I know what you’re thinking: Comfort food and dieting aren’t two things that go together like, spaghetti and meatballs…or peanut butter and jelly, right?
Wrong! Enter our latest collection of 30 Healthy Recipes for Comfort Foods. I got with our Test Kitchen and we put this collection together to prove that dieting and eating healthier doesn’t have to mean giving up on our favorite feel-good dishes.
I have to admit, I was skeptical of recipes like our Not Fried “Fried” Chicken. When we tested these recipes, that was one that I was especially excited to try. Would it be crispy and crunchy – the way fried chicken is supposed to taste? Would it be juicy and flavorful?
Well, it was all of those things. A dieter’s dream, for sure! Pair that with our Lighter Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Loaded Veggie Salad (just be sure to pick out a lighter dressing) for a meal that will have you feeling so satisfied, you may even forget you’re on a diet. Wouldn’t that be nice? 
Be sure to check out the complete collection for more tasty and healthy recipes, from a rich and cheesy hash brown casserole to a sweet apple crisp. This is the kind of dieting I could get used to!
Do you have a favorite comfort food dish that you wish you had a lighter recipe for? Let me know below in the comments. You can also head over to our Facebook page, where we recently asked our fans to vote on a new lighter recipe to be developed. Right now, Chicken ‘n’ Dumplings is in the lead!
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Leading off with Fried Chicken is perfect. No one does comfort food like the South and nothing says southern cooking like fried chicken. I should know!