What's your comfort food? (Recipes please?)

recovering_spendaholic

I'd make a microwave sponge pudding with the cake stuff and add sultanas and either use syrup for the bottom of the bowl or make a bit of caramel in a pan (just melt some sugar and butter together with a bit of cream, evap or just milk). Make some custard and enjoy!! The sponge (assuming a 4 oz mixture) only takes about 4 minutes in the micro and its lovely.

mrsmortenharket

mcvities chocolate digestives.

Oh, thats not a recipe!

Lisa

buxtonrabbitgreen

bread and thick butter and thick crunchy peanut butter always does it for me.

zubezube

mmmmmmmm, plain and simple toasted cheese, something i never fancy/want until OH places it in front of me, then i'm in heaven.

trafalgar_2

cheesy hammy eggy.......................now that's comfort food:D

pounds_and_pensive

Spaghetti hoops on thick toast. All my womanly responsibilities drift away, and I'm a kid again. Until I've eaten it and realise who's responsible for the washing up these days

For a sweet hit, which I thankfully feel the need for a bit less often, a big spoonful of Nutella (well, the Lidl equivalent ) stirred into a bowl of semolina.

Hardly 'recipes', I know, but by the time I've reached that state I'm enough of a liability just holding the breadknife

AussieLass

I've been known to open up a can of condensed milk and attack it with a spoon to get a sweet fix.

wishiwasarichgirl

Spuds, baked beans, lots of butter and black pepper - yum! (must be the irish in me - gotta have spuds with everything )

earthmother

Thank you all - you've given me some great ideas and put a smile on my face

Munchies still there this morning - ended up with a bowl of warm weetabix (full fat milk, brown sugar and allowed to 'set'), which helped a little.


Can't answer everyone, but can I reply to a couple of comments that stood out.


anniebooklover - I have a nasty feeling (at 31) that I may well be going through the same - but that's another story

madauri - sweet eggy bread :think: - never thought of it in that way, but now you've said it, it sounds nice, so I have a feeling that could well be elevenses.

dronid - Thank you for venturing into what could well be a lions den, lol - and thank you for the lovely recipe - Grandma used to make rock cakes - not had them in years

AussieLass - I've not had condensed milk for years either - got to buy a tin now There was a wartime reality programme on the kids TV the other week, and they were all moaning about being given it - I would have thought in this day and age of sickly sweet everything they'd have lapped it up

wishiwasarichgirl - same here - and it's only taken me 11 years to get hubby around to the same way of thinking (his idea of spuds used to be a packet of smash :eek: )

gingin_2

dronid wrote:

With a slightly edgy feeling:eek: (being not a lady):eek: :eek: I would probably offer up rock cakes being a bit easier than fairy cakes.:o I've often made them for friends as they're really quick.
Recipie (I believe) is
3oz butter
3oz sugar
8oz Self Raising Flour
6oz Sultanas
1 egg
a little mik
Rub butter into flour. Add sugar. Mix in beaten egg and enough milk to make a stiff sticky consistency. Put dessert spoons of the mix on a greased baking tray. I normally sprinkle over a little granulated/demerera sugar. Bake in a preheated oven at 220C for about 10 mins.

If you had chocolate chips you could use them instead of sultanas:D , or even replace a bit of the flour with cocoa:D:D . I still like them with the sultanas though!:D :

Mind you I agree with SnowyOwl!

You have inspired me to make those with my children today!