Healthy comfort foods

Sometimes it just does a soul good to hunker down inside a toasty house with the family and your fave tummy-filling meal.

Trouble is, some of our favorite comfort foods are loaded with calories and not-so-healthy stuff. We asked, wouldn’t it be great if they could get a healthy makeover?

Chef and Registered Dietitian Renee Zonka, dean of the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, was up to the challenge.

Here’s what she came up with:

We asked, can’t we have comfort foods that are healthy? Chef and Registered Dietitian Renee Zonka, dean of the Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, was up to the challenge.

Root Vegetable Lasagna


Creamy Tuna Noodle Casserole


Healthy Brownies


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