Comfort Foods

Tomato Soup (I like Progresso tom.basil)
cheese (any kind, I use string cheese, in pieces)
slice of toast

pour tom. soup in bowl..add some cheese..put slice of toast on top and microwave 1-2min.

Thanks Maggie for your contribution. I really appreciate it.

Want to make homemade dounuts and haven't the foggiest idea how to do it? Then this is for you.

Buy some of those inexpensive canned biscuits.
Heat oil or shortening in a skillet to about 375 degrees F. (I use my electric skillet)
Using your fingers push a hole in the middle of each biscuit and stretch the biscuit into roughly a round shape.
Drop into the hot fat.
Turn when the bottom side is golden brown.
Allow donuts to drain. Then coat with sugar and cinnamon or glaze using powdered sugar, vanilla and enough water to make it runny. Or just dust with powdered sugar.

It is also easy to make jelly donuts.
Drop whole biscuits into the hot fat. Turning when one side is golden brown.
Drain. And when they have cooled enough to handle, take a small knife and push it into the end of the donut, making a slit into the center of the donut. Then using a cake decorator pushed into that slit you made, deposit some of your favorite jelly.
This is easy enough to get your kids to help. And besides helping to make an easy snack. It is a way to make memories with your kids.

I have had several more responses to my request for comfort foods. Here are a few.

This from Annmarie: Hot tea with milk and sugar is definitely my comfort food. No matter if I am sick to my stomach, have a bad cold, or am a little down, tea always makes me feel better. Add a slice of cinnamon toast to that or hot oatmeal with cream (fattening) and it is double comfort. All my friends laugh at me for they think my solution to lifes problems is a cup of tea!

And these from Rhonda: (*whispering* I think she must be from the south somewhere. lol. Possibly Louisiana?)

Crawfish Etoufee

1 pound frozen peeled crawfish tails (defrosted with fat)
1 Cup chopped white onion
1 Cup chopped green bell pepper
1 Cup chopped celery
1 Cup chopped green onion
1 Stick of Butter
2 Cans Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup
2-3 Bay leaves
2 Caps of Crab Boil Liquid
2 Teaspoons of Tabasco Sauce
Steamed Rice

In large pot, melt butter; saute' onion, bell pepper, celery and green onion. You may add some additional butter and/or olive oil.

Meanwhile, blend soup in blender. This will chop up all the mushrooms and make it smooth.

After vegetables are sauted, add blended soup and Bay leaf. Let simmer 15-30 minutes. Add crab boil liquid and tabasco sauce, let simmer another 15-30 minutes.

Add crawfish, let simmer about 15-20 minutes. Do not over cook the crawfish, they will get too tough.

Serve over steamed rice.

Sweet Potato Pecan Pie

1 medium can Sugary Sam Yams
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 Cup honey
1 tsp. salt
6 eggs
1 Cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1-2 cups chopped pecans
2 deep dish pie shells (unbaked)

Drain and mash Yams.

Combine Yams; cinnamon; and honey (stir); add salt (stir).

In separate bowl whip eggs then stir in sugar gradually.

Combine Yam mixture then add vanilla (stir); add pecans (stir).

Put in unbaked pie shells 350 deg. for one hour. Prick with toothpick if it comes out clean then it is done. Do not overcook it becomes dried out.

Jalapeno Cornbread

1 Can Cream Corn
1 Can Yellow Corn Meal 1 Tbsp. Baking Soda 1 tsp. Salt 3/4 Cup Corn Oil 2 eggs 4 - Jalapeno Peppers 1 medium grated onion 1 small sour cream 1 Cup shredded cheddar cheese

Mix all together. If too dry add a little mayonnaise.

Bank in 9" x 13" pan - 425 deg. oven until golden brown.

Thanks Rhonda. Those recipes look like fun.