13 Comfort Food Dinners Just Like Mom Used to Make

Do you have a particular food so wedded to your mom’s cooking that it has the power to resurrect the past? My Korean mom is a great cook, so I have several—kimchi jjigae, kimbap, mandu, and more dinners I can still taste in my memory. She lives over 5,000 miles away, so I often get a pang of homesickness that can only be cured by trying to replicate her dishes.

Whether your mom was a lousy cook and an expert at reheating microwaveable dinners, or a fantastic cook who regularly whipped up amazing meals, it’s undeniable that Mom’s cooking is a taste of home.

Here you’ll find 13 blast-from-the-past retro dinner recipes just like Mom used to make, along with handy tips from Simply Recipes readers, contributors, and editors. Be sure to save your favorites to your MyRecipes account so you can keep that taste of home handy. To get started, click on any recipe below, then tap on the heart icon next to the recipe title.