A lovely warming, filling dessert, so save room for it.
Very, very good.
This is a really yummy bread, nice warm with a bowl of soup or a salad.
A rich, luscious but easy way to serve leeks.
A classic English dessert.
A very interesting and yummy way to present mincemeat. Nice served warm.
Barley water is an old-fashioned drink that was traditionally given to children.
This is an embarrassingly easy soup, but it is very hearty and nummy!
This is beef braised in beer. A good cold weather dish that is lovely with mashed potato and cabbage.
They’ll never know there’s beet in it.
With its robust flavours, a slice of this quiche easily stands up as the main item on a plate of food. You can serve this quiche hot in the winter, or room temperature in the summer.
There are two easy parts to this recipe: a cheese pie, and some caramelized onions that go on top as a garnish.
This is gorgeous. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea — chances are, if you don’t like strong tastes like horseradish with your beef, you’re not going to want blue cheese.
How many this recipe serves depends on how many leeks you have or buy, which will of course depend on how many you are planning on feeding.
A very tasty cabbage side dish. Lovely with mash and something else.
If you love sardines and the rich, tangy preserves known as Branston Pickle, your ship has come in. This is an easy mixture of sardines and pickle to spread on hot buttered toast.
For Thanksgiving or Christmas (or anytime), consider reviving an old tradition which has just about vanished completely — bread sauce. Bread sauce was always a classic accompaniment to pork or chicken.
The melted Brie makes these potato fritters transcendent.
This is a very hearty vegetable side dish, with the right amount of melted cheese and crispy bits to give it a big comfort food factor.
This is a side-dish that you can make entirely in the microwave, making it ideal for times when your stove is already full-out committed — or just for times when you don’t want any pots or pans wash-up.
This sauce is so dead easy to make — it really would be more work to go to the store to buy it!
A very good, comfort-food dessert.
A hearty, tasty rendition of Brussels Sprouts.
This is a very hearty vegetable side dish that has everything going for it comfort-food wise: a cheese sauce, bacon, and even buttered bread crumbs on top. You can even make this ahead.
