Easy Comfort Food Recipes
Dig into easy-to-make comfort food recipes like Giada's chicken Parmesan and Ina's skillet-roasted lemon chicken.
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Chicken Enchiladas
These super-convenient enchiladas are all about layering: Start by pouring your favorite jarred salsa in the bottom of your baking dish. Line up your rolled tortillas before piling on more salsa and cheese.
Get the Recipe: Shortcut Chicken Enchiladas
Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Chicken Skillet
When your family's favorite hot appetizer meets weeknight convenience, everyone wins. This creamy dish is quick and easy — and it even sneaks in a good serving of vegetables.
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Oven-Fried Ranch Chicken
Love golden-brown fried chicken but hate all of the actual work of frying? Bake the chicken on wire racks to ensure maximum crispiness.
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Ree Drummond's Meatloaf
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Cowboy Butter Shrimp and Grits
The delectable combo of butter, garlic, lemon and parsley known as cowboy butter makes everything better — even shrimp and grits.
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Scalloped Potatoes
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Simple, Perfect Enchiladas
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Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
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Buffalo Cauliflower Baked Mac and Cheese
This incredible and substantial side dish has traditional Buffalo wing flavor, but without any meat. Serve with extra hot sauce on the side for your friends and family who love heat.
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Skillet-Roasted Lemon Chicken
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Pesto Lasagna Rolls
Each of these noodle roll-ups has just the right amount of filling and bakes in a fraction of the time a traditional deep-dish lasagna takes.
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Tex-Mex Chicken Parmesan
We swapped out all the classic Italian ingredients for tortilla chips, spicy cheese and salsa in this Tex-Mex twist. But if you truly miss the Parmesan in your Parmesan, then add a sprinkle or two to the finished dish.
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Creamy Broccoli Stem Gratin
This creamy casserole is clever and thrifty — it's the perfect place to add all those broccoli stems that would otherwise be discarded. Invest in a Y-shaped peeler for cleaning up the stems — it will make the prep go faster.
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Buffalo-Style Chicken Wings
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Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo
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Penne alla Vodka
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Lemon Chicken Breasts
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Spicy Turkey Meatballs and Spaghetti
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The Ultimate Sloppy Joes
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Turkey and Artichoke Stuffed Shells with Arrabbiata Sauce
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Company Pot Roast
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Giada's Chicken Parmesan
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Chicken with Mustard Mascarpone Marsala Sauce
Top fettuccine with juicy chicken breasts and hearty cremini mushrooms cooked in Giada's mascarpone-mustard sauce. Giada's advice: Use dry Marsala wine to add a little sweetness that's not overpowering.
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Alfredo Shrimp Scampi Dump Dinner
For a rich and creamy weeknight dinner in a flash, simply dump pasta, shrimp and a few other pantry staples into a dish and bake. Stir in some heavy cream and top with cheese right before serving, and be prepared to please everyone at the table.
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Beef Stew
Feed a crowd this hearty, warming stew that is full of beef chuck, potatoes, carrots and celery.
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Bolognese Bianco
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Two-Ingredient Pizza Dough
This beyond-simple dough requires no yeast and no rising time. Just measure, mix, knead and roll out.
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Chicken Parmesan Stuffed Shells
Prepared chicken tenders make for a speedy Parmesan filling in these cheesy stuffed shells. Keep this trick in your recipe box the next time you want to make chicken Parmesan in a flash.
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Oven-Fried Potatoes
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Jalapeno Popper-Stuffed Chicken
A jalapeno popper (with a smear of cream cheese) turns a chicken cutlet into a crunchy, creamy and spicy roll-up. Serve with a side of ranch dressing to complete the dish.
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Cornbread Chili Poke Bake
Deep red chili fills holes that have been poked in cornbread to create meaty and sweet layers. Top it with the classic accompaniments of cheese, sour cream, jalapenos and scallions for crowd-pleasing results
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Spaghetti Squash Carbonara
Tell pasta you need a break. Spaghetti squash is a delicious change, and it's perfect in this pancetta-and-egg-enriched cream sauce.
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Southern Fried Chicken Parmesan
Crispy, indulgent Southern fried chicken meets the cheesy goodness of chicken Parm in this recipe. Use your favorite jarred marinara sauce to save on time.
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40-Cloves-of-Garlic Chicken Alfredo
This rich and creamy pasta — perfectly portioned for two — is just the recipe for garlic lovers. Share it with your main squeeze and safeguard against all future vampire attacks.
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Cheese-Stuffed Baked Potatoes
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Stuffed Sloppy Joe Bombs
Your sloppy joe isn't so sloppy anymore. Instead of piling the saucy meat onto hamburger buns, stuff a classic sloppy joe mix into rounds of prepared biscuit dough.
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Fried Rice
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Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops
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Shrimp and Grits
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Meatloaf Muffins with Barbecue Sauce
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Ravioli Rose Pie
The fun of this eye-catching recipe is that you can adapt it to whatever ravioli flavor and color you like.
