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User post: Cozy Vegetarian Dinners

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It’s the time of year when appetites and thoughts turn to comfort foods like meatloaf and roast turkey and gravy. As the weather gets cooler, we want our foods to be hearty and rich. But vegetarians want warm and comforting dinners too and sometimes…

User post: The Best Comfort Food Ever

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Mac and cheese and meatloaf get all the publicity. People wax poetic about chicken pot pies. But there is nothing, and I mean nothing, like a Kentucky Hot Brown when it comes to the perfect comfort food.

Comfort food without the guilt: Chicken Potpie

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Chicken Potpie is one of my favorite comfort foods. What’s more satisfying on a cool day than hot creamy chicken inside a flaky crust? Nothing, unless you’re like me and want to watch what you eat. Suddenly this butter- and heavy-cream-laden dish doesn’t seem so comforting.

So instead of making a traditional recipe that’s loaded with fat, I use EatingWell’s healthier version of this dish to satisfy my comfort-food craving without the extra calories and fat. It’s comfort food without the guilt. Get the recipe and find out how we made it healthier.

8 Guilt-free comfort food swaps

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I love fall—and all the heartier food that comes with it. What I don’t love is all the fat and calories, and neither do my jeans. With these easy substitutions, I can still have my macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and french fries and fit into my clothes too. Here’s how a few…

Top German-Inspired Recipes for Oktoberfest

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You've got your favorite Oktoberfest brew and now it's time to dig into some comforting German food.

How to Get More Comfortable with Comfort Foods

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Feeling stressed - who doesn’t reach for comfort food? Of course, you feel better short term, but when the euphoria is over, guilt sets in. Food and mood correlate highly; the right comfort food will go the distance. An important ingredient when reaching for comfort food is the olfactory…

Is the Recession Turning You on to Hot Dogs?

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At NPR.org, Gillian Guttierez has a brilliant idea both for economists and grocery-store stockers: Use hot dogs as an economic indicator. You know, like

Michael Jackson's Private Chef Speaks

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Michael Jackson is gone, but his menus live forever. His private chef, Kai Chase, has gone public and described in detail the diet he and his three children were on in the last months…

Beer-Barbecued Chicken and other light summer favorites

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I was being interviewed for a radio show the other day and the host asked me about summer comfort foods—what to grill, what to bring to a party and of course, what’s for dessert. I immediately suggested one of my absolute top picks for summertime comfort food recipes: Beer-Barbecued Chicken. The EatingWell test kitchen developed this recipe as a healthier version of the famous beer can chicken. If you’re not familiar with that method, you basically stick a chicken on top of an open can of beer and stand the whole thing up on your grill over indirect heat to yield a moist flavorful chicken. Some of my other top picks for healthier versions of summer comfort foods you’ve got to try are...