Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for the next post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you want to join in the challenge, you can find the topics for 2025 here, and if you’d like to read other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can find them here.

Favourite Comfort Foods and Why (+ Recipes)

Now that I’m starting to eat like a human being again, I’m starting to eat some of the foods I loved growing up. One of my favourite foods is my Nanna’s split pea soup (which, confusingly, is prepared with yellow lentils).

It’s a hearty and filling soup, which takes me right back to my childhood whenever I eat it. My Nanna would mostly make this in the winter or whenever we asked.

Yellow Split Pea Soup
Recipe:
2 cups yellow lentils
2 cups of chopped onion
2 cups of chopped carrot
8 cups of stock (my Nanna used chicken— I use vegetarian-friendly chicken stock—I know, it sounds like an oxymoron).
1/4 of a turnip or swede chopped into small chunks.
A pinch of salt.

Method:
Cook everything all together in one large pan. Cover and bring up to a boil, then simmer until the vegetables and lentils are tender. For me, it takes about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours.

When the vegetables and lentils are tender, blitz everything with an immersion blender and serve.

Another of our favourite comfort recipes is a simple cheese pasta. It’s pretty easy, and everyone on the planet probably has their own version, but I’ll share it anyway.

Cheesy Pasta
Recipe:
1 bag of pasta (of your choice, though we use either penne or Conchiglie)
1 mountain of cheese (of your choice, but cheddar is delicious)
some milk
1 tsp of mustard (I suppose you could use any, but we use English, giving it a bit of sharpness).

Method:
This recipe is super easy and, for the most part, involves instinct and guesswork.
Cook the pasta to your preference (I like al dente, but my husband likes it super cooked – either way, it’s delicious).

Scoop out a few tbs of pasta water and leave to one side. Drain your pasta and return to the pan.

Add in your mountain of cheese (this is the guesswork because it depends on your personal tastes).

Stir in the cheese along with the pasta water you saved.

Add the milk splash by splash until the cheese and pasta are at the consistency and texture you like.

Add the tsp of mustard, stir again and serve.

Sometimes, we serve this with salad, and sometimes, we add tomatoes (we’ve even been known to add tuna if we’re feeling reckless!).

Anyway, that’s it for post 13. I’m intrigued to discover some of your favourite comfort foods and recipes.

As always, thanks so much for stopping by. I really appreciate it.

Until next time,

George

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