Silas caught a cold last month that turned into the kind of cold where he just lays on the couch making sad noises every ten minutes. I’m not a nurse. I don’t have magic healing hands. But I do know how to make a pot of chicken noodle soup that gets a grown man to … Read more
I did not expect a bowl of rice and fish to fix my week, but here we are. Silas and I had one of those stretches where every dinner turned into a debate. Nobody wanted to cook. Nobody wanted takeout either, because our budget was crying. So I opened the fridge, found some salmon fillets … Read more
I made this lentil soup on a random Tuesday because my fridge was basically empty and I had exactly one bag of lentils staring at me from the pantry. I wasn’t expecting much. One bite in, I texted my sister a photo with the caption “why didn’t I make this sooner.” That’s the kind of … Read more
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte: I used to spend close to $7 a day on pumpkin spice lattes every single fall. That’s not an exaggeration. I did the math once and nearly cried into my oat milk. So a few years back, I started making them at home instead. And honestly? Mine taste better now. Real … Read more
I made this drink for the first time on a random Tuesday and my kitchen still hasn’t fully recovered from the blue spirulina. Worth it though. A unicorn frappe is one of those drinks that looks like it belongs behind a $7 price tag at a mall kiosk, but it’s stupidly simple to make at … Read more
Copycat Zuppa Toscana Soup: I used to order this soup every single time we went to Olive Garden. Every. Single. Time. My husband finally asked why I even bother looking at the menu anymore. Fair question. There’s a certain kind of soup obsession that only makes sense once you’ve had zuppa toscana. It’s creamy but … Read more
I threw five ingredients into my crockpot on a random Tuesday morning, forgot about it for six hours, and came back to the best soup I’ve made all year. No stirring. No babysitting the stove. No standing over a pot while my toddler tugs at my leg asking for snacks. Just a slow cooker doing … Read more
I still remember the year Starbucks dropped the Unicorn Frappuccino and the entire internet lost its mind for about four days straight. People lined up before sunrise. Baristas were making them by the hundreds. And then, just as fast as it showed up, it vanished forever. Here’s the part nobody talks about though. The original … Read more
I used to think French onion soup was just… fine. Brown liquid, a floaty piece of bread, some cheese on top. Nothing to write home about. Then I made it myself. From scratch. With onions cooked low and slow for almost an hour. And I understood, finally, why this soup has survived for centuries. Side … Read more
Copycat 7 Brew Blondie: I drove 40 minutes out of my way once just to try a drink I’d seen on my TikTok feed for a week straight. That’s how 7 Brew got me. And I’m guessing it’s how it got you too, since you’re here. If you don’t live near one of their stands, … Read more