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What are your comfort foods?

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Fallingstar Sat 21-Feb-26 17:19:10

The weather is grim, the news is abysmal, and on top of that we have the ups but more importantly ‘the downs’ of day to day life to contend with. So what are your comfort foods?
Mine are homemade soup with freshly baked bread from the Bakers shop and chocolate.

Fallingstar Sun 22-Feb-26 16:42:44

That was in reply to the chips posts, sorry.

SporeRB01 Sun 22-Feb-26 17:12:47

Hot chocolate drink
Porridge with berries and banana
Rice pudding
Indian or Thai takeaway

MT62 Sun 22-Feb-26 18:03:15

Fish finger butties on nice sourdough & best butter, not forgetting the tomato sauce 😋

lilypollen Sun 22-Feb-26 18:46:26

Corned Beef Hash with a bit of chilli seasoning. Homemade soup and soda bread (Lorraine Pascale recipe) close second.

hollysteers Sun 22-Feb-26 19:17:31

Smoked salmon and scrambled egg

Scribbles Sun 22-Feb-26 20:14:30

Not necessarily together and in no particular order:
Vintage cheddar on toast
My own home-made soup, any kind
Semolina pudding with raspberry coulis
Well done, almost burnt, toast smothered in unsalted butter and home-made marmalade.

boheminan Sun 22-Feb-26 21:01:48

Fried egg on fried bread with a spreading of MMmmmarmite

Shirls52000 Mon 23-Feb-26 13:57:01

Poached eggs on whole wheat toast either with avocado or smoked salmon

cc Mon 23-Feb-26 14:00:19

Greyduster

A good fish pie;
Bacon lettuce and tomato on a panini roll with lashings of mayo;
A chunk of good cheddar and a crisp apple;
A baked potatoes with tuna and sweetcorn;
Malt loaf.

My list would be very like this, apart from the malt loaf. I also love really fresh crunch crusted white bread, still warm, with butter.

Dempie55 Mon 23-Feb-26 14:07:05

Digestive biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate spread and dunked in English Breakfast tea.

cc Mon 23-Feb-26 14:08:51

Naughty Dempie55, very naughty!

annifrance Mon 23-Feb-26 14:11:37

Homemade soups, poached egg on toast, tarka dhaal, coque au vin with lots of mushrooms, lasagne, cheese on toast.

GANNET Mon 23-Feb-26 14:11:48

My husband’s home made wheaten and walnut soda bread out of the oven with butter. He started doing it to use up our walnuts before the squirrels got them.

cc Mon 23-Feb-26 14:14:13

GANNET

My husband’s home made wheaten and walnut soda bread out of the oven with butter. He started doing it to use up our walnuts before the squirrels got them.

Great name Gannet!

knspol Mon 23-Feb-26 14:36:19

Thick butter with a slice of toast underneath and marmalade on top.

labazs Mon 23-Feb-26 15:26:02

at the moment i am eating hot cross buns like they are going out of fashion! its helping me with the stress of moving house!
otherwise its ice cream or chocolate

Basgetti Mon 23-Feb-26 15:48:23

Macaroni cheese, vegetable mash with cheese, baked potato with …… hang on, cheese, basically 😁 Big mug of tea with dollop of sugar, too (don’t usually have sugar).

ViceVersa Mon 23-Feb-26 15:50:52

Hot buttered toast with Marmite - sometimes with cheese - or 'egg in a cup', basically soft boiled egg mashed up with some butter, again with toast. Proper home made macaroni cheese is always very comforting too.

Ladylea Mon 23-Feb-26 17:24:39

Wow thats amazing grate idea i think I might just have to steal it , 🙂 i love shepards pie, cottage pie even fish pie.

Astitchintime Mon 23-Feb-26 17:26:18

Today it’s the cake I made on Saturday……..but that won’t last much longer.

Rocketstop2 Mon 23-Feb-26 19:24:18

loopylindy

Cheese and mashed potato on sour dough toast with cheese and tomato on top. Manna from heaven.

Home made red lentil soup with crusty toast - so cheap too!

Cheese and mashed potato on sour dough toast with cheese and tomato on top. Manna from heaven......

Mmmm I think I might just have drooled on my laptop, never tried this but shall !!

Emerald888 Mon 23-Feb-26 20:20:28

Toad in the hole with mash made with potatoes and carrots. Baked beans with it.
Lasagne.
Shepherd's pie.
Parsnip soup made by my husband.
Fried egg sandwich.

WithNobsOnIt Mon 23-Feb-26 21:09:21

Good quality bacon butties with tomato sauce. ALDI Gravalax Salmon on sourdough bread.

Pure Heaven. Divine!!!

Granny42 Tue 24-Feb-26 08:51:28

Home made chicken or aubergine curry!

posset Tue 24-Feb-26 09:11:48

A couple of big fat venison sausages with air fryer wedges.