cooking recipes
Amish-Style Beef and Corn Casserole I was looking for something that required almost zero effort but still felt like real dinner. This oven-baked 5-ingredient Amish-style beef and corn casserole became my default the first time I made it. You literally crumble raw ground beef into a glass baking dish, pour canned creamed corn mixed with […]
Lemon Sugar Cookie Crumble Bars I was honestly skeptical when my sister sent me this recipe. Lemon bars? Sure. Sugar cookies? Obviously. But together with a crumble topping and cream cheese layer? I thought it sounded like too much going on. Then I made it for a Sunday potluck and watched three people go back […]
Soft Homemade Bread I’ve been making this bread every Sunday morning for the past month, and my kitchen smells like an actual bakery now. My neighbor knocked on the door last week just to ask what I was baking. This is the kind of bread that makes you wonder why you ever bought store-bought. Soft, […]
Oven Baked 5 Ingredient Malted Milk Chocolate Bars Toss whole unwrapped malted milk balls in the clear glass 9x13 baking dish with 4 other pantry staples for a sweet so delicious your family will beg for it weekly There is something mighty satisfying about a simple bar cookie that comes together from pantry […]
No-Bake Chocolate Quinoa Clusters: Healthy Bites That Taste Like Candy My daughter came home from school last week asking if we could make "something healthy but that tastes like candy." Challenge accepted. These little chocolate quinoa clusters have been living in our freezer ever since, and I'm not even embarrassed about how many I've […]
Oven Baked 3-Ingredient Buttery Potato Shell Cups My mother-in-law has been making these for summer gatherings since the seventies. Timeless and always the first to go. These oven baked 3-ingredient buttery potato shell cups are the kind of simple little side dish that never goes out of style. They remind me of the […]
Creamy Chicken and Rice Casserole My mom used to make something like this on Sundays when none of us wanted to think too hard about dinner. The whole house would smell like butter and chicken, and we’d all end up hovering around the kitchen waiting for it to come out of the oven. I made […]
Simple Homemade Sandwich Bread I learned to make bread the winter my daughter was home from college, and honestly? I haven’t bought a loaf since. There’s something about the smell of fresh bread baking that just makes a house feel like home. This dough is so forgiving—even on days when I’m rushing or the kitchen’s […]
French Onion Sloppy Joes I made these on a Tuesday night when I had absolutely nothing planned, and my husband walked in asking what smelled so good. That caramelized onion aroma hit him the second he opened the door. By the time I plated them up, he’d already texted his brother about them. These aren’t […]
4-Ingredient Amish Biscuit Beef Casserole This little casserole is the kind of no-fuss, stick-to-your-ribs supper that has seen many a farm family through a busy weeknight. It uses just four main ingredients: seasoned ground beef pressed into tidy square patties, a simple gravy-style topping made from condensed soup and milk, and raw biscuit dough pieces […]