What is the easiest and best tasting comfort food recipe you have ever cooked?

I am looking for some heart warming dinner recipes for winter and I am just beginning to cook any suggestions?What is the easiest and best tasting comfort food recipe you have ever cooked?
My children say it is my Potato Soup that I make for them when they don't feel well...and they are all grown and still want Momma to make it for them...








Now if you are talking seasonal 'comfort' food then here are some suggestions:


Stews


Chowders


Chili


Red beans and Rice


Pot Roast with roasted potatoes and carrots


Chicken and dumplings


Chicken and dressingWhat is the easiest and best tasting comfort food recipe you have ever cooked?
One of my winter standards is bacon-roasted squash - it's sweet and fatty and absolutely delicious. You can check out the recipe here: http://www.debonairmag.com/recipe_-_baco鈥?/a>





All you need is a butternut squash and some bacon - you just cut the squash in two, lay the bacon on and roast it in a 400 degree oven until it's tender. Sometimes it's a good idea to smear the bacon fat on any exposed pieces of the squash so it doesn't dry out - but the fat should just melt into the squash and make it taste smokey and richer than ever!





You can slice it up and use it in a green salad with some toasted walnuts or pecans, or what I usually do with the leftovers is throw it all into a pot with some vegetable stock and puree it into soup. Then, I crumble the cooked bacon in and crack lots of fresh pepper on top.





So easy to do, super cheap, and simple to adapt into lots of different recipes - this one is a winner for sure.
Swiss steak w/mashed potatoes %26amp; gravy is great for winter and easy. Just look up the recipe on the internet.
Macaroni and cheese with baked sweet potato. Altho I made swiss steak last week as well. Hadn't made it in ages and boy was it good.
-break up a half pound of thin spaghetti,


-toast it until almost brown in a large skillet with a tablespoon of oil


-add a handful of chopped onion and a little garlic


-add one 14 oz can of diced tomatoes and one 14 oz can of chicken broth


-cover and simmer on low until pasta is cooked


-stir in a couple of tablespoons of cream cheese


-enjoy what we call ';comfort pasta';
Chicken and Dumplings. This is the BEST recipe I've ever eaten!





1 whole boneless chicken


2 quarts water


3 tablespoons chicken bouillon, soup base (or six boullion cubes)


1/8 teaspoon pepper


3 cups self-rising flour





*Usea large pot with a heavy lid.


Place chicken, water, boullion, and pepper together in pot.


Cook, covered for 1 hour.


(After cooking, I let contents remain in covered pot for about an hour to cool).


As soon as chicken is done cooking, remove 1 cup of cooking liquid from pan and allow to cool so that it is about room temp.


In a bowl mix self-rising flour and the 1 cup cooled broth.


You may need to add a little more flour if mixture is too stickey.


On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness (I divide dough into 1/3's to roll out, it's easier to do smaller amount) Cut rolled dough into 1 inch strips, then cut strips into 3 inch pieces.


Remove chicken from pot.


Heat broth in pot to a boil.


Drop dumplings into boiling broth! Lower heat so they are just simmering. Cook for 20 minutes and DO NOT open lid to peak!!!


While dumplings are cooking, debone chicken into bite size pieces.


After dumplings have cooked for 20 minutes, add chicken back to pot. Simmer for 5-10 minutes


and serve.
strawberry crumble
Soup to start with, I love tomato and basil, simple but warming and tasty.


Shephards pie too. Absolutely number one comfort food.





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I love chicken pot pie!!! It is so easy to make!! You get a


can of cream of chix


can of cream of potato


can of chix (or you can cook up some chicken and chop into chunks)


can of veg all


pie crust





I get the pillsbury one with the two rolled crusts. Mix the soup mix, chix, veg all, and a 1/4 cup of milk into a bowl...add pepper, salt and seasoning salt. Use a pie pan and put the first shell in bottom, add the mix of the soup, veggies and then put on top crust. Poke a couple of holes in it. Cook on 425 for 30 minutes! So freakin good! I love makin on sundays when all my family is at home. I serve with salad.
chicken and dumplings .
I love albondiga or meatball soup


1 pound of groud beef or ground turkey


1 cup of rice


3 sliced carrots


3 sliced celery


4 cubed potatoes


cilantro





Bring pot of water to a boil with cilantro in it and season with salt and garlic salt and onion powder





In a bowl mix ground beef, rice, and salt


Roll mix into meatballs and place into boiling water


Boil atleast 45min then add vegetables and boil another 15 minutes then just allow soup to simmer serve and enjoy!





I hope you try this it really is easy I don't do much measuring just tasting!
Zuppa Tuscana Soup


Black Bean Soup (just like Panera Bread's!)


Chicken and Noodles


Spaghetti Pie


Homemade Mac N' Cheese





I'm a big soup and pasta person as you can probably tell=]





But if you want meat, just look up recipes for chicken, beef, fish, etc. you can find some good ones.





Best website EVER:





www.recipezaar.com
Fried Cheerios





2 Tbsp butter melted in a skillet


2 Cups Cheerios sauted in butter


Salt to taste





The oats in the Cheerios helps to negate the bad fats in the butter!
As far as comfort food it's Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup with rice added. As for simple, try Hamburger Helper. You can't go wrong with Hamburger Helper just follow the directions and it's a piece of cake.
pork roast and mashed potatoes with a gravy made from the pan drippings.
Beef stew, Pot roast, Red Beans with a good Beef sausage. To help you along until you feel comfortable, use the Season and cooking bags. Also get a crock pot.