What’s special about comfort food, besides its name, is that it comforts and enhances a person’s wellness. When you’re feeling cold or blue on those chilly fall and winter evenings, curling up with a warm bowl of soup, savoury root veggies, or a creamy casserole seems like the perfect cure. Put away traditional comfort foods, like mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese, they are true calorie bombs that easily make you packing on the pounds and storing body fat.