatoes from scratch, then freeze the amount you two would eat in freezer container. (If you make mashed potatoes from scratch then you can get some of the stress out by mashing them up) Mashed potatoes are great because you can put all kinds of different things in them to change the taste. Like bacon bits, chives, cheese, sour cream, or just butter.

   Roast or boil a whole chicken. Spice to taste. After chicken has cooled, then take chicken off the bone. May be cut some nice slices off the breast to keep as slices. Plus taking chicken off the bone can help you work some of you stress out. Put amount of chicken the two of you would eat in ziplock bags and put in the freezer. When you get home, you can then take out frozen cooked chicken and make chicken salad, chicken noodle soup, put chicken in a salad, or make chicken and dumplings. If you boil the chicken, save and freeze the chicken broth so you can use it to make chicken noodle soup or chicken and dumplings. Or you can make a chicken pot pie. Take some of the cooked frozen chicken, canned mixed vegs, and cut up some potatoes. Put the mixture in a pie pan. Take a store bought rolled pie dough. Let it sit out while making the chicken mixture. Put pie dough on top of chicken mixture in pie pan. Put a couple of cut in top of pie dough. Put pie pan on cookie sheet and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until done.

   Get a small pork roast with pop up timer. Spice to taste. Bake in oven per instructions on package. You can put carrots, pearl onions, and potatoes in roaster with pork roast. Usually it takes about an hour and can be either be precooked or you can fix it once you get home. You can slice pork roast down or you could shred it and put bbq sauce on it and eat on buns.

   Cook and crumble hamburger or as we do ground turkey. Spice to taste. Cool. Put amount in freezer you would eat or if you only cook one pound of it then put the pound in the freezer. Then you get home you can make your choice of hamburger helper either from scratch or from box. You can make tacos or nachos from the cooked hamburger.

   Keep canned tuna on hand. Make a tuna noddle cassorale or tuna salad.

   Keep mac and cheese on hand. It is quick and easy. You could add bacon bits to it. Or you could put smoked sausage or hot dogs in it once cooked. You could also put some of the cooked hamburger in it.

   Keep rice on hand. Cook some rice. Take some of the frozen chicken and frozen broccolli. Put it in a baking dish with cooked rice and cheese. Put in 350 degree oven for 30 to 45 minutes for quick easy broccolli and chicken cheesy rice. Velvetta cheese works great with this. Take cooked rice and some of the frozen sliced chicken or pork. Defrost chicken or pork to go with rice. If you like shrimp, keep precooked frozen shrimp in freezer. Take as many frozen shrimp out of package as you will eat. Put about a tablespoon of LaChoy's Sesame Garlic sauce in non stick sauce pan along with frozen shrimp over a med to low heat. The shrimp will thaw in pan. Stir often. Serve over cooked rice.

   Get a crock pot. Put a chicken, pork roast, or beef roast a long with veggies of your choice in the morning before going to work. Spice to taste. When you get home in the evening, you will have a home cooked meal that will taste great. Plus leftovers for lunch the next day.

   I am not slamming anyone else's suggestions. I do have a comment about using store bought precooked foods. While they are good and quick, the thing to keep in mind is how high some of these items are in sodium and or fat. In time they could have a negitive impact on a person's health or waist line.

   Good luck. Hopefully someone's suggestions here has the solution that will work for you. Peace
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