I burned my first “healthy dinner” attempt so badly that my smoke alarm and I became personal enemies for a solid month. That was years ago, back when I thought cooking meant babysitting six pots at once. These days my go-to weeknight move is the complete opposite. One pan. One oven. Dinner that tastes like … Read more
I burned my first “healthy dinner” attempt so badly that my smoke alarm still remembers it. That was three years ago, and I’ve been making up for it ever since with recipes that are basically foolproof. This honey garlic sweet potato chicken skillet is one of those recipes. It’s just one pan. One cutting board. … Read more
Creamy Chicken Spaghetti Bake: I made this chicken spaghetti for a Tuesday night dinner and my husband asked if it was a special occasion. It was not. It was just a random Tuesday and a rotisserie chicken I needed to use up. That’s the thing about this recipe. It tastes like something you’d serve for … Read more
There’s a specific kind of Tuesday that calls for this pasta. You know the one. Nothing went terribly wrong, but nothing went right either, and by 6pm you just want something warm, cheesy, and finished in under 30 minutes. That’s this recipe. I started making creamy garlic parmesan chicken pasta a few years ago after … Read more
crockpot cube steak: Cube steak gets such a bad reputation and I genuinely don’t understand why. It’s cheap, it’s easy to find at literally any grocery store, and when you cook it low and slow in a crockpot, it turns into this melt-in-your-mouth, fork-tender dinner that tastes like it took way more effort than it … Read more
I used to think stuffed peppers were one of those “healthy dinner” recipes that tasted like punishment. Mushy rice, dry meat, a pepper that fought you the whole way through dinner. I made them exactly once in my twenties and swore them off for years. Then a friend handed me her grandmother’s version at a … Read more
Cheese Casserole: I made this casserole on a random Tuesday when my fridge had exactly four things worth using and I did not feel like thinking. Chicken, broccoli, rice, and a truly unreasonable amount of cheese. That’s it. That’s the whole plot. And somehow it turned into one of those dinners where everyone goes back … Read more
The first time I stuffed a chicken breast, I sliced straight through the other side and ended up with two sad, flappy pieces of chicken instead of one neat pocket. I still made dinner that night. It just looked like a chicken breast that had been in a small accident. Years later, I’ve made this … Read more
Million Dollar Chicken Casserole: My neighbor genuinely rang my doorbell over this casserole. She said she smelled it from her driveway and needed to know what it was. I wasn’t even mad. That’s the kind of reaction this dish gets. It’s called Million Dollar Chicken Casserole, and the name is not an exaggeration. It’s rich, … 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