With falling temperatures, people crave those warm winter comfort foods. Earlier this week, the George-Anne Reflector sent out a survey asking students to choose their favorite and explain why. Here’s what students had to say: 

Junior, Breana Manning’s, favorite winter comfort food is soup. 

• “Its warm and flavorful! I do consider chicken and dumpling as a soup though. My personal favorite is either chicken & dumplings or pozole,” Manning said.

Senior, Lorena Martinez’s, favorite winter comfort food is spaghetti with crunchy garlic bread. 

• “My mom makes the best spaghetti with ground chicken. It’s perfect with some crunchy garlic bread on the side,” Martinez said.

Junior, Arieonn Lonon’s, favorite winter comfort food is chili. 

• “It’s warm and makes you think of home,” Lonon said.  

Senior, Blake Williams’, favorite winter comfort food is a loaded baked potato. 

• “You can’t go wrong with a loaded BBQ baked potato,” Williams said.

Junior, Sasha Simpson’s, favorite winter comfort foods include a burrito, chicken, grilled cheese,  a loaded baked potato, mac and cheese, soup, spaghetti and meatballs, a veggie bowl, and spicy foods.  

• “Because they have flavor, especially spicy food. I will eat anything hot and spicy,” Simpson said. 

Here are cheap, easy recipes for the six common winter comfort foods we asked about:

Loaded Baked Potato 

• Learn how to make your own here. 

• Mac & Cheese 
  • Learn to make Mac & Cheese for under $3. 
• Soup  
  • For 40 different soup ideas look here. 
• Spaghetti & Meatballs
  • A simple spaghetti and meatballs recipe. 
• Chicken & Dumplings 
  • Learn about a simple chicken and dumplings recipe. 
• Grilled Cheese 
  • Here is a simple grilled cheese sandwich recipe.