Living Well 60+ September-October 2014 | Page 26

26 SEPT/OCT 2014 k Fran rt Kou fdood u the For a Hearty Fall Supper, Try an Old-Fashioned Casserole de Ever-popular comfort foods help make winter bearable As autumn chills become the rule, it’s time to batten down the hatches and face the fact that winter is just around the corner. We hunker down to our favorite stews and soups, but in the back of our minds are those old favorites of our childhoods: the ever-popular casseroles. Oh, sure, they’re not what we’d ordinarily consider “company food,” but that’s just the beauty of these treasures. They’re just for us; they’re comfort foods and they speak to us of the winter days of our youth. Make no mistake, though, many casseroles are good enough to share with company. In fact, we can create a special kind of intimacy with friends by sharing our own special favorites. In our house, we’ve had some of the best times with best friends sharing one of these “on