That searing hot pan at your go-to Tex-Mex restaurant is mainly there to put on a show. It’s certainly an entertaining, noisy, eye-catching sort of performance. But there’s no need for a lot of theatrics when you can cook up chicken fajitas straight out of a South Texas campfire. I found that out the hard … Read more
Fifteen minutes is all it takes to make this spicy chicken and chickpeas skillet, and yes, I did time it with my phone standing up next to the olive oil container. I first created it when it felt like I just got run over on a Tuesday evening. Silas came into the kitchen at 6:40pm, … Read more
Silas has a theory that every hard week should end with a bowl of rice and something sticky piled on top. I used to roll my eyes at that. Then I made these Korean bulgogi gochujang beef bowls, and now I repeat his theory to anyone who will listen. My first try at homemade bulgogi … Read more
Silas once ate an entire order of honey garlic chicken in a grocery store parking lot. Not on the drive home. In the parking lot, engine running, with a plastic fork he found in the glovebox. That was the night I decided we were making our own. Takeout honey garlic chicken is great, but it … Read more
The first time Silas ate this pasta, he went completely quiet. Silas is never quiet. He’d found the video the night before and sent it to me four times. No message. Just the same link, over and over, like a toddler pointing at the cookie jar. So I made it. Now it shows up on … Read more
This soup costs less than a drive-thru run and tastes like it simmered all afternoon. It actually takes about 50 minutes, and I found that out by accident. Silas and I had just moved into a short-term rental with one decent pot, a knife that had clearly given up, and a fridge holding ground beef, … Read more
This soup tastes like lasagna that took all day, and I spent about 20 minutes on it. Silas ate three bowls of my first batch and then asked if I had secretly been in the kitchen since breakfast. I let him believe it for a full minute. This slow cooker lasagna soup has everything we … Read more
Silas has asked me to put these bowls on repeat. Three weeks in a row, to be exact. This is a man who asks what’s for dinner while he’s still chewing lunch, so a request like that is basically a standing ovation. Here’s what won him over. Juicy lemon garlic chicken, fluffy rice, a crunchy … Read more
Last month, Silas and I were staying in a tiny rental with exactly one decent pan and a stove that heated about as evenly as a campfire. I was tired, hungry, and completely out of patience for dirty dishes. So I tossed chicken, orzo, lemon, and garlic into that one pan and hoped for the … Read more
Silas walked through the door last week, stopped mid-step, and asked me what on earth I had been doing all day. The honest answer? Almost nothing. I had put chicken and gravy in the crockpot before lunch, gone about my day, and let the house do the bragging for me. This is the dinner I … Read more