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Cider-Roasted Pork Tenderloins
A maple syrup and hard cider marinade makes for moist and tender pork tenderloins, an easy main dish that only takes about 30 minutes to go from the marinade to the table.
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Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil and Herbs
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Giada's Fettuccine Alfredo
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Chicken Spaghetti Squash
Combine tender spaghetti squash noodles with creamy chicken and sauteed vegetables for one epic casserole.
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Ree's Roast Chicken
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Roasted Yukon Potatoes with Rosemary
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Chicken Tetrazzini
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Detroit-Style Pizza
The tangy blend of cheese that crisps around the edges of the pan, the spongy dough and the sauce that is spooned on after you bake it are unmistakable signs that you've bitten into a slice of Detroit's squared-off take on the ever-popular pizza.
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Easy Calzones
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Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Shells
Combine your favorite spinach and artichoke dip with creamy pasta shells and you'll forget all about the dippers; you'll be in cheesy, gooey heaven.
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Spaetzle
Serve tender spaetzle alongside saucy mains or even a roast chicken.
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Enchilada Lasagna Roll-Ups
Can't decide between lasagna and enchiladas? No problem — these easy roll-ups have the best of both worlds.
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Bangers and Mash
Ina puts her own spin on the classic British comfort food, bangers and mash (or as we'd say, sausages and mashed potatoes).
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Herbed Garlic Bread
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Giada's Chicken Carbonara
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Oven-Baked Short Ribs with Porter Beer Mop
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Roasted New Potatoes with Garlic
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Cheesy Broccoli-Stuffed Chicken with Tomato Rice
Mix broccoli with a garlic-and-herb cheese spread to turn boneless chicken breasts into a beautiful and delicious main. Simply cut slits into the meat, then stuff with the cheesy mixture and bake.
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Penne with Mozzarella, Tomatoes & Herbs
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Pan-Fried Pork Chops
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Beef Stroganoff
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Spicy Chicken Spaghetti
Upgrade your usual baked pasta with Ree's recipe featuring Italian sausage, chicken thighs, mushrooms and more. This is one great make-ahead dish that'll fill up everyone at your table.
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Spaghetti Carbonara
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Ree's Chicken-Fried Steak with Gravy
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Bacon-Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
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Claire Robinson's Beef Stroganoff
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Chicken Parmesan
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Ina's 1770 House Meatloaf
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Mashed Potatoes with Buttermilk and Dill
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Linguine with White Clam Sauce
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Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
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Chicken-Fried Steak with Cream
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Stuffed Shells Bolognese
Saucy and satisfying comfort doesn't get much easier than this 35-minute dish. Ricotta and roasted bell peppers lend rich, creamy flavor that can't be beat.
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Classic Banana Bread
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Classic French Toast
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Aged Cheddar Fondue with Grilled Tomatoes, Bacon and Onions
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Fried Onion Dip
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Peppered Pork and Parmesan Flatbread Sandwiches
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Roast Chicken with Green Herb Stuffing
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Super Sloppy Joes
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Ina's French Toast Bread Pudding
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Meatloaf Lasagna
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Spicy Spaghetti with Mega Meatballs
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Ree's Penne alla Betsy
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Meatloaf with Spicy Ketchup
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Sunny-Side Up Burger
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Boiled Potatoes with Butter
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Tuna Melt
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Baby Potatoes with Creamy Goat Cheese and Fine Herbs
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
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Melissa's Brunch Cornbread
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Trisha's Pimento Cheese Spread
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Roast Chicken with Radishes
Before roasting, Ina stuffs the cavity of chicken with aromatics like thyme and lemons to infuse flavor while it cooks. Pro tip: roasting radishes mellows out their normally peppery bite.
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Baked Potatoes
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Ree's Patty Melts
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Eggplant Parmesan Meatloaf
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Tyler's Beef Stroganoff with Buttered Noodles
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Oven-Fried Chicken
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Rotini with Chicken Marsala Ragout
Shredded chicken thighs are the secret to making Trisha’s chicken marsala for a crowd.
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"Everything" Pigs in Blankets
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Patty Melts
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Pasta with Pecorino and Pepper
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BBQ Turkey Meatloaf
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Eggplant Parmesan Hero
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Crusty Baked Shells and Cauliflower
Ina elevates mac and cheese with this pasta and cauliflower bake that’s quick enough for a weeknight meal.
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Hearty Lasagna
For an extra-meaty and cheesy meal, Ree's hearty lasagna is the ticket. It's filled with 2 pounds of ground beef and a pound of sausage, as well as a trio of cheeses.
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Angel Hair Pasta with Pesto
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Pasta Ponza
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Chicken Pot Pie Sandwich
Chicken Ramen Noodle Casserole
Make this creamy casserole and transform dorm-friendly ramen noodles into a satisfying casserole for a crowd.
Get the Recipe: Chicken Ramen Noodle Dump Dinner