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elote-inspired grilled corn & black bean dip
Scoop it up with tortilla chips, throw it on your tacos, or say it's a salad and eat it by the spoonful.
Jul 13, 20231 min read


honey cantaloupe spritzer
Scoop this icy melon snow into a glass with prosecco and sparkling water, and you have the antidote to summer's relentless, beating heat.
Jul 8, 20232 min read


grilled chicken pasta salad with tahini balsamic vinaigrette
It starts on the grill, ends in the bowl, and dazzles with an ensemble cast of summer's best.
Jun 28, 20232 min read


one-potato salad with cucumber and pickled red onion
This one-potato salad comes together in five minutes once you've got the star ingredient: pickled red onions (and the juice).
Jun 21, 20231 min read


tofu and sweet potato grain bowls with wilted greens and crunchy slaw
This highly scarfable grain bowl is a panoply of flavor and texture, all brought together under a tangy cilantro-yogurt dressing.
Jun 14, 20232 min read


orange cardamom coffee cake with crunchy almond streusel
This nutty, spiced orange cake is the stuff of lazy weekend mornings.
Jun 10, 20232 min read


easy four-ingredient guacamole
My no-frills, no-fail guac has just four ingredients, and it always whips up creamy, balanced, and delicious.
Jun 6, 20231 min read


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


browned butter chocolate cake with nutty mocha buttercream
I didn't set out to write the best chocolate cake I've ever tasted, but here we are.
Oct 14, 20223 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


iced pumpkin juice fit for a hogwarts halloween feast
I was always intrigued by the iced pumpkin juice at Hogwarts Halloween feasts. So I made the drink as it tasted in my childhood imagination.
Oct 31, 20211 min read


london fog (black tea latte) for a chilly fall day
Light a candle, perch yourself by a window, and sip your London Fog latte in the glow of autumn resplendence.
Oct 23, 20212 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


Cookbook Challenge: Bread Ahead's Deep-Fried Custard Doughnuts
Despite ingredient swaps, an accidental dough node, and a humbling amount of math, I successfully made custard doughnuts. I bet you can too.
Mar 27, 20215 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
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