Fast Chicken and Slow Potatoes (w/Spinach). It’s your two favorite comfort-food groups – “baked” and “fried” – along with a few others you might like: “braised” and “fricasseed.”
Main Course
The category “main course” will give you entrees that are usually served with side dishes.
Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms in a Garlic-Lemon-Thyme Sauce (with Corn Pudding and Carrots)
Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms in a Garlic-Lemon-Thyme Sauce, accompanied by Corn Pudding and Steamed Carrots: Everyday Comfort Food in a Home-Style Dinner for Four
Coffee-Crusted Pork Roast: Dinner for Six
Check out our recipe for Coffee-Crusted Pork Roast with orange-cardamom jus, accompanied by caramelized Brussels sprouts and braised red cabbage.
Chicken Soup with Polish Dumplings
Homemade Polish Dumplings go wonderfully with any kind of chicken soup. Polish Dumplings are made very simply and easily from potatoes and flour. They freeze well and are easy to reheat. They’re a comfort-foodie accompaniment to the stock you made from your leftover holiday turkey.
It’s Creamy Chicken Thyme
(with Lemon, Garlic, and Mushrooms)
It’s Creamy Chicken Thyme! Here’s a recipe for skinless, boneless, lemon-and-garlicky chicken breasts – pan fried and then baked – with mushrooms and egg noodles, under a creamy Pinot Grigio sauce.
Christmas Dinner for Six
Who doesn’t love a Christmas Lasagna! Pop it into a multi-course lineup that includes a savory cheesecake, Opah, salad, butterflake rolls, and chocolate stout cake and you’ve got an epic celebration.
Pan Fried Chicken Breasts
Dredge without Drudgery
How to Make Pan Fried Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless) with a Simple Dredge: quick, easy, everyday cooking
Pork Tenderloin with Cider Reduction
It’s fall, and I’m thinking of apples. How about a pork tenderloin with a cider reduction? Along side it, white asparagus, and a potato/celery-root/cauliflower mash. For dessert, apple crisp. Now that’s dinner!
Mushroom Lasagna Bake (It’s spinachy, has a white sauce, and possibly sausage.)
This cremini mushroom “lasagna” with spinach noodles, parmesan, and white sauce – and maybe with sausage – is a riff off of a recipe from Stefan’s Gourmet Blog. It’s delicious fresh, yet reheats beautifully.