Simple pleasures: Best comfort foods for winter By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Lip-smacking comfort foods are welcome during chilly winter days.

Chinese-Style Oxtail
Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

During the dead of winter, it’s time to kick back and cook for the pleasure of it, making some of the comfort foods that your family loves such as creamy baked macaroni and cheese, split pea soup and fresh baked bread. Here are these favourite downtime dishes for the joy of cooking – then the sheer delight of eating.