Dinner Recipes

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat meatloaf for thirty-seven years. A solid three and a half decades of polite head shakes and “I’m good, … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a grocery store last October when the smell hit me — someone was heating up leftovers in … Read more

I’m not supposed to have a favorite turkey recipe. As a food blogger, I’m expected to love them all equally, you know? But let’s face … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple, quiet weeknight dinner. You know the kind—nothing fancy, just a baked chicken breast and some steamed broccoli. I … Read more

This was supposed to be a butternut squash soup. I had the squash cubed, the onions diced, the stock measured out, and a plan that … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of a grocery store I never go to — a random Tuesday, three weeks before Thanksgiving — … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day preparations—the kind of dishes that … Read more

The power went out halfway through my planned grocery run. Not the lights in my kitchen—that would have been a different kind of problem. No, … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish she’d left at our place, and the smell … Read more

My neighbor Mark asked why I couldn’t just cook the sausage and scoop it into the squash without all the extra steps. I started to … Read more