10 Quick Comfort Foods In Under 30 Minutes

We all seek comfort in certain foods now and then. Just think: macaroni and cheese, chicken stew, pork chops or pasta. Everyone loves these types of foods, especially during the cold days of winter. The only problem with comfort foods is they often take a long time to make, especially a recipe like beef stew, which can take up to two hours to cook. But what if there was a quicker way to get to your favorite dish?

You'll find all the comfort in this collection of recipes, which can all be made in under 30 minutes. These dishes can be made any time you feel the craving. They're great for dinner during the week, too -- so you don't have to spend all weekend cooking. Recipes like our Beef Stroganoff and Shepherd's Pie use a few leftover ingredients to cut down on cook time. The Chicken Cacciatore uses a pressure cooker so the chicken cooks fast and the Shrimp and Grits uses quick-cooking grits so dinner is ready in no time. With just a few shortcuts you can have a comforting dinner on the table quickly and with just as much flavor as the original versions.

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[linton]

06:32 AM on 01/21/2012

Eating chicken with the skin on it is not good. Got to peel the skin off first before preparing it.
Chicken wings are different but I still peel the skin off before eating them.

[Julie Moffa]

04:20 PM on 01/11/2012

Boo - only one vegetarian recipe? Comfort foods don't always equal meat!!

[dbakeca]

05:17 AM on 01/04/2012

This looks yummy! Got to try it!

[NINA B]

05:49 PM on 12/29/2011

The chicken fried steak makes me laugh. If you want to eat light, you don't want to eat CFS. Don't mess it up with turkey and yogurt. Just get the real thing and eat it maybe once a year rather than once a week or month. But don't kid yourself.

[browniiz]

01:22 AM on 12/19/2011

Maybe I am a food snob after all. I have been looking for some quick recipes but none of these look worth the effort

[kyle76066]

09:55 PM on 12/18/2011

The best CFS I've ever had was on South Union, Bakersfield CA., at 'the clock', 30 years ago. Otherwise, homemade. Most of these recipes are........fair to OK. You want a better idea, check out Alton Brown on Good Eats.

[Braunzie]

09:49 PM on 12/18/2011

One of the problems with these articles is that the recipe is not easily accessible for review. It is always, it seems, pages away with a full compliment of spam.
If they really want mee to comment, keep these at my fingertips.

[Negative Nancy]

08:31 PM on 12/18/2011

looks like vomit.

[mikesells4u]

07:38 PM on 12/18/2011

That is NOT CFS and gravy.

[deejhw]

01:24 AM on 12/19/2011

Ain't that the truth?!?!?

[onemarbleleft]

07:37 PM on 12/18/2011

Smoky shrimp and grits? Who would do that to grits?

[RuffyofLA]

07:21 PM on 12/18/2011

When your done with their cchicken fried steak and other recipes try some deep fried lard with pure cream on top it should add another 5# right away and clog those old arteries. LOL Merry Christmas!!!

[James Bridges]

06:51 PM on 12/18/2011

This may be a tasty treat for someone but do not under any circumstances serve it to a real cowboy. The results would not be pretty. I am pretty sure we have a law against that in Texas.

[joycejq]

07:18 PM on 12/18/2011

LOL! The book I was reading last night had a scene where a rancher, objecting similiar to you said "I wrap bacon around an asprin before taking it," to emphathize his love of meat.

[James Bridges]

07:52 PM on 12/18/2011

Yep, there are just some things that should not be messed with. CFS and Texas among them.

[RiffRaffAmI]

07:24 PM on 12/18/2011

I'm not a cowboy, or from Texas and I think it sounds disgusting...Give me good ol' fashioned Chicken Fried Steak with artery clogging gravy!!! "Heaven on a Biscuit"!

[James Bridges]

07:51 PM on 12/18/2011

I hereby nominate you for a commission as an Ornerary Texan. You are authorized to eat all the CFS you can hold and lick the gravy off the plate - in public!

[GaelMc]

06:49 PM on 12/18/2011

What is comforting about obesity and heart damage caused by revolting non foods like this? Have you seen the size of graves in the south? Do you know special fire walls need to be installed in cematoriums to stop the excess fat in daddy burning the whole d+rn place down? Light him up and he burns for days dahlin'. Thanks but no thanks.

[joycejq]

07:26 PM on 12/18/2011

Uh, the graves in the South, sugah, are the same size as in the North where the obese waddle along the sidewalk with both their backside and stomach hanging out. of their too small clothing. So far, I don't believe we have had a Southerner spary a person with accelerant and set her/him on fire.

[GaelMc]

07:41 PM on 12/18/2011

joyce then come take a walk with me sugah, the obesity here is frightening. The non food served up as "Southern hospitality" here should be reserved for your enemies. My neighbors do not eat or serve this stuff on a regular basis, but you have to see the heart attacks in waiting walking the streets as I do. We southerners have no monopoly on morbid obesity but as this food is touted as 'Southern' I responded within the Southern context.

And that cold hearted murderer setting fire to the 63 year old woman in the elevator was insanity on gasoline. She died a horrible death and had no means to protect herself. I have seldom heard of a more brutal, cowardly crime and I worked as a psychologist with the Department of Justice re-orienting criminals back to life outside prison walls.

[Threadsline]

12:47 AM on 12/19/2011

Lawd child, you want to leave God's green earth without ever having tried biscuits and sausage gravy? Trust me, try it once and you'll renew your belief in a benevolant God.

[joycejq]

11:11 AM on 12/19/2011

Oh, dear heart, I agree with you, but we now know all that is good is not necessarily good for you. The biscuits and gravy should be a once a year treat. Please know that some day, this wonderful food will grab you in your heart. Be happy by being healthy.

[neuticles]

06:41 PM on 12/18/2011

cfs looks like someone hurled on it.

[shadowligerv]

06:32 PM on 12/18/2011

Ok they complain about people getting fat and then they go and show you how to make quick food that is going to be eaten as comfort food which means you will get fat from it. Makes no sence to me.