Creamy Chicken Enchiladas: The Only Ones My Kids Will Actually Eat Every family has one. Somebody's mother, somebody's aunt, some version of this that they refuse to eat anything else. For us it is these creamy chicken enchiladas, and it started with my mother doing this exact dish on Sunday nights specifically because nobody wanted […]

How to Roast Turkey in an Oven Bag: Juicier Meat, Less Cleanup, One Thing to Read First I started roasting turkey in an oven bag around the third Thanksgiving of cooking for other people, and I have not gone back. My reason is not that the meat is magically better. It is that it is […]

Alabama Pecan Bread: The Sweet, Nutty Loaf That Tastes Like a Southern Sunday Morning I am not going to pretend I invented this one. My grandmother made a version of Alabama pecan bread every Sunday morning, and by the time I was tall enough to reach the oven rack, the whole house smelled like toasted […]

Crispy Oven Fried Chicken: Juicy Drumsticks With No Deep Fryer Needed Last Tuesday night my husband walked into the kitchen, stopped dead in the doorway, and said, "Wait. Did you order KFC?" I did not say a word. I just pointed at the oven with the serving spoon still in my hand, and the look […]

Cheap Beef and Corn Casserole: The 5-Ingredient Oven Bake That Feeds Four I want to be honest about how this one entered my kitchen, because it was not a decision. It was a Tuesday. I had nothing planned, nothing thawed, and about eleven dollars left in the grocery budget for the week, which is a […]

Christmas Shortbread Cookies: 4 Ingredients, No Mixer, No Chilling Every December, my grandmother made the same thing. She started before anyone else in that house was awake, and by the time the rest of us dragged ourselves downstairs there would already be a tin sitting out on the counter, and that smell would be in […]

Keto Pickled Brussels Sprouts: Crunchiest Thing in Your Fridge Last week I was doing that thing where you open the fridge with no plan and just start auditing. There was a half-used bag of sour cream, a block of cheddar I was clearly ignoring, and tucked in the back, in a bag I had genuinely […]

Budget-Friendly Beef Noodle Casserole: The Easiest Cheeseburger Pasta Bake Let me tell you about the Tuesday I made this budget-friendly beef noodle casserole. I came home from a day that had already taken more out of me than it gave back, and the last thing I wanted to do was stand at a stove and […]

Ground Beef and Potato Casserole My husband walked in from the garage, stopped mid-step, and said, “Whatever that is, I’m eating two plates.” He wasn’t kidding. I threw this together on a Tuesday night when I had exactly one pound of ground beef, a bag of potatoes I kept meaning to use, and zero energy […]

Oven-Baked 4-Ingredient Irish Nachos My Irish neighbor brought these to the potluck and the pan was licked clean in minutes. It is so easy with just 4 ingredients. These oven-baked Irish nachos are the kind of dish that disappears before you can even set the pan down. Instead of tortilla chips, thinly sliced potatoes form […]