Comfort Food Recipes

This is NOT low in fat, but on those days you have some extra calories to play with, this is your dish if you're a mushroom lover!!!!!!!! It would be a great vegetarian option for a Christmas dinner, too!

I was cooking quinoa because I needed some for a muffin recipe. I decided to cook some red lentils as well, and when I was done I mixed it together and found it is wonderfully filling and tasty.

Recipe for two. If you double, just use the one can of soup. Add water if needed.
Quick and easy with convenience foods.
I try to have more veggies than meat. Limit the quantity of potatoes.

Comfort food dish that always comes out moist and delicious, and in generous portions.

Make a pack of KD as per packaging.
Throw in a Can of Baked Beans and enjoy the comfort on a cold night.

not the healthiest (although a healthIER version than I grew up with)

A great low-fat (about 10 grams), low-carb (about 25 carbs) casserole that will remind you of Mom's comforting chicken noodle casserole.

This recipe is a good one to expirement with. You may want to add corn, sun dried tomatoes or other veggies. Red wine vinegar might add a little zing. I look forward to seeing your suggestions. This recipe makes a lot, sot it good for a potluck, sharing with a shut-in or freezing.

Easy crock pot recipe

A childhood favorite when served over toast

Easy, Delicous, Healthy and Oh did I mention easy! The Kirkland canned meat makes this really easy and yummy - great for leftovers

lowfat salad

Almost like mother used to make

Almost like mom used to make

a very yummy sunday-night hot meal of rice and lentils. served with yogurt and lemon pickle or spiced buttermilk

(the nutritional info shows info for 3 cups COOKED rice and 2 cups COOKED moong dal - which is the amount you get when you start with 1 cup basmati rice and 1/2 cup dal but cook it with a lot of water to get a thick porridge like consistency)

This was my Mothers go to recipe when I was growing up. Now it is my favorite comfort food.

When you have one of those days and just need something that makes you feel good, this one does the trick. A bit higher in calories than my usual dinner but sometimes you just need a little comfort!

Great breakfast casserole for less than 400 Calories per serving.

A simple, tasty, easy-to-make potluck dish.

This recipe can be halved, for 5 servings. As listed is 10 servings, of modest size. I would not consider this "diet" food, but good comfort food.

Also note, this is best when you have leftover chicken, or it's just too much prep for one evening (in my opinion). I typically cook both the chicken and egg noodles the day before.

A friend recommended that I try this spicy Chinese tofu dish to get me started eating tofu, and it successfully hooked me into liking tofu! Head to your local Asian grocery store to find the bean paste and peppercorns. I used my food processor to grind them.