My comfort food has always been a grilled cheese sandwich. I loved them as a child and would still eat them frequently were it not for the fact that I am being very strict about what I consume these days, not willing to undo any of my hard earned weight loss. Besides, I don't think we have any bread in the house.

I have too many favorite comfort foods to name.

Baked mac and cheese is my all-time favorite.

Hamburger.

Meat loaf.

Homemade chicken noodle soup if I'm feeling poorly digestively. Otherwise, pizza is my favorite food ever.

Pancakes, which I hardly ever have. Chocolate. Ice cream.

How come salad isn‘t anyone’s comfort food?? 🤔

Chips with dips: queso, guacamole, salsa ... mashed potatoes w/gravy ... any kind of creamy pasta dish. Basically lots of fats and nothing healthy. Sigh.

Oh, and cornbread dressing. Mmm.

I see a pattern: my comfort dishes are all creamy.

I eat salad everyday for lunch. I adore it. I will have one as long as the fresh veggies last. I love sautéed shrimp and garlic. But I don't classify them as comfort food. It may just be semantics, but they don't necessarily connect me with my past and memories of family quite the same way a juicy burger does (my dad's business was burgers).

Things with lots of fats and carbs. Mac and cheese, beef stroganoff, spaghetti carbonara, fettucini alfredo. Yup.

Ah, food that connects you to your past and family, helps narrow the comfort food list for me.

Grilled cheese, eggs sunny side up with toast late at night, spaghetti with garlic and olive oil, especially late at night, grilled steak, creme caramel, Caesar salad at La Madeleine in Dallas. So that's what my abbreviated list looks like.

Warm tapioca pudding made with beaten egg whites.

IDK, but I keep trying.

Ahhh, Zalco, I love La Madeleine (we go to the Camp Bowie one). Chicken salad, pasta salad, every soup they have.

And ...

I know what you mean, Mtn.. I tried biscoff cookies dipped in my coffee this morning. No comfort-- and now I just feel fat and blah.

I remember reading once, if you keep nibbling but don't find anything that hits the spot --- it's not food that you are missing.

::: sigh :::

Mac and cheese though I never have it at home because DH doesn't like it. One time when he was out of town I bought one of those pre-made packages from the refrigerator case at Costco. OMG - that was SO good. I ate it for every meal and probably gained five pounds. I've never bought it again - only have mac and cheese at a restaurant.

Right now our eating is very utilitarian - not really indulging in anything. I have never been a good utilitarian cook because I worked all the time, no kids to feed and we ate out a fair amount. Love to cook but not basic day to day stuff. I am now much better at this. We always have a large bowl of veggie salad on hand for lunch and dinner is usually fish or chicken, one or two vegetables and some kind of rice or pasta. Tonight though we're cooking steak on the grill with corn on the cob, asparagus and rice/orzo pilaf mix from Trader Joe's. I've lost some weight since this whole ordeal began - probably because we're not eating out and I have no dessert or tortilla chips around. I do love the Costco organic tortilla chips but don't think of them as comfort food.

See y’all later, I’m going to 3katz’s house for dinner tonight.

You can just hand it to me through the back door. 😁

Ooh, Jinx, I love that dish too, and their bechamel enveloped croque monsieurs, and their strawberries Romanov. I haven't lived in Dallas for decades, though I visit from time to time.

Oh, I miss La Madeleine! My favorite spot when I lived in Dallas. Went to one on Mockingbird Lane.

I have plenty of comfort food, but I’m trying to keep as normal as possible right now.

I made beef stroganoff the other night because I had some mushrooms I needed to use. Definitely one of my comfort foods I had forgotten about. I used to make it a lot for the grands. I had mushrooms I needed to use, and I don’t usually eat a lot of beef either. But these are different times and the stew meat I bought looked like a cut-up roast beef so I used some of that. It was so yummy with fresh broccolini as a side.

Homemade bread, warm from the oven and slathered with unsalted butter. I made some yesterday.

Bpath! That was my location too. There were some characters amongst the regulars. I was there from the mid eighties to the mid nineties.

I have been cooking more than any human should be allowed. Cleaning out the back of the cabinets, making stuff in the instant pot, etc. I found a box of Zatarain's Jambalaya mix that expired in 2017. Added defrosted smoked turkey sausage and shredded chicken breast, had it two nights ago. So far, we're ok (leftovers tomorrow)!

OMG you had to mention queso, jinx!

I WANT QUESO.

Sue .... oh, Sue ... looky here ...

I am definitely on team creamy fats!! I can take or leave the sweets ...

and wish I had left the biscoff cookies!

It is a tie between a breakfast taco consisting of eggs, refried beans, cheese, bacon and salsa AND cookies and cream ice cream.

Chicken and dumplings. Guac and chips (chunky style guac with tomatoes and onions). A cheese and onion enchilada. Buttermilk biscuits hot from the oven with butter and honey.

Very cheesy pizza! Love it when it's topped with lots of veggies!

Popcorn with real butter and salt.

I'm trying not to indulge during this time. I'm cooking a lot, and following a 5-vegetables-a-day rule. But check back in a week.

This thread is evil. I got The Craves.

I know, IdaClaire! No more food threads!

I’m with others that mentioned grilled cheese sandwiches. Just made one the other night to dunk in tomato soup!

Spaghetti Bolognese -- I can eat it for breakfast and for a full week at least once a day (which I sometimes do).

If I’m sick, I want Campbell’s tomato soup, Nabisco saltine crackers, and a real Coke. Other than that, if I’m needing comfort almost anything creamy will do.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Another La Madeleine lover here! When I can calorically afford it, my favorite lunch is a chicken salad croissant with Strawberries Romanov for dessert. Ten or more years ago, they had a wonderful breakfast/brunch dish that was like potatoes au gratin with ham in it. It also had a large clove of garlic baked in the middle. I always just ate around the garlic. I took DD and a couple of her sorority sisters there for breakfast before they hit the road back to school. One of the girls ate the garlic in her dish. What a surprise!

bbstx, I should be embarrassed to share this but tomato soup with fritos for croutons used to be one of my comfort foods in college .. I don't eat canned tomato soup OR fritos anymore but I tried it a few years ago when I was especially sad and I just couldn't get past the corn syrup taste of the tomato soup. I can and have made my own but then it just isn't the same.