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I know it isn't good for me, but a nice juicy hamburger! I don't know what it is but, I can just forget about life with a good burger in my hand! (Smoked is the best)

I'll be watching this to see what others have as their comfort foods.

Hmm....my vote is the banana dessert at the moment. Nummm! 

Absolutely mashed potatoes and gravy.  That's always my first thought when I am looking for comfort in the way of food!  lol  And soup.  Soup is very comforting.

Oatmeal!  I love cinnamon & raisins in my oatmeal.  And Cream of Wheat.  When I'm sick (or I've had too much to drink the previous night), this is what I make myself.  Good for you, too!

Also, Zachary's Pizza.  For those that don't live in the Bay Area, you are missing out!  If you ever come to visit, look them up here. 

Todd - when you have got your hands wrapped around a good juicy (greasy , maybe) hamburger - you know you have got something.

We have a little place here in Brainerd called The Barn & they make the best burgers and Maid Rites (also homemade pie). 

Hey Beth - why not just dive right in?

I need to send you an update email soon. 

Chris - I love making soups so easy and I make lots and freeze the rest. Last week was chicken with  fluffy dumplings.

WE did eat a few other things during the week LOL 

Aloha Lachelle,  I though you would come up with mango sorbet or coconut milkshake.

I have not been in San Francisco for quite  a few years but I am sure someone else will now be trying  Zachary's Pizza. 

Actually, my Grandma used to make this pineapple cream cheese pie that I've made one variation of and THAT is so yummy.  And Trader Joe's carries this coconut sorbet that is TO DIE FOR!  So, I guess that satisfies the Hawaiian in me, right?  LOL

Aloha,

Lachelle

Hard to narrow down to just a couple, but right now it would be:

Warm apple pie with Vanilla Ice Cream

Cup of Tea with buttered toast

Baked Potato with butter and melted cheese (lots of it).

Last, but not least  Pizza and Bagels from NJ

Dana

Lachelle - We have 2 recipe groups on AR, if you want to share your pineapple cream cheese pie or if you can twist Trader Joe's arm for the sorbet recipe.

Dana - We used to have a little truck stop in Baxter, MN that served homemade apple pie with cinnamon ice cream and a slice of cheese on top if you wanted.

Tea and toast sounds comforting and a bit European but then that would be a scone instead of toast maybe.

I do like a toasted bagel with cream cheese. 

Thanks, Kathleen, for informing me on the recipe groups!  I found them and will be posting stuff soon.

Aloha, Lachelle

Kathleen- I have heard of a slice of cheese on apple pie. I must admit that I have never been able to bring myself to try it, maybe the time has come.  I am off to find the AR recipe groups.

Lachelle - there are so many groups on AR, some times you just need a guide to get around.

I will be waiting for your recipes to show up. 

Dana, I will be looking for some yummy recipes from your home to ours.

Kathleen - I'm a little behind in the realm of the coffee clutch, but since it is my off weeek from SIF, I thought I would stop by and catch up!  I love these 'trivial information' posts that help us get to know each other better.  Here's mine, they change with the season - weird, I know!

Winter - soup or pancakes

Spring - Cookies

Summer - Ice cream - usually something chocolate

Fall - anything with pumpkin or apples, warm of course!

And the universal chocolate!

 

Kimberly - If you are what you eat -  then, you have a seasonal personality disorder.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, chocolate - you are normal. 

i love chicken & dumplings on a cold wintery day...

'super sweet' sweet corn...i remember eating corn when i lost my front teeth...

grandma's lemon merangue pie...

 

Hello Jane -

How does one eat corn without their front teeth? 

My grandparents both had dentures (which they didn't wear) and corn time was pretty interesting to us kids!!!! 

I eat lemon pie at the Barn Restaurant & banana creme & rhubarb.......

Hi Kathleen. I know it's not good for me and my wife hates it when I ask her to make it... but potato wedges with melted mozzarella cheese and drenched in gravy would definitely classify as my comfort food.

Hi Kathleen,

Here you go talking about food again....mashed potoatoes with gravy is a good one, love pizza & chocolate. I have never heard of putting salt on watermelon...LOL! ;)

Whoa!!!! Vincent, that is a lot of comfort - never tried it (sounds good)

Suzanne I am shocked girl - Suzanne and Mashed potatoes and gravy in the same sentence.  And then - what??? Pizza??? Chocolate is classified officially as medicine now, so that is OK.

 The salt bring out the taste in the watermelon -really. 

Potatoes -- any way! Mashed, baked, "soupy", fried...

