Last summer, Silas and I spent nine days in Crete, and I came home a completely different person about salad. Before that trip, salad was the thing I ate because I felt guilty about the pasta. After that trip, salad became the thing I actually craved. We ate this exact Greek salad at a tiny … Read more
Silas has a habit of raiding the fridge the second he walks in from work, and last week he found a bowl of this cucumber salad before I’d even called him for dinner. By the time I turned around, half of it was gone. That’s usually how I know a recipe is a keeper. This … Read more
Air Fryer Boneless Pork Chops: Silas used to be the guy who ordered pork chops at a restaurant and pushed them around his plate like they’d personally wronged him. Dry, sad, chewy pork chops. That was his whole experience with them for about fifteen years. Then I started making these in the air fryer and … Read more
Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower: I used to think cauliflower was the vegetable equivalent of a participation trophy. It showed up at every party, nobody really wanted it, and it just sat there being sad and beige. Then I made it in the air fryer with a buffalo sauce coating and honestly, I ate half the … Read more
Crunchy Pickled Green Beans: I used to think pickling was one of those things you needed a whole weekend and a shelf of mason jars for. Turns out, I was wrong. Pickled green beans might be the easiest thing I’ve ever made in my kitchen, and now I keep a jar in my fridge at … Read more
I used to think yum yum sauce was some kind of restaurant secret, like the chefs had a locked cabinet somewhere with a jug labeled “do not touch.” Turns out it’s just mayo, ketchup, and a handful of pantry staples whisked together in about five minutes. I found this out the hard way after ordering … Read more
I did not expect a vegetable to change how I feel about pasta night, but here we are. A friend handed me a container of this butternut squash pasta sauce last October and I remember standing at my counter eating it straight off a spoon before it even touched noodles. It’s that good. It’s creamy … Read more
Air fryer chicken breast: I used to be the person who overcooked chicken breast every single time. Dry, rubbery, the kind of chicken you choke down with extra ranch just to survive dinner. I’m not exaggerating. My husband used to call it “punishment chicken.” Then I started making it in the air fryer and honestly, … Read more
I used to be terrified of cooking salmon. Every single time I tried it on the stovetop, something went wrong. Either it stuck to the pan and fell apart into sad pink flakes, or it came out dry enough to double as a hockey puck. I’d stand there poking at it with a spatula, silently … Read more
Air Fryer Grilled Cheese: I used to think grilled cheese was a stovetop-only situation. Then one lazy Tuesday I had zero energy to stand over a pan flipping bread, and I tossed it in the air fryer instead. That was the day my stovetop grilled cheese era officially ended. The bread comes out shatter-crisp on … Read more