This week's meal plan is all about comfort food! Serve up some chili mac and cheese, baked chicken, vegetarian shepherd's pie, and Italian peas and rice. Finish off the week with a satisfying bowl of Manhattan clam chowder!

This month, please welcome back Aaron Hutcherson and his meal plans! Aaron is a regular contributor here on Simply Recipes and the blogger behind The Hungry Hutch.

With the temperature dropping a few more degrees and all of the craziness leading up to the holidays, this week feels like a good time to highlight just a few of my favorite comfort food recipes from this site. Comfort foods are some of my favorite recipes to both develop and eat as they always seem to warm my body and bring a smile to my face.

Some of the comfort foods I’ve included are classics that I’m sure you’re very familiar with (baked chicken and shepherd’s pie), whereas the others are twists on a standard (chili mac and cheese) or dishes you may not have made at home (risi e bisi and Manhattan clam chowder).

Whatever the case may be, I’m sure they’ll all bring you a sense of warmth and well-being.