And, grilled cheese (plenty of butter!) and hot tomato soup...

And, banana pudding (homemade with lots of Nilla Wafers!)...

oatmeal raisin cookies, like my Memaw made...

potato soup, my mom's recipe!

OK, now I've got to go find a snack, thanks a lot!! 

Dawn - glad I help you with your diet plan - any time, just ask!!!

My Dad was the one who made the potato soup at our house - yummy, but I don't have his recipe.

We used to have grilled cheese and tomato soup as well, now why do they just seem to go together? 

Anything that I don't have to cook. 

Kristina - It is comforting to just "be served" isn't it.

HAMBURGER HELPER AND RAW CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH!

Although not together...that doesn't "make a great meal," LOL

All the best,

Audrey 

Audrey - I assumed that you cooked the Hamburger Helper with hamburger and stuff but then I saw that you ate the dough raw - now I'm not so sure.!!!!

A Cheeseburger, fried & chocolate shake from In-N-Out Burger!

Mashed Potatoes & Gravy w/a biscuit from KFC

I am also a huge fan of an easy Grilled Chicken, Steamed Broccoli & Rice dinner!

Sandra - I have never been to an In-N-Out burger - sounds fun.

I like hot fudge concrete shakes from Culvers. 

The later meal sounds very healthy. 

I love any sashimi...does that mean I'm fishy?

Tina - Now that you brought it up..............

Stay away from those blow fish - too much hot air, I guess.

OMG Sandra, I am a native southern California boy, I have not thought about In-N-Out Burgers for many years.  I always loved to buy the newest T-shirts.

Turkey,stuffin',mashed potatoes and gravey, says HOME

grilled cheeese and tomato soup, says mama loves me

thick warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream and a slice of chedder, says I'm at grandma and grandpa's

cup of hot tea, all is well with my soul

Ray - I am a little worried that you think your food talks to you - LOL

Have a cup of tea on me - thanks for the comment. 

Gary - They have t-shirts there too - I am so left out here in MN.

Kathleen:  Okay, I cranked up the crock pot an made beef stew this weekend.  On a chilly winter day, it doesn't last long around the house.  The good news is there is plenty of time left before swimsuit season!

Kristina - You are not supposed to eat the whole pot in one sitting or would that be staging? I haven't made stew for a while - good idea.

Pumpkin Pie

Mashed Potatoes with gravy turkey and stuffing THE BEST

Hot Cup of Chamomile Tea Just before your favorite TV show

Warm Apple Pie with ice cream

Freah baked chocolate chip cookies

 

 

 

potatoes and turkey gravy - I am getting hungry!!!  Maybe I will just go make a cup of chamomile tea and put my feet up.

Chicken Fried Steak w/ white gravy, mashed potatoes w/ white gravy, homemade rolls, and a vegetable, like peas or corn.

I could also eat a dozen Dunkin Donuts Bavarian Creme Filled  in a NY minute!

Cindy - that was a lot of white stuff , i am glad that you threw in the peas and corn for color!!!!

Love white gravy , pepper gravy, turkey gravy, beef gravy - basically gravy......................................... 

Lutefisk and Lefse - wow I live in NY but grew up in WI - I bet alot of people read than and went "huh", what's that.  I hated the raw fish but loved the lefse, we'd buttered and sugar it.  My Mom sends about 20 frozen packages of it to me and my brother in CA every Christmas!! 

Note:  do not read this post when hungry - it's like going to the grocery store hungry!!!  I'd answer but I got to go - the kitchen is calling me......................

Becky

PS  even the spell checker doesn't know what Lutefisk and Lefse is?!  HUH!

Becky (& Nicole) - an educated eater - but you are actually supposed to cook the lutefisk before eating (doesn't help much tho). Have fun in the kitchen.

oh was it cooked - it looked like a bowl of raw fish to me,  that was over 30 yrs ago that I left WI - I just remember the awkful smell like it was yesterday!!

 

Becky

 

Chocolate Lava Cake, Pizza from Chicago-(city), sweet potato casserole, blackberry cobbler with french vanilla ice cream are a few of mine.  : )

Heather - we had blackberry pie with vanilla ice cream for desert tonight.  I have a field of blackberries and they produced well this summer.

Love a bowl of chili w/ cornbread or baked potato soup when it's cold         

Chocalate malts in the summer, yum

pancakes for dinner remind of my granny

Sonic Limeades when I visit my family in MO

I've never turned down brownie and thought everybody salted their melon until I moved to CA where they think you're crazy for doing so

now I really want a snack...