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    Easy Comfort Food Recipes for Potlucks & Everyday Dinners

    From old-fashioned desserts and church potluck favorites to easy family dinners and casseroles, people come back to these recipes again and again.

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    Popular Recipes

    Top recipes and fan-favorites with 5-star reviews, and thousands of social shares.

    • bread pudding in baking dish
      Bread Pudding Recipe: Easy Old Fashioned Recipe (With Video!)
    • Burger baked in the oven, steamed in aluminum foil, and placed on white plate.
      Burgers in the Oven
    • Cheeseburger Sliders made with Hawaiian Rolls, stacked on top of one another.
      Cheeseburger Sliders
    • two tuna salad sandwiches stacked on top of each other
      The BEST Tuna Salad Recipe
    A Month of Dinners, Planned for You printable PDF

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    Fall Recipes for Cozy Dinners, Potlucks, and Game Day

    From Sunday dinners and church suppers to tailgates and school-night meals, these are the recipes that show up when the weather turns. You’ll find crockpot dinners, apple and pumpkin desserts, casseroles, and easy sides worth carrying to a gathering.

    • Crockpot recipe collage
      26 Easy Crockpot Dinners (Slow Cooker Recipes for Busy Weeknights)
    • Close up of slow cooker Stove Top chicken and stuffing.
      Crockpot Chicken and Stuffing
    • Chopped green apples, and chopped Snickers candy bars on top of vanilla pudding with caramel drizzle.
      Snicker Salad with Apples
    • Fall Dessert Recipes collage, showing pumpkin, apple and pecan desserts.
      Easy Fall Desserts (34 Cozy Recipes for the Whole Season)

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    Old-Fashioned Comfort Food Favorites

    I grew up eating and making recipes that have been around for generations, that are comforting, easy to make, and fabulously delicious. Here are some reader-favorite, warm-your-heart, comfort food recipes you’ll love.

    • No bake peanut butter pie
      No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
    • 3-ingredient biscuits stacked on vintage plate.
      3-Ingredient Biscuits
    • Crack green beans on wooden spoon.
      Crack Green Beans
    • Egg custard slice on white plate.
      Egg Custard

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    Old-Fashioned Cakes and Sheet Cakes

    Sheet cakes, dump cakes, and the old-fashioned layer cakes that have been showing up at birthdays and church suppers for generations. Simple ingredients, no fancy equipment, and always the first pan to empty.

    • Slice of strawberry Texas sheet cake on a round plate, with a bite taken out.
      Strawberry Texas Sheet Cake
    • A slice of cloud cake, topped with strawberries, sitting on round plate.
      Cloud Cake Recipe
    • A slice of Coca-Cola cake on a vintage plate, sitting next to a Coca-Cola can.
      Coca-Cola Cake (The Old-Fashioned Sheet Cake Everyone Asks For)
    • A slice of strawberry shortcake sheet cake on a round plate.
      Strawberry Shortcake Sheet Cake

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    Six Cakes from the Potluck Table, a free sampler from the cookbook

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    What to Bring to a Potluck

    Easy potluck recipes that are simple to make, easy to travel with, and always the first dishes to disappear at gatherings, cookouts, church suppers, and family parties.

    • doritos chicken casserole on plate
      Doritos Chicken Casserole
    • Collage of potluck desserts.
      Easy Potluck Desserts (Simple Recipes That Always Get Asked For)
    • Chicken macaroni salad in a bowl.
      The BEST Chicken Macaroni Salad
    • Cheeseburger Casserole
      Cheeseburger Casserole

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    Find your new favorite comfort food and old-fashioned recipe:

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    Jessica Burgess

    Hey you. I'm Jessica, the gal behind Fantabulosity, where I share easy, comforting recipes inspired by Grandma's kitchen, with a little modern grace for today's busy home.

    Latest Recipes

    New, easy recipes for dinner, hosting a party, or a vintage comfort food recipe that your family and guests will love.

    • Collage of chicken and dumplings, smothered pork chops, stuffing meatloaf, and hot fudge cake, labeled Easy Weekly Meal Plan, Week 5.
      Easy Weekly Meal Plan #5: Five Dinners and Hot Fudge Cake
    • Smothered cube steak topped with onion gravy beside mashed potatoes.
      Smothered Cube Steak with Onion Gravy (Skillet Recipe)
    • Penuche fudge squares with pecans on a wooden board.
      Old-Fashioned Penuche Fudge
    • Slice of chocolate mayonnaise cake with a thick layer of chocolate frosting lifted from the pan.
      Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake (Old-Fashioned Recipe)
    • Close-up of pecan pie dip with a spoon showing the creamy base beneath the pecan topping.
      Pecan Pie Dip with Cream Cheese
    • Black eyed peas with bacon and sliced green onions in a white bowl.
      Black Eyed Peas Recipe (Southern Style, No Soaking)
    • Collage of sausage tortellini soup, baked chicken drumsticks, walking taco casserole, and sock it to me cake, labeled Easy Weekly Meal Plan, Week 4.
      Easy Weekly Meal Plan #4: Five Dinners and Sock it to Me Cake
    • Fresh strawberry pie with whipped cream around the edge and a slice pulled away.
      Fresh Strawberry Pie (Old-Fashioned, No Jell-O)
    • Collage of chili, baked chicken cutlets with green beans, loaded baked potato soup, and pumpkin sheet cake, labeled Easy Weekly Meal Plan, Week 3.
      Easy Weekly Meal Plan #3: Five Dinners and Pumpkin Sheet Cake
    • Collage of six cozy soups, stews, and chili recipes.
      20 Cozy Soup Recipes for Fall (Easy Soups, Stews & Chili)
    • Collage of sloppy joes, chicken and noodles, baked ravioli, and French toast, labeled Easy Weekly Meal Plan, Week 2.
      Easy Weekly Meal Plan #2: Five Dinners and Caramel Apple Dump Cake
    • Pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting cut into squares on parchment paper
      Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
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