Comfort Foods
Creamy soups, casseroles, pies, and slow-cooked dishes give this comfort-food collection its familiar character. The recipes bring together substantial textures and preparations associated with home cooking, while allowing room for newer interpretations of those flavors. Find a dish that suits the kind of comforting meal you want to put on the table.
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Hawaiian Macaroni Salad
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is a staple in a Hawaiian plate lunch. This classic side dish features elbow macaroni smothered in a mayonnaise dressing with grated carrot and onion.…

Okra and Green Tomato Fritters
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Smashed Fried Okra
What a revelation! Use a meat mallet to smash okra and create more surface area for crispy-brown goodness. Try this at home. Ingredients 1 pound fresh okra 1…

Sonic Extreme Tots
Sonic Extreme Tater Tots are a treat you are going to love preparing at home. So delicious and so easy to make, these will be a great addition…

Country Gravy
This is a beautiful example of classic, very old-school American country cooking. There are a lot of variations, and this is my favorite. This goes on fried chicken,…

Southern Instant Pot Collard Greens
Ingredients 2 teaspoonsolive oil 2 slices uncooked bacon chopped 4 ounces country ham sliced and chopped 1 small onion chopped 3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth 1/3 cup apple…

Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup
Ingredients 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 cups small-diced onion (about 1 large) 4 celery stalks, cut into medium dice 3 carrots, cut into medium dice 2…

Grits Dumplings
Once you’ve tried homemade grits dumplings, you might be wondering what the heck you’ve been doing with your life. They’re like traditional dumplings, but instead of just flour,…
Peach Salad
It’s true that jello salads seem to have fallen out of style in the last few decades, but we see no reason why we shouldn’t do our part…

Orange Dreamsicle Salad
Ingredients 1 box orange Jell-O 1 box instant vanilla pudding 1 cup boiling water 1/2 cup cold water 1 Cool Whip 8 oz. 1 can 14-ounce can mandarin…
