With a rich beef and veggie filling flavored with wine, Worcestershire sauce, good ketchup and lots of pepper then topped with cheesy mashed potato, Cottage Pie is the granddaddy of comfort foods. Loved by kids and adults, being so simple to make and so economical, this is a must for a weeknight meal or a lazy Sunday supper. I'm certain you'll have the ingredients for this in your fridge, freezer and store cupboard.
For the greens, I keep it simple and serve either steamed green
BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING
Butterscotch Pudding is such a winter-warmer of a dessert. Simple to make, the pudding creates its own toffee sauce as it bakes, giving you a soft, cake-like top with the most glorious sauce lurking underneath the cake. All you need to do is scoop some vanilla ice cream to serve with it. This really needs to be served warm or hot. And is best eaten on the day of cooking otherwise the cake soaks up the sauce. Golden syrup is a necessary ingredient for this dessert and can be found either on
QUICK AND EASY HOMEMADE CORNBREAD
Forget the packaged stuff that’s about as dry as the box it came in, instead make your own cornbread. Quick and Easy Homemade Cornbread, as the name would suggest, is very simple to make and the results surpass any store-bought stuff. This is best eaten warm with a smear of butter and a drizzle of honey; if you’re into the honey drizzle on your cornbread.
Don’t just serve cornbread with chili, it’s great with soups, stews and roasts too. Pre made food has its place and I
GINGER ANISE CHICKEN
Taking the lid off the jar of star anise and inhaling deeply you're hit with a hedonistic smell that's both uplifting, warming and familiar. We all have our own idea of the perfect comfort food and what elements make is so comforting to us, well Ginger Anise Chicken is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. My step-father made it for the family back home in Australia and now I make it for my family and friends here in America. I made this on my Canadian television show - Simple, Fresh,
ROASTED SQUASH RISOTTO WITH SAGE BUTTER
Once, I'd not of entertained the idea that a risotto is quick to make; quite the contrary. But they are quite quick when compared to other comfort foods - because that's certainly what they are: comfort food. Roasted Squash Risotto with Sage Butter comes together in 20 minutes or so once you've roasted the squash. So get the squash in the oven while you're prepping the other few ingredients and it'll be done. I like to add a little fresh sage into the risotto as it cooks and then drizzle a
PUMPKIN CITRUS SYRUP MUFFINS
Muffins are often regarded as a breakfast item, but these Pumpkin Syrup Muffins can go from breakfast to afternoon tea and, dare I say, even dessert served with a generous dollop of cream; call them "individual cakes" and no one will know they're muffins. With a burnished top, an amber crumb and a citrus sticky glaze that not only coats the outside but has seeped into the muffin making it so wonderfully moist these muffins will surpass the same old, same old blueberry muffins many of us make on
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