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Easy-To-Make Comfort Food Recipes

Katie’s Cucina has hundreds of recipes ranging from easy to make one pot meals, traditional breakfast, lunch, and easy family dinner recipes. Katie loves to get creative with seasonal ingredients and enjoys sharing a variety of holiday recipes that always wow her friends and family. She breaks down each and every recipe with plenty of details and pictures so you can cook with ease, but also “wow” those that mean the most in your life, too!

Easter Recipes

Hosting Easter dinner? I have dozens of easy-to-make holiday recipes from appetizers, side dishes, and the prized Easter ham that anyone make with ease.

  • white oval baking dish filled with cheesey mashed potatoes.
    Baked Mashed Potatoes
  • Wood cutting board with slices of ham.
    Slow Cooker Ham (with apple sauce)
  • Broccoli Cheese Casserole spooned out of white baking dish
    Broccoli Casserole with Ritz Crackers
  • Square photo of a white bowl filled with cooked baby carrots.
    Instant Pot Carrots

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Recent Recipes

Craving something tasty? Here are my most recent recipes I’ve created to share for you to cook for those you love.

  • White pan filled with baked ziti, cheese, and parsley.
    Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage
  • Two loaves of garlic cheese bread with one cut into 4 pieces resting on a wood cutting board.
    Garlic Cheese Bread
  • Photo taken from a vertical top angle of the Italian Sausage and Peppers being cooked inside of an instant pot.
    Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers
  • Up Close photo of the Spinach Stuffed Shells laying in a white baking dish.
    Stuffed Shells with Spinach

Trending Recipes

Here are my tried, true, and currently the most popular recipes you’ll find here on Katie’s Cucina! These recipes have multiple 5-star reviews from readers just like you who enjoyed making and eating the recipe.

  • Green bowl filled with white gravy and a tray of biscuits next to the gravy bowl.
    Homemade White Gravy
  • white bowl filled with mashed potato soup.
    Mashed Potato Soup
  • Dried spaghetti on a countertop.
    KitchenAid Pasta Recipe
  • Top view of a brown baking dish with cut pieces of an egg casserole.
    Ham Egg and Cheese Casserole
  • Female and man hand grabbing crab legs and corn in a seafood bowl.
    Shrimp and Crab Boil
  • Two glass jars of chicken stock with yellow dutch oven in background
    How To Make Chicken Stock From A Rotisserie Chicken
  • White plate filled with beef patty, mashed potatoes, and carrots.
    Old Fashioned Salisbury Steak Recipe
  • Gold baking sheet with cooked fish and veggies with text on image for Pinterest.
    Grilled Lemon Garlic Red Snapper

Smoothie Recipes

Looking for an easy nutritious breakfast or afternoon snack? Check out some of my favorite smoothie recipes to power you through the day!

  • four smoothies with text on image for pinterest.
    50+ Creative Smoothie Recipes
  • Mixed Berry Smoothie
  • Two yellow smoothies with pineapple on the rim and paper blue straws.
    Pineapple Peach Smoothie
  • Two glasses filled with a pink smoothie with strawberries and paper straws in the glasses.
    Strawberry Banana Smoothie

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Soup Recipes

Ready to cuddle up to a big bowl of comforting soup? I have dozens of easy to make soup recipes that anyone can make from scratch!

  • two bowls of Carrabba's Sausage Lentil Soup with grated parmesan cheese on top.
    Sausage Lentil Soup
  • Large green pot filled with cabbage, sausage, potatoes, and broth on a marble countertop.
    Cabbage and Sausage Soup
  • Two white bowls stacked with carrots, noodles and chicken with broth.
    Instant Pot Chicken Soup
  • two white bowls filled with split pea soup with carrots and parsnips on the side.
    Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

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Breakfast Recipes

Want to make something delicious for breakfast? Check out hundreds of tried and true easy-to-make breakfast recipes.

  • Glass dish with 9 slices of egg with a spatula in the middle.
    Sausage and Egg Casserole
  • White bowl filled with yogurt, fruit, and granola.
    Yogurt with Granola
  • Two blue plates stacked with a thick cinnamon roll on top with orange juice in background.
    Cinnabuns
  • White dish with fried breakfast potatoes inside sitting on red and white towel
    Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes

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Female standing in a kitchen wearing an apron with a bowl of pasta and fresh herbs.

About Katie

I’m Katie Jasiewicz: home cook, food blogger, and recipe developer. A busy mom of two children who loves to feed her family delicious meals that don’t take hours to cook! My mission is to create easy-to-make modern comfort food for the busy family.

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Appetizer Recipes

We love to eat appetizer’s in my home. Whether we make dinner of it and eat a few appetizers or enjoy a dip before dinner.

  • Hot Pimento Cheese Dip
    Hot Pimento Cheese Dip
  • easy to make and delicious bacon cheddar fries!
    Bacon Cheese Fries
  • Grape Tomato & Ricotta Crostini from KatiesCucina.com
    Grape Tomato & Ricotta Crostini
  • Pulled Pork Nachos from KatiesCucina.com
    Pulled Pork Nachos

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Side Dish Recipes

A meal isn’t complete without at least 1-2 side dishes. Here are a few of my favorite side dishes that pair well with most meals!

  • Close up shot of sautéed zucchini and tomatoes resting in a pan.
    Sauteed Zucchini and Tomatoes
  • White oval dish filled with beets, feta, spinach, and balsamic drizzle.
    Beet Salad with Feta
  • White bowl filled with cooked beets.
    Instant Pot Beets
  • Close up of beet greens in a frying pan on a white and blue striped cloth.
    Sautéed Beet Greens

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Dessert Recipes

Craving something sweet? My dessert category should be able to satisfy all your sweet cravings from beginner to advanced cooking methods!

  • Three slices of brownie topped cheesecake bars with OREOs on a blue napkin.
    Oreo Cheesecake Brownies
  • White tray filled with 8 chocolate chip cookies with marshmallows.
    Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies
  • Glass plate filled with an apple pie with powdered sugar.
    Apple Pie with Streusel Topping
  • Two brownies stacked on top of each other sitting on a yellow napkin.
    Brownies with Chocolate Chips

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Recently Updated

Here are some of my tried and true recipes that I’ve recently updated.

  • Two pink milkshakes topped with whipped cream and strawberries with straws on a marble counter.
    Strawberry Pineapple Milkshakes
  • Two lucky charms cereal bars stacked on top of each other
    Lucky Charms Cereal Bars
  • Slices of tomato, mozzarella and basil with balsamic drizzled on top.
    Caprese Salad with Balsamic Glaze
  • Four Irish recipes with recipe title text on image for Pinterest.
    50 Irish Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day

Find recipes for…

  • Instant Pot
  • One Pot Meal
  • Slow Cooker
  • Main Dish

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