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Chicken and rice - Boiled chicken shredded and cooked together with rice, onion, celery, carrots, and thyme until it's a tight mix. It is sick food for me.

I have made so many comfort foods when a family member was feeling off the mark. My chicken pasta soup is always the most requested. Followed by my escarole with orzo and meatballs. For me personally, give me Mac 'n Cheese, thank you very much! Next up a grilled cheese. after that, it must be an IV, because I would be way too sick to speak!!

Rice

Carbs. Bowls of rice or noodles with butter and toast.

I'm also a sucker for Jello-pop. Add Jello powder to 1 cup of hot water, it has to be red (cherry or raspberry). After it dissolves pour it over ice. My mother always made this for me and it really is awesome on a sore throat.

Pho.

Dreyers whole fruit popsicles, pho or saltines. My husband eats an ungodly amount of Ruffles when he's ill.

My dad's scrambled eggs.

I like vermicelli noodles in a bowl of homemade chicken broth with a fried egg on top and just a few drops of soy sauce and sesame oil. I know it's strange, but it's very comforting to me.

When I was little my Mom used to make me a soft boiled egg, toast bread, cut it into strips and we would march the toast strip "soldiers" into the egg yolk. That and orange juice mixed with ginger ale always make me feel cared for, even as an adult.

hot and sour soup! When i was recovering from surgery the last time I think I ate a tanker truck of the stuff!

Grilled cheese (cheddar) on wheat bread with homemade tomato soup. (Of course when I was a kid my mom made Campbell's tomato soup and the grilled cheese was Kraft American slices on Wonder bread.)

For the most part, I do not feel like eating at all when I am sick (or nervous, or upset, or stressed out, for that matter). When I was little, the first thing I would (almost gleefully:-)) declare when it appeared that I was falling ill was, "I am not eating!" Now, when I am still under the weather but starting to feel somewhat better, I can get really weird cravings - from caviar to eggs (scrambled, soft-boiled, egg salad, you name it) to Chinese food, but no matter what it is, it is always salty rather than sweet.

popsicles if it's one of those colds/flus where I don't want to eat & especially with a sore throat.
Corn chowder or any kind of soup is good too, maybe chicken curry.

Soup, scrambled egg whites, hot tea, rice -- Those are the four staples for me.

Breakfast for dinner always makes me feel good. Lots of eggs, hashbrowns (with hot sauce), even pancakes. I think I like it so much because my mom used to make breakfast for dinner when I was a kid.

Rice, pastina, chicken soup. And if I am too sick cook it myself, I'll open up a can of Progresso Chickarina soup.

Vegetable Noodle Soup with a squirt of lemon juice, Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil and many times, I crave Macaroni and Cheese...

Madelyn.
KarmaFreeCooking

Mac and cheese, rice, chicken soup. If there's leftover spaghetti, that's wonderful. But I don't cook very well when I'm sick, so I stick to very plain things and let hubby fend for himself. Otherwise he has to deal with my odd sense of taste, which can result in some odd flavors in the end product.

Coffee nearly always tastes terrible to me when I'm sick, as does any sort of seafood. Many other things take on a weird or metallic taste, so I'm best off sticking to the few things that I know will be okay.

As soon as I'm feeling better, the first thing I crave is a big steak or beef roast.

When I'm sick, I love ramen noodles with hot sauce. Something about the hot salty broth and the spicyness really makes me feel better. Other favorites: crackers, pad thai, mac&cheese, grilled cheese (cheddar on wheat only!), or chicken pot pie.