Ever Made Pasta That Made Your Kitchen Smell Like Heaven? You know, I wasn’t always a steak-with-pasta type person — heck, my first attempt at this creamy garlic butter steak pasta with fusilli almost ended with the smoke alarm giving me a panic attack! But there’s something about a rainy evening, a good Spotify playlist,…
Let’s Chat About Chicken Caprese (and Why You Need to Make It) If you’ve ever found yourself standing in the kitchen at six in the evening, silently (or not-so-silently) asking the universe for dinner inspiration, let me introduce you to my not-so-secret weeknight hero: Easy Chicken Caprese. Seriously, it’s like a classic Caprese salad met…
Oh Hey, Let’s Bake: My (Possibly Over-Loved) Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Okay, so picture this: big ol’ October drizzle out the window, my kitchen already smelling like someone lit ten holiday candles at once, and me, elbow-deep in a bowl of cookie dough (cookie dough that’s orange, because, well, pumpkins). Actually, almost burned a batch…
Let Me Tell You About This Banana Bread You know when you buy bananas, absolutely certain you’ll eat one every day, and then—suddenly—they’re spattered brown and threatening to collect fruit flies? (Or is that just me?) Well, that’s when this super moist banana bread with melty chocolate chips comes to the rescue, and honestly, I’ve…
Ever Try Cucumber Toast? It’s Not Just For Brunch, Buddy Oh, wow. Okay, so let me just say, I never thought I’d become the kind of person who craves cucumber toast, but here we are. Sometimes on a hot summer afternoon (or, honestly, when I’ve run out of patience for fancy recipes), I whip this…
Blueberry Crisp: Let Me Tell You Why I Love This One All right, so if you’ve ever been caught daydreaming about dessert halfway through dinner (I definitely have, probably more than I should admit), you’re just my sort of people. Ever since Aunt Martha brought her legendary blueberry crisp to our family reunion back in…
Let Me Tell You About These Roast Potatoes… Alright friend, gather round. So you know how there are some recipes that feel ritualistic—like the potatoes at every Sunday roast? Well, Gordon Ramsay’s crispy roast potatoes sort of rewired my brain about how good a roastie can be. Honestly, the first time I tried this, I…
Why I Can’t Stop Making Martha Stewart’s Oven-Baked French Toast Confession time: this French toast is the only brunch recipe I’ve made three weeks in a row that did NOT receive any complaints from my peanut gallery (aka, the kids and my husband who thinks he’s a brunch snob now). The first time I whipped…
This Was the Night I Nearly Burned the Lamb (But Didn’t…) So buckle up, friend, here we go—rack of lamb, beans, and tomatoes, a proper showstopper in Gordon Ramsay’s signature style. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve attempted to impress my in-laws with this dish (once nearly burning the lamb because I got…
Pull Up a Chair: My First Foray Into Oprah’s “Un-Fried” Chicken Okay, so—I’ll be honest, the first time I tried making this Un-Fried Chicken recipe from Oprah’s Chef Rosie Daley, I didn’t think much of it. I mean, “un-fried”? Sounds suspiciously like the time my aunt tried to make sugar-free chocolate pie (may it rest…