Collection

Easy comfort food recipes for weeknight dinners

Everything here is honest comfort food: cooked at least twice on a home stove, written in cups, spoons and ounces, with oven and doneness temperatures in Fahrenheit and the amount you need stated in every step.

Short on time? The quickest thing on this page takes 15 minutes. Every recipe scales from 1 to 6 servings, and you can tap ingredients off the list as you cook.

Start with these two

The two dishes we hand to anyone who says they cannot cook.

Soups & Stews

Chicken and Dumplings

Shredded chicken in a silky broth with dumplings that steam soft on top and stay light all the way through.

50 min · 4 servings

Beef & Pork

Skillet Beef and Cheddar Macaroni

One skillet, 30 minutes, and the pasta cooks right in the sauce so nothing gets watery.

30 min · 4 servings

Comfort food in 45 minutes or less

Weeknight speed without turning dinner into a project.

Pasta & Risotto

Saffron Lemon Risotto with Basil Oil

A slow-stirred, unapologetically buttery risotto that tastes like late sun on a stone terrace.

35 min · 4 servings

Pasta & Risotto

Brown Butter Tomato Pasta

Blistered cherry tomatoes collapse into nutty brown butter and cling to every strand.

20 min · 2 servings

Vegetables

Charred Broccolini with Anchovy Crumbs

Deeply blistered stems under salty, crunchy breadcrumbs — the side dish people fight over.

15 min · 4 servings

Seafood

Crisp Skin Salmon with Shaved Fennel

Skin like glass, centre barely set, and a cold fennel salad cutting straight through it.

18 min · 2 servings

Soups & Stews

Tuscan White Bean and Kale Soup

A brothy, garlicky bowl that thickens itself when you mash a ladle of the beans.

35 min · 4 servings

30-Minute Dinners

Skillet Gnocchi with Spinach and Lemon

Crisped straight from the package — no boiling, no colander, one pan.

20 min · 4 servings

One-Pan Meals

Sheet Pan Sausage, Peppers and Potatoes

One tray, 425°F, and a staggered start so nothing comes out soft.

45 min · 4 servings

Beef & Pork

Smothered Pork Chops with Onion Gravy

Deeply browned chops finished in a silky onion gravy built in the same pan.

40 min · 4 servings

Side Dishes

Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes

Warm cream, nutty butter, and a ricer instead of a masher.

35 min · 6 servings

Breakfast & Brunch

Buttermilk Pancakes with Maple Butter

Lumpy batter, a rested ten minutes, and a griddle held at exactly 375°F.

25 min · 12 pancakes

Appetizers & Dips

Whipped Feta with Hot Honey

Five minutes in a food processor and it disappears faster than you can toast the bread.

15 min · 6 servings

Slow, cozy comfort food for the weekend

Braises, bakes and one very patient pot roast — worth the wait.

Baking

Olive Oil Almond Cake

One bowl, one whisk, a crackled sugar top and a crumb that stays damp for days.

1 hr · 8 slices

Baking

Midnight Chocolate Tart

A mirror-black ganache set in a cocoa shell, cut with a hot knife and a little drama.

55 min · 10 slices

Casseroles & Bakes

Baked Ziti with Torn Mozzarella

Undercooked pasta, a loose sauce and torn mozzarella — that is the whole trick.

50 min · 6 servings

Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Root Vegetables

Sear it hard, then walk away for eight hours and come back to fork-tender beef.

8 hr 20 min · 6 servings

Chicken & Poultry

Buttermilk Roast Chicken Thighs

An overnight buttermilk soak, then hard heat for skin that shatters.

50 min · 4 servings