cooking recipes
Ground Beef and Green Beans: The Creamy One-Skillet Dinner That Tastes Like a Hug Prep 10 minutes · Cook 20 minutes · Makes 4 servings · About $2.95 per serving This ground beef and green beans skillet is the dish my mom used to make on the coldest nights, when nobody wanted to leave the […]
Honey Soy Chicken Thighs: The 1971 Skillet Dinner That Still Feels Like Sunday Prep 15 minutes · Cook 45 minutes · Makes 6 servings · About $1.75 per serving These honey soy chicken thighs come from a recipe my mother-in-law clipped from a magazine in 1971 and made every August until she couldn't cook anymore. […]
Chicken Noodle Casserole: The Creamy, Cozy Bake That Tastes Like a Hug Prep 20 minutes · Bake 30–35 minutes · Makes 8 servings · About $1.70 per serving This chicken noodle casserole is the dish my mom used to make on the first truly cold Sunday of fall, and I swear the smell alone could […]
Easy Pineapple Cream Cheese Ball Recipe (Sweet, Tangy & Crowd-Pleasing) I almost skipped making this because it seemed *too* simple. Three main ingredients for something people actually fight over? But my sister kept texting me about it after her neighbor's potluck, so I caved on a random Tuesday afternoon. Little did I know this easy […]
Easy Homemade Sloppy Joes Recipe (Sweet, Tangy & Ready In 25 Minutes) My mom used to make this every time we had a house full of people, and I swear the smell alone could pull neighbors off their porches. That sweet-tangy sauce bubbling into the browned meat, the kitchen steaming up, buns toasted and waiting […]
Easy Homemade BBQ Baked Beans With Ground Beef Recipe (Sweet, Smoky & Cookout Favorite) My dad used to make something like this every single summer cookout, and I swear people would show up just for the beans. I finally asked him for the "recipe" last year and he laughed — turns out half of it […]
Easy No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread Recipe (Crusty Artisan Bread With 4 Ingredients) I used to think bread-making was this whole complicated thing that required skill I didn't have. Then my neighbor showed me her four-ingredient method, and I felt ridiculous for waiting so long. This easy no-knead dutch oven bread recipe came out of my […]
Crockpot Baby Back Ribs: Fall-Off-the-Bone BBQ Without the Grill Prep 15 minutes · Cook 7–8 hours (low) · Makes 4 servings · About $3.90 per serving These crockpot baby back ribs exist because my dad used to say ribs were "too much work for a weeknight." Then I made them in the slow cooker one […]
Easy Homemade Blueberry Bread Recipe (Moist, Tender & Bursting With Berries) I've been making this easy homemade blueberry bread recipe every Sunday morning for the past month, and it's become the thing my family actually wakes up early for. My daughter usually sleeps until noon on weekends, but the smell of this baking? She's downstairs […]
Easy Old Fashioned Hamburger Goulash Recipe (One Pot, Cheesy & Ready In 30 Minutes) Last night I made the same goulash my mom used to throw together on those nights when the kitchen smelled like home before you even walked through the door. You know the one — elbow macaroni, browned ground beef, and tomatoes […]