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♦ COMFORT FOOD ♦
Nothing wrong with classic grilled cheese. The happy harmony of toasted bread and melty cheese is the epitome of comfort food.
But this variation from Eat This Not That!’s best comfort foods in our 05.29.20 Salon is sufficiently removed to be a whole different dishes. For starters, instead of just cheese, the filling is cheese, and, and. With other ingredients that create a whole new extra melty texture.
Two things about that filling. Given the amount of cheese, you might want to increase the pimento, jalapeno and scallions. In fact, “truth in advertising,” I reserved some of each of them to place along the cutline to be sure you would be able to see them.
The other thing. Once you have the cheese mix – cheddar, yogurt, mayo, hot sauce – you could add more stuff, or other stuff entirely. Thinking ham, bacon, sausage, pepperoni, tomato, corn, black beans, nuts, grapes or . . . and . . .
And if you happen to have leftovers, great in or on an enchilada. Or for an extra tasty mac & cheese, and then once again add in at will. Or not. Btw, the recipe page also has a garlicky tomato soup recipe.
Substitutes if needed: regular mayo instead of olive oil mayo, green bell pepper in place of jalapeno, red or white onion in place of scallions.
Next week: Ice Cream Bread {this is a big surprise}
♦ FOOD TIPS FOR THE TIMES ♦
Shopping, cooking, storing, substituting, using up, helping, amusement, health & safety
♦ CS-ers are quite awesome at avoiding waste. But even now, when there are still times and places where we can’t necessarily rely on being able to readily replace any of our groceries, it’s especially helpful to know how to keep potatoes fresh, including shopping, storage and washing tips. Now, sometimes despite our best efforts those taters can go bad, and this same msn.com story gives you those telltale clues that can make clear this has happened.
♦ Wow, follow this link at your own risk. You might be surprised by that innocent looking box in your pantry that in fact can become any number of Super Moist Cake Mix Recipes. It’s not exactly breaking news that you can turn this Betty Crocker staple into a fine cake in lots of flavors. But there are so many variations – poke 
cakes, dump cakes, sheets, bundts, a festive rainbow version. And cupcakes and shortcakes and even cone cakes and cake pops.
– But wait, there’s more, coloring outside the lines of the cake category – squares, crisps, trifles, pancakes, breads, cookies, cinnamon rolls, coffee cake. As a nice bonus, also many fun decorating ideas, with this pic from their site being just one example.
♦ Yet another super helpful guide from msn.com, this one citing Eat This Not That! This kind of thing is helpful anytime but now more than ever. In effect you can eat and drink your way to telling disease neener neener when you fill your plates and cups with these “Best Foods to Strengthen Your Immune System.” To your health!
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Their basic recipe couldn’t be easier, just the rolls, mini chocolate chips and optional powdered sugar. I had a few raisins to use up so after softening them in some hot water {then drained and blotted} added those in too. I chose not to top with powdered sugar because I didn’t want to cover up that beautiful golden exterior.
cooling avocado and a dollop of sour cream could be a tasty counterpoint.
the chips or chopped chocolate, cover fully with the syrup, nuke and whisk till smooth with a pinch of salt.
But here’s what’s more. It comes together with ingredients likely already in residence in your pantry and fridge.
proportions just fine no matter how few or how many places are set at that table. Start with these little phyllo shells {available from 
store]. And then fill away because they arrive ready to use.
Or, one other thing that occurred to me is that thyme can be acquired taste. And note that actually the thyme leaves are optional. I routinely decrease the amount specified in any recipe. Or I will substitute a compatible herb and in fact in this case I used cilantro, though think parsley would be nice too.
Make Rich, Flavorful Gravy Using Bouillon Cubes.”
faint of palate – any hint of red in the buttery/garlicky sauce is not from tomatoes {there are none}, but from hot peppers – ground, flaked and liquid.
of that restaurant’s Chef Aaron Cozadd. Thinking despite the title this would be quite good even without the bourbon, and then maybe some vanilla instead.
serves up a whole section of clones in her big book, “Bravetart.” Think such proprietary names as Animal Crackers, Fig Newtons, Oreos, Fudge Stripes, Twinkies, Thin Mints and more.
120 but yikes so much good stuff I ended up doing exactly that. Here are just a few – Sunday roast chicken, chicken pot pie, poor man’s steak with onion and mushrooms plus garlic gravy, slow roasted pork shoulder, gussied up grilled cheese, the Elvis sandwich, grilled Mexican style corn {shown}, honey roasted carrots, blueberry peach cobbler, best fudgy brownies. You can bet some of these will magically appear as our Featured Recipes.
Chilaquiles recipe, something I’ve had and enjoyed in restaurants.
wondering if their photo doesn’t also show some pinto beans too, which sure couldn’t hurt.
But here’s the thing. The first sentence actually was, “When it’s March and it’s blizzarding, times are truly bleak. And the full final sentence was, Here, the 25 things you’ll definitely want to eat while snowed in.” While much of the country is likely not snowed in, some of the country is in, and comfort food is ever so welcome.
the honey chipotle steak hot dip. And even goes sweet with bean spice cake, brownie truffle bites and chocolate fudge cookies. These treats on the 
AllRecipes offers a way to turn jelly sandwiches into jelly donuts. What fun! If you do use the link below and go onto their site, you might also want look into their jelly donut cupcakes.