3 Perfect Comfort Food Options to Cook and Hold

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Sometimes you just need some good old-fashioned comfort food.

Whether you're headed to a church potluck, hosting a get-together after a funeral, or simply planning your next big family get-together, there are times when the way to comfort someone's heart and ease their stress is through the stomach.

If you are looking for perfect comfort-food options to cook and hold until it's time to serve, here are three great suggestions.

3 Perfect Comfort Food Options to Cook and Hold

This Smothered Pork Chop recipe from Delish is not only super simple to prepare, but it also can be turned quite easily into a full meal. Just add a side item or two—many of which can also be cooked ahead of time and held until served. 

If you're looking for some starch to make this meal extra hardy, rice or mashed potatoes is the way to go. You're definitely going to want some vegetables to go along with this, though! We love a lighter veg side like grilled green beans, roasted brussels sprouts, or spinach salad.

For something with flavor that really pops, recommend the Food Network's 40-Cloves-of-Garlic Chicken Alfredo. Yes, you read that correctly. Forty cloves of garlic! (Actually, that usually only equals about three heads.) Once the alfredo's all done, you can sit back, relax, and let this delicious dish draw your diners in with its mouth-watering aroma.

Our final suggestion for comfort foods to cook and hold is this recipe for Best Eggplant Parmesan. According to our friends at Bon Appetit, it can be prepared up to two days ahead of time and reheated just before serving without losing any of the dish's flavor or integrity. Even if you plan to cook and serve the day of your event, be sure to hold at least thirty minutes after it's done so that the ingredients can firm up before you slice and serve. 

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