My good friend Stephanie has brought us some of the most popular Sunday Dinner recipes over the past months--Pepper Jack Butternut Squash Risotto, Mac and Cheese Quinoa, and a Hearty Pumpkin Polenta. She has a flare for making simple, filling food just a touch fancier than the average recipe, with extra-delicious results. 

Call it by its "grown up" name and this ham and cheese sandwich becomes something to brag about. Enjoy! 

This has to be the simplest comfort food recipe yet to appear on this Sunday Dinners blog post series. It comes from my friend Melissa, who rightly describes it as an awesome way to make delicious burritos--the meat will be ready and waiting when you get home from a day of classes, freshly-prepared and delicious.

Today's comfort food is as "comfort" as it gets. This recipe comes from my Aunt Mish's set of recipes that launched my college career, along with the other standbys of meatloaf, chicken with zucchini, and beef stroganoff with buttered noodles (among others).

This is one of those really simple meals that almost anyone would enjoy, and which can be endlessly adapted according to taste. Enjoy!

Things have come full circle for this week's college comfort food: all the way back to the booklet of recipes my Aunt Mish gave me when I first went off to college. After all, is there anything more comforting than an old-fashioned meatloaf?

Today's college comfort food recipe is brought to you once again by the inestimable Aunt Mish, who has supplied so many of the My College Advice recipes thus far. I can't wait to try this particular dish! If you beat me to it, please let me know what you think.

Today's Sunday Dinner is again brought to you by my Aunt Mish and her "College Comfort Food" recipe book. I hope you'll enjoy this simple and delicious meal!

Today's Sunday comfort food is a delicious vegetarian dish brought to you by my Aunt Mish. It's part of her recipe series "meals to impress girls," sent off with my cousins when they left for college.

Today's decadent college comfort food is brought to you by Leah Bright, one of my best college friends and consistent provider of delicious snacks. Our group of friends would often gather in the evenings and Leah would cook various treats.

These individual chocolate lava cakes are particularly nice on cold evenings with warm drinks... perfect for winter Sundays.

In addition to a traditional lineup of college comfort food, my Aunt Mish provided a range of recipes entitled "Meals to Impress Girls." These were originally intended for her two sons, and provided to me and my sister with the assumption that the fancier-than-comfort food would be just as impressive to any likely guys. I've had reports that this Hoisin and Citrus Shrimp Sauté has proved effective on at least one occasion.

Today's Sunday Dinner is perfect for the cold weather. It's a recipe for someone longing for a simple American classic: a messy bowl of delicious chili with a bonus crunch at the end. Aunt Mish sent this recipe to college with her two sons, and I can only imagine it was a popular one with the carnivores student population on cold November Sundays. Enjoy!