North American Comfort Food Recipes

"After experimenting for a while, I came up with the closest recipe in creating the best fish-sticks every-one will love, including picky eaters. Leftover or old bread will also come to good use."

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Ingredients: fine breadcrumbs, tilapia fillets...

"This is a combination of a couple of jambalaya recipes that we love. Start with a small amount of the liquid smoke and add more to suit your taste."

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Ingredients: canned red beans, butter beans...

"I found this in the Gooseberry Patch Best-Ever Casseroles cookbook. The author says that you can also use red snapper or orange roughy in place of cod, if you desire. (Submitted by Athena Colegrove or Big Springs, TX)"

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Ingredients: dry breadcrumbs, eggs...

"I found this in the Gooseberry Patch Best-Ever Casseroles cookbook and I am posting for safekeeping. Jennifer Eveland-Kupp from Temple, PA describes it as "an old Pennsylvania Dutch recipe sure to please dinner guests." I will update times after I make it."

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Ingredients: pepper, dark molasses, ketchup...

"I found this in the Gooseberry Patch Best-Ever Casseroles cookbook and I'm posting for safekeeping. It was originally submitted by Katie French fro Portland, TX. Before you make it, you should know that it is NOT supposed to taste like the Asian Velvet Chicken. I will adjust cooking times after I make it."

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Ingredients: cream of chicken soup, margarine...

"I found this in a Gooseberry Patch Cookbook (Best-Ever Casseroles) and decided to post for future reference. I will adjust cooking times and techniques after I make it. Prep/cook time are guess-timates."

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Ingredients: eggs, Italian style breadcrumbs...

"It is Memorial Day and our grill died a couple days ago...needing a part that did not arrive by today. My husband and I are watching what we eat...but I was craving a bacon cheese burger enough I was fully willing to break through the top of my alloted calories for the day. I put this together and it was both delicious and reasonable for my diet. I..."

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Ingredients: extra lean ground beef, smoked gouda cheese...

"This meatloaf includes 3 different types of meat (thus the name trifecta) and it's one of the few meals my super picky 3 year old will devour. It's not the traditional covered in a ketchup crust loaf, but it still has that same comfort food feel. I wish I could say it was handed down through generations, but I learned to cook out of necessity and so..."

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Ingredients: brown gravy mix, yellow mustard...

"No refined sugars in this recipe! I use local raw honey and local raw milk. I like to use pastured dairy products too!"

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Ingredients: cocoa powder, heavy cream...

"A praline pound cake that appeared on a White Lily Flour calendar more than 15 years ago. For the best flavor and ease of slicing, you should bake the pound cake at least 8 hours before you plan to serve it."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, pecans...

"From the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook. This is a much lower calorie and fat version of a beloved classic, made in a slow-cooker! As written, it's very mild; so if you like it hot, you will need to add cayenne or chile flakes to taste. Cooking time assumes you will cook on low; if you cook on high time will be 5 hours."

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Ingredients: frozen cut okra, frozen corn kernels...