14 Retro Dinners Just Like Mom Used To Make and Love

Do you have a particular food so wedded to your mom’s cooking that it has the power to resurrect the past? My Korean mom is a great cook, so I have several—kimchi jjigae, kimbap, mandu, and more dinners I can still taste in my memory. She lives over 5,000 miles away, so I often get a pang of homesickness that can only be cured by trying to replicate her dishes.

Whether your mom was a lousy cook and an expert at reheating microwaveable dinners, or a fantastic cook who regularly whipped up amazing meals, it’s undeniable that mom’s cooking is a taste of home.

Here you’ll find 14 blast-from-the-past dinner recipes just like mom used to make, including handy tips from Simply Recipes readers, contributors, and editors.