Comfort Food
Every family has those recipes that are associated with home. Those dishes that your mom prepared that everyone loves, those are your comfort foods. Those are the recipes that are taken to potlucks, passed around and handed down to the next generation. When you smell them cooking it takes you back to Mom's Kitchen. No one can cook like Mom! Here is one of those recipes from this Mom's Kitchen.
Creamy Italian Chicken
A great chicken recipe ~ Good enough for company
Creamy Italian ChickenThere are many versions of this recipe floating around the internet. I always tweak recipes so they are more to our liking. Feel free to do the same.
3 or 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, halved or diced
1 (1 1/4 oz) envelope Good Seasons Dressing (dried)
4 oz water
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 (10 1/2 oz) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1. Place chicken in casserole dish
2. Combine Italian dressing mix and water until smooth
3. Combine cream cheese and cream of chicken soup
4. Combine the dressing mix and the cream cheese mix
5. Pour over chicken
6. Bake uncovered at 350 F for 40 minutes or until bubbly.
7. Serve over angel hair pasta
Grilled Turkey Sandwich
The best grilled sandwich ever!
I used to work next door to a restaurant that made this sandwich and I would order it for lunch. I told my husband about it and he helped me create it at home. Everyone here is happy when they see this sandwich cooking on the grill. We love it and hope you enjoy it too!GRILLED TURKEY SANDWICH
Sourdough Bread
Butter
Monterey jack cheese
Deli turkey
Tomato slices
Mild canned chilies, whole
If you are using an electric grill, set it to about 350 degrees.
Butter the bread as for a grilled cheese sandwich. Place the bread butter side down on the grill. Place the cheese on one of the bread slices.
Place 2 or 3 turkey slices and the tomato slices on the grill.
Split open a chili and place it on the grill.
When the turkey is heated put it on top of the cheese. Be careful not to dry it out.
Do the same with the tomatoes and the chili.
Put it together, slice it in two and serve.
I didn't give exact measurements because it depends so much on what you like. If you use a round loaf of sourdough the sandwiches are much bigger and you might use more ingredients. Just make them to your liking. For a family of five I buy about 2 pounds of deli turkey. This gives everyone one sandwich with enough for seconds.
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On a griddle you can cook more than one sandwich at a time.
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Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese
An easy comfort food!
One of our comfort food meals is not homemade at all. Stouffer's frozen Macaroni and Cheese with a frozen or canned green vegetable is easy and we all love it. I know that some consider macaroni and cheese to be a side dish and not a main dish but serving it this way works well for us. If there are any leftovers it is a favorite breakfast item.
Best Ever Pot Roast with Built In Leftovers
Yummy Pot Roast
It makes my family happy to smell the aroma of pot roast simmering on the stove. I searched quite a while to find a pot roast recipe that lived up to my expectations and this is it! My family thinks so too. It is easy to make a little extra and then you have beef stew for another day. Best Ever Pot Roast
3 1/2 to 4 pounds of chuck roast or cross rib roast
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 pouches Lipton onion mushroom dry soup mix
About 2 lbs. small potatoes, cut smaller if needed
1 small bag baby carrots
2 small bags small stewing onions, peeled
2 T Flour
2 T hot oil
1. Flour the roast. Sear it on all sides in the hot oil. This will seal in the juices. Place the roast into a Dutch oven.
2. Stir in the mushroom soup, onion soup mix, and 2 cups water. Cover and simmer for about two hours turning the roast and stirring the gravy occasionally. It may need more simmering time to become really tender. About 30 minutes before it is done add the potatoes and carrots. About 10 minutes later add the onions. This will make its own gravy.
When everything is fork tender remove the roast and vegetables to a serving platter.
After dinner, cut up the leftover meat into stew size chunks. If the vegetables need to be smaller cut those up too. Refrigerate everything including the gravy, or freeze it all if you aren't making stew soon.
Now, About those Leftovers...
Beef Stew from left over pot roast
Best Ever Beef StewTake out your pot roast leftovers, add a small amount of water and begin to heat it up. Just before it's hot add some frozen peas, as few or as many as you like. Serve this beef stew with French bread or nice dinner rolls.
Comfort Food Quotes
Thoughts on comfort food.
Laughter is brightest where food is best.~Irish Proverb
Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.~Norman Kolpas
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. ~Lewis Grizzard
There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie. ~Craig Claiborne
Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree. ~Astrid Alauda
Tuna Casserole
Tuna Casserole is one of our comfort foods.
TUNA CASSEROLE1 box Kraft Mac and Cheese, prepared as to package directions with 4 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup milk
1 can tuna
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1. Prepare mac and cheese according to package directions.
2. Add tuna and cream of mushroom soup and mix together.
Voila! Tuna Casserole. You can add frozen peas, sauteed onions or green peppers if you wish. You can also make this with a pound of ground beef instead of tuna. It doubles easily.
This casserole speaks of home to my children. I ate it growing up and so did they. Ease of preparation and economy are its virtues. One of my sons does not like many traditional breakfast foods but he will eat leftover tuna casserole for breakfast. Works for me!
A Smart, Retro Apron
The Beautiful Black Sweetheart Apron
The Sweetheart Apron $39.95
Product Information
The classy, sassy black Sweetheart Apron. A heart shaped bodice and heart shaped pockets give it its name.
From the Get Go Retro website:
We are proud to offer Retro Aprons designed and produced exclusively by Carolyn West of Carolyn's Aprons. Retro aprons and glove sets are fun, sexy and all about feeling glamorous; these sets enhance the merriment of playing whimsical dress-up combined with the indulgent delights of naughty pin-ups. Featured in numerous media outlets, these apron sets are also sweet treats for yourself and fun gifts for mothers, sisters, daughters, and brides.
Comfort Food Books
King Ranch Chicken Recipe
You asked for it, you got it! ~ King Ranch Chicken
King Ranch Chicken1/4 cup butter
1 med green pepper, chopped
1 med onion, chopped
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can RoTel
2 cups cubed cooked chicken
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Angel hair pasta
Cook pepper and onion in butter. Add soups, chicken and RoTel and mix. Layer soup mixture and cheese into a 13" x 9" pan. Make sure you end up with cheese on top. Bake 40 minutes at 325 degrees.
I serve this over angel hair pasta.
Notes:
You can use cheddar cheese, jack cheese, colby jack or any combination you like. You can use canned chicken.
The RoTel will add a little heat. If you don't like the spice use mild RoTel. Both are good.
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Let's Talk Comfort Food
Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
Yes, hungry again. We do the same with macaroni and cheese; often we'll add a side salad. Nicely done, Dianne & blessed.
Posted June 17, 2009
poutine wrote...
Talking about aprons, my mom who was addicted to fabric like I am used
to crat those wonderful aprons and sold them to a Craft Boutine in Quebec City.
I just made a page about my passion for fabric, still in the beginning stage.
Poutine
Posted March 06, 2009
JaguarJulie wrote...
Ah, again I love how you present those gorgeous aprons! Grandma Julia Nagy was famous for her aprons. Love pot roast -- it's getting cool enough to make some. Yumm! Great job on your lens. Nicely presented.
Posted November 09, 2008
beeobrien wrote...
Comfort food is so important in our lives. Thanks for a wonderful lens with friendly food.
Posted September 14, 2008
Jewelsofawe wrote...
Great recipes! I am lensrolling this to my food for the soul lens. 5*
Posted September 04, 2008
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
We all need comfort food now and then.
Great lens
Lizzy
Posted August 31, 2008
vbright105 wrote...
Oh! I figured out how to do the "lensroll" congratulations on being first on mine! :)
Posted July 31, 2008
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