Quick and easy recipes for the busy home cook
I share a lot of individual recipes here, but while a lot of them are designed to shine individually, sometimes it's more important for them to be part of a collection of recipes, or an overall menu. Because when we're entertaining, we don't just cook a single recipe. We cook an overall meal. This time [...]
Holy smokes, folks! Here I am getting out ahead of the holidays again, with another delicious turkey recipe! Or, considering how long ago I actually made this recipe, I might just be really behind. Because that might just be a photograph of our lovely Thanksgiving spread last year. Don't tell. But never mind the timing [...]
I don't need much of an excuse to whip up a side dish of buttery mashed potatoes. I love them and Marcus tears into them with both hands. But every once in a while, especially as we get into the holidays, I want to dress them up a little. You wouldn't think you can improve [...]
I'm far from being a minimalist, but sometimes less is oh so much more. I find that a lot in cooking. Good ingredients can get absolutely buried under a lot of complicated spices and preparation methods, whereas if you have good fresh ingredients and simple but solid prep, your food will sing. Take cranberry sauce, [...]
Jump to Recipe! I won't say the holidays in my family are stressful. It's nice to be around a bunch of people who are related and also happen to like each other and have decent people skills. I also won't say the holidays in my family aren't stressful. Because there's just something about this time of year [...]
Happy Monday, friends - as happy as it can be to try to get back into the daily grind after a holiday weekend which hopefully included a lot of merriment and feasting! Ours included all of that, even though - and perhaps because - it was our first Thanksgiving as just a little family of [...]
Hey, I'm actually getting out ahead of the holiday with a holiday recipe! Normally, I don't get around to posting or trying these things way after the holiday, and once I find a recipe I'm happy with, instead of saving the recipe for a the lead-up to an appropriate holiday, I post it right away [...]