Comfort Foods

What kind of meals does your family consider to be comfort foods? For some it's pasta, any kind of pasta, for others it's ethnic foods-foods from their home country. Here in America comfort foods are listed as being "Casserole Dishes". I think that "it" is something different for everyone. For my son it's Lasagna and garlic bread, for my daughter it could be roast chicken with mashed potatoes, country gravy and of course home made biscuits or something along the lines of re-fried beans w/cheese and tortillas. For my husband it could be grilled marinated beef tips and cheesy potatoes (this recipe comes from my girlfriend René, who by the way is truly Southern).

For me, I see comfort foods being of a soup variety. I adore soup! The simplicity of it makes it a remarkable meal. Put a grilled cheese sandwich with it and WOW! Now your grilled cheese can be almost any kind of cheese on any kind of bread. Have you ever tried grilled Swiss on Sour Dough or Rye? When it's paired with just the right soup it's out of this world!

Try your hand at making some soup, you're going to love the results!