I love my mom's macaroni and cheese. She makes the baked casserole kind. She's given me the recipe and I tried to make it, but I literally cannot cook anything right.
I usually cook all our meals even if they are pretty average lol but my favourite is fried chicken sandwiches or a thanksgiving style turkey dinner. Both take a lot of effort though.
Chicken & Dumplings; my mother figured out how to make the dumplings big and SUPER soft, and I'm in love. (And probably gaining more weight thinking about it)
My parents have 0 cooking skills so we always ate at restaurants. As a result, my 'home-cooked meals' are probably my favourite dishes at restaurants For example, there was this seafood fettucine at Pizza Hut...
my dad did all the cooking when i was growing up and he def wouldn't win any cookery awards, but made a damn good lasagne. now i'm grown up and left home, but i use a vegetarian version of his recipe when i've got the time, and it's soooo good
when my mom makes bratwursts and cucumber salad... so summery. she pan coats the brats in flour and pan fries them in a cast iron skillet. and i dont know what she does to the cucumbers, but they are SO GOOD. ive been eating the meal since i was super super little, and its always been my favorite! deffs a comfort food
also spatzle rocks. she makes them with beef and this delicious savory gravy the frustrating part about it though is that she doesnt have a recipe for the gravy!! she makes a different one every time. just makes it up as she goes along. and its always delicious! i dont know how my mom does it lol i swear shes a magic chef or smth
oo oo and also she makes really good strudels. i remember when i was little, in elementary school, i would come home and there would always be fresh plum strudel.... god its nostalgic lol. i wish she would make it again but apparently the recipe uses a specific type of plum that is hard to find out of season. forget the name of it.
i absolutely love gumbo as well.. personally i love my gumbo to be a soup... i love a great soup thats full of herbs and vegetables with a strong broth thats like a gravy and if its nice and hot and got that spice that makes my nose run thats the greatest! I dont even care if it doesnt taste good.. veggie soup is good medicine
I really like when my Mom makes pork butt, especially if it's from Boston Market. As an adult it has come to me calling my Mom making sure if I am doing something right.
I really like cooking popcorn chicken along with sauteed green beans and mushrooms with oyster sauce. The other home cooked meal I like to cook is Filipino Chicken Adobo, a dish from The Philippines.