Grown-up Sloppy Joes
There’s a reason that people love comfort food. You know- the good stuff. The foods that you ate as a kid and still kind of love as an adult. You know what that reason is? It’s delicious.
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General Tso’s Chicken
We all have our guilty pleasures, don’t we? Even though we know it’s no good for us, we just can’t quit. For some people, it’s a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s. (Come on, you can admit it.) For others, nuclear mac and cheese, from a box, …
Party Cake with Fresh Whipped Cream and Berries
I might have mentioned this before (erm, once or twice?), but I love berry season. It takes all my willpower not to come home every week from the farmers’ market with flats of every berry I can lay my hands on. And sometimes my willpower …
Bok Choy Salad with Sesame-Almond Crunch
You know what I get sick of hearing? How leafy greens are so good for you. (Before you start, yeah, I know they are. I like them even.) Whenever someone starts in on the benefits of leafy greens, my eyes kind of glaze over. Because …
Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
I can’t let Father’s Day come and go without posting a recipe for these creamy chicken enchiladas. They are my husband’s favorite. No, I feel like that’s putting things a little too mildly. For a person who married a woman who loves to cook, my …
Rhubarb Muffins with Almond Streusel
Right before and after I had my little girl, a lot of people told me that having two kids was great. That it was tough at first (they said this with a perceptible shudder, which made me start sweating just a bit), but that after …
Spaghetti Carbonara
You know when people talk about food moments? It’s one of my favorite ways to connect with people over food. We all have them. A food that triggers a memory of a moment in your life, whether its painful, joyous, confused, or pensive. I often …
French Potato and Green Bean Salad
I’ve never been to France. And I really can’t complain about it. I’ve been plenty of places that are amazing and have opened my eyes and taken my breath away. I’ve visited the Taj Mahal and the small town in Germany that my Grandma …
Picnic Chicken
Picnic memories are always kind of happy memories, aren’t they? Think about it: do you have any not-so-fond memories of a picnic? Sure, some are better than others, but are they ever really bad? No, not really. The word picnic, for me, conjures up happy …