One-Pan Chicken With Buttered Noodles
My neighbor’s teenage son, Kyle, recently started helping his mom with dinner once a week. Last Tuesday, he knocked on my door in a mild...
Chicken Scampi With Garlic Parmesan Rice Recipe
A few weeks ago, I was catching up with an old coworker at her house, and while our kids darted in and out of the...
Six-Minute Caramels
Last December, I brought a tin of these caramels to our neighborhood cookie exchange—not thinking much of it, honestly. Everyone else showed up with layered...
3-Ingredient Pineapple Ice Cream Recipe
I met Nadine while volunteering at the summer fair our town holds every July. She was manning the sno-cone booth, wiping sticky syrup from her...
Bread And Butter Jalapeño Pickles
A few summers ago, my husband planted way more jalapeños than any one family should reasonably grow. We’re talking dozens of spicy green pods just...
No Bake Reese’s Peanut Butter Lush
We were at a rainy Saturday potluck in the church hall, the kind where half the kids are barefoot by the end and the dessert...
Mediterranean Lemon Chicken With Artichokes And Olives
Last weekend, we had one of those “what’s for dinner?” afternoons where no one could decide, but everyone was hungry. You know the kind—kids asking...
Simple Baked Ranch Chicken
Last Thursday, I had exactly 30 minutes to get dinner on the table before my daughter’s violin lesson and my son’s after-school math club. It...
Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Mushrooms
A few weeks ago, we had one of those hectic evenings where everything was running late—my husband got stuck in traffic, the kids had homework...
Swedish Meatball Pasta
Last week was one of those weeks—full of sports practices, school projects, and a grocery run that got cut short by a forgotten wallet (don’t...