| Comfort food. It even sounds warm and welcoming - | | | | watchers say that we are craving the foods we grew |
| like cuddling up by the fire on a cold winter day. | | | | up with. People want to enjoy their homes and |
| Comfort food trends have seen a real resurgence in | | | | entertain at home. We're expressing an interest in |
| recent years and our desire for comfort food seems | | | | cooking everything from easy party food recipes to |
| to be holding strong. So what is comfort food? | | | | BBQ to slow cooked roasts with all the trimmings.We |
| Generally it's the food we have good memories about, | | | | also want to experience different tastes, sometimes |
| the food we think of when we hear the word | | | | tastes from around the world, sometimes the familiar |
| homemade, and that reminds us of simpler times.The | | | | foods we love, with twist or an extra bit of pizzazz. |
| list of favorite comfort foods can be different for each | | | | So we have things like garlic mashed potatoes, 4 |
| of us. While homemade macaroni and cheese and | | | | cheese macaroni and cheese and thin crust gourmet |
| meatloaf with mashed potatoes have been staples for | | | | pizzas.We're also a population that is becoming more |
| many of us, for some of us comfort food may include | | | | aware of health and making healthy food choices. |
| a delicious cheesy lasagna, or yummy sweet potato | | | | With aging baby boomers creating a bulge in our |
| pie. We all tend to love the food that takes us back to | | | | populations, healthy lifestyle trends are front and |
| our roots - the foods we grew up with.Some Of Our | | | | center. We want fewer calories but all the taste, |
| Top Comfort Food Choices Were Found To Be:- | | | | healthier eating with the comforts of our favorite |
| Soup | | | | foods. So where does this leave us? How do we |
| - Meatloaf | | | | combine comfort food trends with healthier lifestyle |
| - Pasta sauces | | | | trends?As much as we love our comfort foods many |
| - Pot pies | | | | of us now look for ways to turn them into healthier |
| - Mashed potatoes | | | | choices, with a lower fat content and fewer calories. |
| - Pizza | | | | We tweak those great recipes from the past so we |
| - Potato salad | | | | maintain (or sometimes even improve) the taste but |
| - Macaroni and cheese | | | | forgo some of the fat, unhealthy carbs and sugar |
| - Biscuits and scones | | | | content. And while most of us are still eating our |
| - Chili | | | | favorite comfort foods, maybe it's just a little less |
| - Beef stew | | | | often. We might decide to share that piece of amazing |
| - Fruit pies | | | | cheesecake so we get the taste but not the |
| - Chocolate chip cookiesWhy the increased desire for | | | | pounds.We're going back to our roots - but with a nod |
| comfort foods? It seems to be a combination of things. | | | | to healthy food choices and a few wonderful, tasty |
| People are busier and more stressed than ever. The | | | | twists along the way.Karen Ciancio is a cook and lover |
| last few years have also resulted in many of us | | | | of all things food and cooking related. Her website |
| feeling less safe in the world. We want to feel warm | | | | contains recipes for comfort foods, plus lots of other |
| and safe again, the way we did when we were young | | | | recipes, cooking tips, measurement conversions and |
| and the world seemed simpler.Comfort food trend | | | | kitchen ideas. |