Comfort food recipes
If it’s cosy, comforting dishes you’re craving, we’ve got plenty to raise your spirits. Our warming, indulgent comfort food recipes include pies, pasta and classic British puddings.
Comfort food means different things to different people, but one thing it must do is make you feel happier than you did before you ate it. Homecooked dinners can’t be beaten, and whether it’s a best-ever fish pie, chilli con carne, or a good old-fashioned bakery-style vanilla slice that gets your tastebuds tingling, there are tonnes of ideas here for dinners that will bring smiles to all.
We’ve got soul food like fried chicken and waffles, and decadent twists such as a pain au chocolat bread and butter pudding or ‘nduja meatballs. Real treat yourself territory, this. So explore all our comfort food recipes here and bookmark a few for an instant homecooked mood-lift.
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Wild garlic recipes
Wild garlic pesto lasagne
Make the most of seasonal wild garlic with this springtime pesto lasagne. As there’s no heavy ragù to make, it’s...
Air fryer recipes
Air fryer sweet potato fries
These air fryer sweet potato fries are an energy efficient way to get perfectly crisp fries without a deep-fat fryer...
African recipes
Seafood and spinach pottage with spuds
Lerato Umah-Shaylor shares her recipe for traditional Nigerian yam porridge or pottage (see Know-how, below). Hers is packed with juicy...
Air fryer recipes
Air fryer baked potatoes
If you like your baked potatoes extra crisp, an air fryer is the way to go – it saves energy...
Soufflé recipes
Cheddar and chive soufflé
This cheese soufflé makes an impressive main course for a light, elegant lunch. Simply serve with a green salad. Have...
Rice recipes
Egg zosui (Japanese rice porridge)
Use up leftover rice in this traditional egg zosui recipe by food writer Aya Nishimura. The Japanese rice porridge or...
Retro puddings
Rum and raisin spotted dick
You can’t get a more traditional British pud than spotted dick – something that’s fallen out of fashion in recent...
Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky Yorkshire parkin is taken to chocolate town with this indulgent bake – but the sauce definitely shares star billing....
Favourite chicken recipes
Chicken and choucroute garnie
Claire Thomson takes the traditional Alsatian dish choucroute garnie – sauerkraut cooked with wine, sausages, salted meats and caraway seeds...
Discover one-pots
Chicken dauphinoise with dijon and cream
Claire Thomson combines baked chicken and creamy dauphinoise potatoes to create the ultimate comforting one-pot chicken recipe. Claire says: “It...
Beef mince recipes
Sloppy joes with coleslaw potato salad
A sloppy joe (saucy beef mince in a burger bun) is the perfect dish for when you want some all-American...
Toad in the hole recipes
Chipolata toad in the hole with creamed butternut squash
There are few things more comforting than a toad in the hole for dinner – this chipolata version means a...
Fried rice recipes
Roti fried rice
Fried rice is the perfect medium for playing around with textures, ingredients and flavours – and this one certainly goes...
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