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Jul 13, 20231 min read

elote-inspired grilled corn & black bean dip

Scoop it up with tortilla chips, throw it on your tacos, or say it's a salad and eat it by the spoonful.

Jul 8, 20232 min read

honey cantaloupe spritzer

Scoop this icy melon snow into a glass with prosecco and sparkling water, and you have the antidote to summer's relentless, beating heat.

Jun 28, 20232 min read

grilled chicken pasta salad with tahini balsamic vinaigrette

It starts on the grill, ends in the bowl, and dazzles with an ensemble cast of summer's best.

Jun 21, 20231 min read

one-potato salad with cucumber and pickled red onion

This one-potato salad comes together in five minutes once you've got the star ingredient: pickled red onions (and the juice).

Jun 14, 20232 min read

tofu and sweet potato grain bowls with wilted greens and crunchy slaw

This highly scarfable grain bowl is a panoply of flavor and texture, all brought together under a tangy cilantro-yogurt dressing.

Jun 10, 20232 min read

orange cardamom coffee cake with crunchy almond streusel

This nutty, spiced orange cake is the stuff of lazy weekend mornings.

Jun 6, 20231 min read

easy four-ingredient guacamole

My no-frills, no-fail guac has just four ingredients, and it always whips up creamy, balanced, and delicious.

May 29, 20233 min read

three(ish) ingredient tacos

On any given night, you've probably got the fillings for a delicious taco. All you need are corn tortillas and a hit of inspiration.

May 12, 20232 min read

four(ish)-ingredient breakfasts

Keep mornings simple with these recipes featuring oats, bananas, and other breakfast staples.

Apr 1, 20233 min read

three-ingredient soups (black bean, squash, potato, and tomato)

If you're short on time or you just have a few pantry staples on hand, these soups DELIVER.

Oct 14, 20223 min read

browned butter chocolate cake with nutty mocha buttercream

I didn't set out to write the best chocolate cake I've ever tasted, but here we are.

Aug 27, 20225 min read

amy thielen's cracker-crust pizza, but make it gluten-free

Because I have celiac disease and I'm about to get real pissy about it.

Apr 30, 20222 min read

coconut curry vegetable lentil soup

I'm calling this a springtime soup, whether you're enjoying actual spring weather or, like us Northerners, the blustery tail end of winter.

Jan 29, 20223 min read

cookbook challenge: cacio e pepe featuring hetty mckinnon's hand-pulled pasta

Handmade pasta may sound like a special-occasion dinner, but who's to say we can't lunch on cacio e pepe and wine in the midday light?

Oct 31, 20211 min read

iced pumpkin juice fit for a hogwarts halloween feast

I was always intrigued by the iced pumpkin juice at Hogwarts Halloween feasts. So I made the drink as it tasted in my childhood imagination.

Oct 23, 20212 min read

london fog (black tea latte) for a chilly fall day

Light a candle, perch yourself by a window, and sip your London Fog latte in the glow of autumn resplendence.

Sep 24, 20212 min read

cooking cheesy bean toast in a tiny house kitchen

A recent trip to Lake City, Minnesota, found me cooking in the teeny kitchen of a tiny house, and it was cozy AF.

Mar 27, 20215 min read

Cookbook Challenge: Bread Ahead's Deep-Fried Custard Doughnuts

Despite ingredient swaps, an accidental dough node, and a humbling amount of math, I successfully made custard doughnuts. I bet you can too.

Feb 27, 20213 min read

baked lemon ricotta pasta with roasted delicata squash

Get out your heavy casserole dishes, because cozy season isn't quite over yet.

Feb 11, 20212 min read

peanut ginger noodles with roasted broccoli, bell pepper, and carrots

This colorful bowl of noodles, its sweet and salty heat: it's what broccoli poems are made of.