top of page

Search


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 29, 20233 min read


four(ish)-ingredient breakfasts
Keep mornings simple with these recipes featuring oats, bananas, and other breakfast staples.
May 12, 20232 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.
Apr 1, 20233 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.
Aug 27, 20225 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.
Apr 30, 20222 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?
Jan 29, 20223 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.
Sep 24, 20212 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 27, 20213 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.
Feb 11, 20212 min read


morning yogurt bowl + how to peel and de-seed a pomegranate without spraying red juice everywhere
Give it ten minutes and you'll be eating fistfuls of scarlet juice orbs like an Egyptian queen.
Dec 30, 20202 min read


sweet potato pizza with balsamic onions and kale
This hearty and satisfying wintertime pizza holds all my near-and-dear ingredients—not least, the rich and pillowy sweet potato.
Dec 6, 20202 min read


ginger garlic noodles with red pepper, scallions, and grated egg
If you just spent a day or two in turkeypiepotato town, consider this a recovery dish; hit the reset button with ginger, garlic, and lime.
Nov 26, 20203 min read


one-pot butternut squash pasta
Late fall brings long evenings, inviting us to slow down, cut up a squash, eat it with pasta, and then go to bed.
Nov 4, 20202 min read


creamy cilantro sauce
This tangy, citrusy cilantro sauce with a kick of garlic heat goes on everything, everything, everything.
Aug 15, 20202 min read


fresh corn + tomato + pesto pizza
Looking for ways to send peak-season corn and tomatoes down the hatch? I recommend a soft and chewy barge of pesto-smothered pizza crust.
Aug 6, 20201 min read


broccoli slaw with greek yogurt + walnuts
It's the slaw days of summer, so grab your biggest bowls and pack them with all things cool and crunchy.
Jul 23, 20202 min read


spicy bean + quinoa burgers with radish, cucumber, and avocado
Amid this strange and unpredictable reality, summer seems to have come—so get your beans in your burgers and your burgers on the grill.
Jun 14, 20202 min read


shakshuka (eggs cooked in spiced tomato sauce) over pasta
It's been a tough week in Minneapolis. So I cooked something soothing and simple—shakshuka over pasta—and let my heavy heart be heavy.
May 31, 20202 min read


crispy curried chickpea tacos
Crispy chickpea tacos: the best use of a can of 'banzo beans, IMO.
Apr 24, 20202 min read


tomato + onion + kale frittata
Who's got eggs? You need eight of them to make this hot rustic egg cake, also known as a frittata.
Apr 17, 20202 min read
bottom of page