Homemade Comfort Food Recipes

[Buffy]

Oh dang. Its my fault. I mention avocados the guacamole.... I'm hungry!

Okay! Post your favorite recipes here for "comfort food", which to me you can make even when you have no need for comfort, but it does imply that its probably not good for you in "mass quantities"...

Here's one to extend the current ingredient theme:

Toast slices of bread.
Put very thin layer of mayo on them
Slice avocados and layer them to taste on the toast
Onion powder, salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat broiler to 400 degrees.
Spread grated cheeses over the 'cados.
Sprinkle cayenne pepper on top of cheese to taste.
Place in broiler just long enough for the cheese to bubble but not cook the 'cados.
Yank out quickly and serve with Margarita or Daquiri.

Simple, easy and nummy!

Allez Cuisine!
Buffy

[infamous]

When it comes to comfort food, my favorite would have to be Taco Salad.


One pound of browned hamurger seasoned with a good Taco seasoning
Totilla chips, crumbled up of course and spread out on the plate
Place a large portion of browned hamburger on top of tortilla chips
Add: Diced lettuce
Diced tomatoes
Chopped onion
Guacamole
Refried beans
Sour cream
Very sharp chedder cheese
Chopped Jalapeno peppers
Pile ingredients as high on your plate as physics will allow and cover with a liberal dose of very hot Salsa.

I could just eat myself sick on this stuff.

[Buffy]

Cross-posted because its sooooooo goooooood:

7 fresh strawberries, cut in half
1.3 dollops of sour cream
3.14159 teablespoons of golden brown sugar

Put in bowl in order. Consume lackadaisically. Follow with a Drambuie, up.

Red, White and Golden Brown,
Buffy

[nkt]

Originally Posted by infamous

When it comes to comfort food, my favorite would have to be Taco Salad.

Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor, we salute you!

I could just eat myself sick on this stuff.

Heart attack? Weight problems?

As Buffy says, as an occassional treat...

As for the strawberries and cream idea, if you have raspberries, try a shot of Aftershock whisked in with the cream. It might work with the strawberries, too.

[infamous]

Originally Posted by nkt

Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor, we salute you!
Heart attack? Weight problems?
.

Actually nkt, I'm not having any problem with my weight or my health. Rather lean and mean I must say. Bench press: 325 lbs, and I'm almost 63 years old. I owe it all to massive doses of Taco Salad.

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by nkt

As for the strawberries and cream idea, if you have raspberries, try a shot of Aftershock whisked in with the cream. It might work with the strawberries, too.

Careful, that's *sour* cream, not whipped/whipping cream: sour cream can do weird things when you mix it with certain alcoholic substances...but I guess we could move that topic to the chemistry forum (although I argue that all cooking is chemistry!). Also, I've substituted raspberries in this recipe and although I actually prefer them to strawberries, their tartness does not work as well with the sour cream....

Creamily,
Buffy

[pgrmdave]

Toast (white bread)
Peanut butter
honey

mix the peanut butter and honey on the toast (don't use too much honey, or it will run all over the place)

One of my favorites - it's quick, tasty, and has peanut butter

[Buffy]

Curry Dip w/Veggies (looks healthy but really ain't):

1 cup mayo
1 tblsp curry powder
1/2 tsp onion powder

Mix ingredients well in bowl, adjusting spices to taste (I go a little heavier on the curry than most). Sprinkle Cayenne pepper on top after mixing and garnish with parsley.

Surround bowl with veggies of choice (I like fresh broccoli, cauliflower, radishes and carrots).

Dip n' scarf with a nice Cabernet or Chardonnay as fancy strikes.

Chow,
Buffy

[infamous]

Originally Posted by Buffy

Curry Dip w/Veggies (looks healthy but really ain't):

1 cup mayo
1 tblsp curry powder
1/2 tsp onion powder

Mix ingredients well in bowl, adjusting spices to taste (I go a little heavier on the curry than most). Sprinkle Cayenne pepper on top after mixing and garnish with parsley.

Surround bowl with veggies of choice (I like fresh broccoli, cauliflower, radishes and carrots).

Dip n' scarf with a nice Cabernet or Chardonnay as fancy strikes.

Chow,
Buffy

Buffy, I just love good dips but right at this moment, I don't have any curry powder on hand. But rest assured, as soon as I can purchase some, I'm gonna try this recipe. Sounds absolutely scrummmmmcious.

[Buffy]

A little more complicated, but obscenely good. Recipe watched live at one of my favorite restaurants that's impossible to find:

Bananas Fosters

Best done over a gas stove, but otherwise have a match handy

Slice several bananas thickly
Heat a medium skillet (large if you've got 8 mouths to feed Irish)
Dump in a couple of tblsp of butter and get just to melted, not bubbling
Dump in half cup of brown sugar--more or less depending on quantity of bananas
sprinkle on dash of cinnamon
Saute for a minute or so
Dump on some Grand Marnier and light it
Flambe for another minute until the alcohol is burned off.
Dump the result over French Vanilla ice cream.
Eat instantaneously with some Grand Marnier on the side!

Enjoy!

Cheers,
Buffy