Cozy Miso Butter Mashed Potatoes: Best Easy Recipe
My dad claimed he hated mashed potatoes for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of holiday dinners pushing green beans around his plate while everyone else dove … Read more
Perfect Royal Icing Turkey Cookies Recipe
It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a sudden, almost desperate need to pipe something. Not just any something—I … Read more
Kid-Approved Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts (Best Holiday Side)
The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes — Margaret’s legendary mac and cheese, … Read more
Easy One-Pan Chicken and Stuffing Bake for Friendsgiving
My roommate Jenna asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in one pan and call it a day. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more
Crispy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Rainbow Carrots: Easy Side Dish
Maria, the woman who runs the community garden plot next to mine, watched me wrestling with a tangled hose for a good five minutes before … Read more
Healthy Turkey Peanut Butter Cookies – Best Easy Recipe
This was supposed to be a batch of my standard peanut butter cookies—the ones I’ve made so many times I could practically do it in … Read more
Best Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Swirl Brownies Recipe
There used to be a little bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore on the corner of Elm and 4th that made the … Read more
Cozy Pumpkin Pie Cake Pops: Easy 5-Ingredient Recipe
I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, clutching a new showerhead I didn’t really need, when the woman in front … Read more
Festive Cranberry Brie Bites: Easy 3-Ingredient Appetizer
I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday—looking for a bag of frozen peas, honestly—when my hand brushed against a forgotten box of puff pastry. … Read more
Easy Salted Caramel Apple Hand Pies
Maggie wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago, … Read more