Comfort Food
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i bought healthy food for dinner, but now I want Nick's on the bay.
wish I was sitting in Red Bar right this minute.
Just finished one of my favorite, indulgent foods...cheeseburger with onion rings.
For comfort,my family loves meatloaf, mac and cheese, white beans, and some type of chocolate dessert. I enjoy polish sausage, black beans and cooked cabbage. Of course ANY kind of pasta is delish!
Plan on making Mexican lasagna for dinner tonight.
For comfort,my family loves meatloaf, mac and cheese, white beans, and some type of chocolate dessert. I enjoy polish sausage, black beans and cooked cabbage. Of course ANY kind of pasta is delish!
Plan on making Mexican lasagna for dinner tonight.
Just finished one of my favorite, indulgent foods...cheeseburger with onion rings.
For comfort,my family loves meatloaf, mac and cheese, white beans, and some type of chocolate dessert. I enjoy polish sausage, black beans and cooked cabbage. Of course ANY kind of pasta is delish!
cheeseburger..... yes, the ultimate comfort.. with fries of course. and a coke.
Here's one of my favorite comfort foods, which I think of as Italian grits. It is easy to make, a good "make ahead" dish, and pairs up well with all kinds of things like wild mushroom fricasee, marinara sauce, or just topped with steamed veggies. Every cook that you have as a dinner guest will ask for this recipe. Enjoy.
Polenta Cake
1/2 cup polenta
2 cups milk (or half-and-half, if you're a healthy youngster)
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cup cheese of choice (I like fontina or gorgonzola.)
Shaved or grated Regiano Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9-in. tart or pie pan and sprinkle the bottom with a little of the uncooked polenta. In a saucepan over medium-high, heat the milk, salt, and butter to the boiling point. Pour in the entire 1/2 cup polenta and turn the heat down to medium, stirring constantly until the polenta thickens. (This will take less than five minutes.) Once thickened, turn the heat off and add the softer cheese and the nutmet. Stir well. Turn the mixture into the buttered pan, smooth the top with a spatula, then top with the Parmesan just before baking. Bake in the 400-degree oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese melts. Cut into wedges and serve with your meal.
This dish can be made a day ahead of time and then popped into the oven before your meal. It can also be carved into wedges which go onto your BBQ grill and is great as a side dish with roasted meats, chicken or fish. Serves 8.
Polenta Cake
1/2 cup polenta
2 cups milk (or half-and-half, if you're a healthy youngster)
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cup cheese of choice (I like fontina or gorgonzola.)
Shaved or grated Regiano Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9-in. tart or pie pan and sprinkle the bottom with a little of the uncooked polenta. In a saucepan over medium-high, heat the milk, salt, and butter to the boiling point. Pour in the entire 1/2 cup polenta and turn the heat down to medium, stirring constantly until the polenta thickens. (This will take less than five minutes.) Once thickened, turn the heat off and add the softer cheese and the nutmet. Stir well. Turn the mixture into the buttered pan, smooth the top with a spatula, then top with the Parmesan just before baking. Bake in the 400-degree oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese melts. Cut into wedges and serve with your meal.
This dish can be made a day ahead of time and then popped into the oven before your meal. It can also be carved into wedges which go onto your BBQ grill and is great as a side dish with roasted meats, chicken or fish. Serves 8.
donna - love this!! polenta is a wonderful comfort food. I like the pie recipe! I usually make polenta ahead of time, with butter and cheeses, let it sit in a casserole dish in the fridge overnight. then cut it into squares, add parm cheese to top, and bake, using this as a side or to top with something yummy. or even as an appetizer, cut into smaller pieces.
I'll try the pie!
I'll try the pie!
I'm just tired of dining out (no veggies other than salads), and the weather has been so cool and rainy that we've just wanted to stay home. So I've been on a COMFORT FOOD COOKING EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!! I've cooked more meals in the past few days than I've cooked in the past month. I've made vegetable soup, baked chicken with steamed broccoli, filet mignon with baked taters, lean ground beef burgers with light wheat buns and a salad, Italian sausage and green peppers with pasta, and this morning cheese omelettes. YUM!
As an aside, I'm going to take a break this afternoon. Yesterday was the first time Mom has been lucid enough to carry on a conversation since February. She said she missed us. I said, "Mom, I just drove up and took you to the doctor on Tuesday." She said, "Even if I saw you every day, it wouldn't be enough. I love you."
So, back on thread (I HIJACKED MY OWN THREAD! YESSSSS!) what are *your* favorite comfort foods, SoWallers?
BR, these are the moments (memories) that will help you get thru the hard times.
This morning I had a big bowl of grits all to my self, of course.
What I REALLY want is a recipe for vodka pasta sauce. Anyone??
Thanks BR, for starting this thread. :clap_1:
kathydwells
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
My idea of good comfort food, in no particular order. ;-) Big pot of pinto beans, served with buttermilk cornbread, fried taters with onions, fried okra, homemade fried corn, fried green tomatoes, my grandmas fried chicken, chicken fried steak and gravy, all the above served with fresh sliced home grown tomatoes, and a big hunk of vidallia onion. Mmm Mmm Good!!!!!!!! Gosh, I'm hungry now!!!!! At least I do have a roast in the oven and baby lima beans to look forward to in a little while.