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Comfort Food

Whether you’re looking for comfort food to get through a break up, weather a storm, or combat a cold winter night, you’ll be able to find something right here. Sometimes, all you want to do is curl up on the couch with a bowl of your favorite [insert fav food here]. This category features all of our comfort food recipes, rolled up into one, easy location. We cover everything from soups to chili, meatballs to wraps, and sweet to savory. Our comfort food recipes are typically budget, family, and living-on-your-own friendly, and easy to make! We’ve made every recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how we liked the dish. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ Thanksgiving

Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake

November 22, 2021
Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake

This apple cider doughnut loaf cake hits all the right notes. It’s not too difficult to make, it’s warm and spicy, has just the right amount of sweetness, and every bite screams ‘HELLO AUTUMN!’ Liam helped me bake this one. When I asked him what he wanted to bake, he said, “Let’s make pumpkin pie.” So proud that pumpkin pie was his first choice. When I said we were going to…

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Apple Butter Bars

October 13, 2021
Apple Butter Bars

It took me a whole year, but I’m finally writing about these apple butter bars. Finally getting around to this involved me being able to make them again. They are delicious. Unfortunately, I followed the directions and greased the pan. However, the entire sheet of apple butter bars glued itself to the pan. I should have used  parchment paper like the first time. Hence the floppy mound instead of cute…

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All Recipes/ Autumn/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Celebrations/ Comfort Food

Blueberry Muffins

September 29, 2021
Blueberry Muffins

Nothing says, ‘hello fall’, more than a fresh baked muffin on a Saturday morning. Well, maybe a hot apple cider donut being eaten at a pumpkin patch in your flannel shirt would say it more? But why was it so difficult to find a delicious recipe for blueberry muffins? It took me three tries. THREE. The first two recipes looked good. However, they turned out crumbly, dry, and bland. That…

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Double Chocolate Levain Cookies

July 13, 2021
Double Chocolate Levain Cookies

I love chocolate, but I’m not a fan of chocolate ice cream, cookies, cake, etc. Liquid chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate candy is more my jam. However, I don’t mind a bite of chocolate cookies or cake when I get the chance. The picture of these double chocolate Levain cookies sold me. I find baking anything chocolate is hard. Unlike a yellow or lighter shade of cake/cookies, you can’t see the…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Hot Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches: Cooking Through Full Plate

July 7, 2021
hot honey fried chicken

Since we made these hot honey fried chicken sandwiches back in April, we’ve made them once a month. Is it the hot honey glaze, the mayo, the pickles, or the fried chicken that makes this so good? Yes. There’s a restaurant we love called The Shady Lady. They have one of the best chicken sandwiches in Queens. The bread is perfect, the chicken is fried to perfection, and the sriracha…

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In-N-Out Special Sauce

July 6, 2021
Special Sauce

Give your burgers an upgrade with In-N-Out sauce. This special sauce is super simple to make and all you need is five ingredients. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. At Christmas, we recieved Ayesha Curry’s cookbook, The Full Plate. We hadn’t picked through until a few months…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Slow Cookers and Soups/ Vegetarian

Black Bean Soup

May 3, 2021
black bean soup

This last year has been filled with all the comfort food. Brian’s go-to comfort food is dessert. Exhibit A. I love a hearty meal; one that warms the soul. One of the meals that gets us through the falls and winters is this black bean soup. It’s the epitome of comfort food: hearty, warming, flavorful, and delicious. I originally wanted to make this soup because my mom loves black bean…

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Chocolate Chip Cookies from Jacques Torres

April 7, 2021
jacques torres chocolate chip cookies

These cookies. To die for. Oh my goodness, this recipe comes from Jacques Torres. I truly saved the best recipe for the end of this journey. These are, by far, my favorite chocolate chip cookies. On your first bite, you will be transported to a warm and inviting place. A safe place. Home. These are the kind of cookies you expect sitting on your pillow at a fancy hotel. While…

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Ina Garten’s Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 24, 2021
Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies

We banged all over the kitchen. The counter, the oven, and even the floor. Surprisingly we didn’t make a mess and more importantly, we didn’t wake up our son. For these giant crinkled chocolate chip cookies, be prepared to bang the pans all over your kitchen. Go to Sarah’s blog for the recipe. We used a recipe from Ina Garten via Sarah Kieffer’s original recipe. These were the crunchy cookies…

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All Recipes/ Christmas/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Milk Bar’s Corn Cookies

December 23, 2020
corn cookies

I organized another Zoom baking day with friends! There was banana bread, molasses cookies, sugar cookies, peanut butter blossoms, and so many more. I wanted to make Milk Bar’s corn cookies, but my ingredients weren’t delivered in time. I stuck with a classic chocolate chip cookie. My corn powder arrived on Monday and I was able to make these corn cookies! Usually Christmas is filled with family gatherings on Christmas…

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 21, 2020
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

This year has been trying. However, there have been moments of levity. Growing up, we used to have family over for a whole day of baking a few weekends before Christmas. My Nana would bring over a pile of index cards with handwritten recipes and we would sift through them to find our favorite desserts. This year, I had a Zoom baking day with family and we all made some…

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All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Comfort Food/ Snacks

Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts

September 30, 2020
brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts

Pop tarts bring me back to my school days. Strawberry pop tarts were my jam (pun intended). However, brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts were my #2 favorite. I loved toasting them long enough so the non-frosted parts were just about to turn golden brown. I’d pick the sides off, eat them first, let the pop tart cool, and then eat the rest. I know, I’m a weirdo. When Fatima was…

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Ramen Noodles

September 9, 2020
Ramen Noodles

I grew up eating ramen noodles when I was younger. They were my go-to after school snack. I would make them in microwave and eat them while doing homework. I never added anything else to them, the broth and noodles were enough for me. The first time I had homemade ramen with all of the bells and whistles was with a group of college friends in the East Village. It…

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All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Cravings/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Cobb Salad: Cooking Through Cravings

July 8, 2020
Cobb Salad

I love everything about this cobb salad: the dressing, the flavors, and the hint of spice. I love how it makes me feel like a Kardashian with a never-ending bowl of salad. While there’s a bit more prep than your typical salad, it’s so worth it. Since we’re both working from home, we build in lunch and dinner prep at the beginning of the week to make our days run…

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All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Comfort Food

Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Smash Browns

November 24, 2019
Smash Browns

When we were in Vegas for Céline Dion last spring, we had breakfast at a really cute place in the Mirage called Pantry. This place was so good, we ate there twice. I had chicken and waffles, Fatima had French toast, and we shared a side of smash browns. The smash browns were exactly what we needed at breakfast. Our flight the night before had been delayed and we landed…

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