Dinner Recipes

Dinner was supposed to be this whole thing. I had a mental list—chop, sear, deglaze, wash three pans, cry a little. But then I opened … Read more

I did not trust baked tacos. For years, I was a firm believer that a taco shell needed to meet hot oil to achieve that … Read more

The first time I made these quick garlic butter chicken thighs, it was purely out of desperation. I had about thirty minutes to get dinner … Read more

I burned my meatloaf three times before I figured out the crockpot wasn’t the enemy—I was just treating it like an oven. I’d brown it, … Read more

The slick, velvety coating on every single piece of pasta — that’s what I was after. Not the garlic hitting the oil, not the sun-dried … Read more

I had a half-roasted turkey breast in the fridge, a box of stuffing I bought on a whim, and absolutely no plan for either of … Read more

By the fourth time I made sweet potato casserole in one week, I had finally stopped burning my fingertips on the pecan crumble. That first … Read more

Late October dusk, and the kitchen counters are sticky with squash seeds. I had bought the butternut squash on a whim at the farmers market … Read more

The empty skillet sat on the stovetop, and my husband—who never comments on dinner—said, “Can you make that again next week?” That was it. No … Read more

I figured stuffed squash was one of those dishes that looked beautiful on a magazine cover but probably tasted like… well, squash pretending to be … Read more