Lasagna is wonderful. Lasagna on a Tuesday night is a terrible idea. Layering noodles, babysitting the oven, then letting it rest for 15 minutes while everyone circles the kitchen like hungry raccoons. Not after a long day. This beef sausage lasagna soup fixes all of that. You get every flavor you love about lasagna (the … Read more
Gluten free lasagna noodles are the most stubborn thing in my pantry. They crack when you layer them. They tear when you lift them. And they always seem to snap right before the last layer goes in. One chilly night last October, after breaking my fourth sheet in a row, I gave up and snapped … Read more
I’m just gonna say it. Lasagna soup might actually be better than regular lasagna. Bold words from someone who grew up on the baked kind, I know. But this one pot lasagna soup gives you everything you love about the classic in under an hour, and nobody has to wrestle with noodle layers. The first … Read more
Silas does not trust soup. He calls it “a drink pretending to be dinner,” and he has been saying it for years. So when he quietly got up for a third bowl of this corn chowder last week, I nearly dropped my spoon. This corn chowder recipe is thick, creamy, and loaded with sweet corn, … Read more
Authentic Hot and Sour Soup: The heat in real hot and sour soup doesn’t come from chili peppers at all. It comes from plain old white pepper, and once I figured that out, my takeout order never tasted the same again. Silas and I have a little cold-weather ritual. The moment one of us starts … Read more
The best dinner I made last week took me 25 minutes of actual work. Then I walked away for eight hours and let a ceramic pot handle everything else. By the time Silas got home, he could smell it from the driveway. He dropped his keys, skipped the hello, and went straight for the lid. … Read more
Forty-five minutes. That is the bare minimum it takes to caramelize onions properly, and any recipe promising you can do it in ten is fibbing to your face. I learned this the hard way. My first pot of French onion soup tasted like hot onion water with a soggy raft of bread floating on top. … Read more
Silas once ate a third of a chicken pot pie before it had even finished cooling. He stood at the counter, burned his tongue, and still asked if there was more. That’s when I knew this recipe was a keeper. I’ve made chicken pot pie more times than I can count, and I’ve made every … Read more
The first time I made Mexican chicken soup, I almost dumped the whole pot in the sink. There was gray foam floating on top, the kitchen smelled like plain boiled chicken, and Silas kept hovering behind me asking if dinner was “still happening.” Then I found out what I did wrong. And the fix took … Read more
Silas ate three enchiladas standing up at the counter the first time I made this pan. He never even sat down. That is how I knew this beef enchilada recipe was a keeper. I started making it in tiny rental kitchens with questionable ovens and one decent skillet. It had to be simple, and it … Read more