Let Me Tell You About This Potato Salad (Spoiler: Bacon Is Involved) Alright, I’m about to let you in on a little backyard BBQ secret. Every summer, my aunt Barb and I would team up for cookout duty. She’d make burgers (too dry, sorry Barb), and I’d bring my loaded baked potato salad. You know …
I’ll be honest—garlic mashed potatoes are probably my unofficial love language. (Don’t tell my partner, but if I bring a steaming bowl to the table, suddenly everyone’s nicer to each other. Coincidence? I think not.) I grew up watching my grandma make them—always with Idaho potatoes and way too much butter, but you know what? …
Let Me Tell You About My Go-To Party Dip There’s something really satisfying about putting a scoop-able, cheesy dip in the middle of a table and watching people come back for just one more bite. My Red, White, & Basil Dip is officially the dish that makes my kitchen smell like an Italian summer. First …
Let’s Talk About Biscoff Cookie Butter Cookies (and My Weakness For Them) Okay, real talk—I probably should not bake these Biscoff cookie butter cookies as often as I do, but honestly? They’re just too darn good. The first time I made them was on a lazy Saturday. The kitchen was a proper mess, radio slightly …
The Story Behind These Crispy Little Beauties Sometimes when I make these Classic Spanish Potato Fritters, the smell takes me right back to my abuela’s tiny kitchen in Valencia. There she’d be, humming some tune only she knew, shooing me away every time I got too close to the splattering oil. Anyway, the first time …
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies have quickly become a beloved treat for cookie enthusiasts everywhere. Combining the rich, nutty flavor of peanut butter with the hearty texture of old-fashioned oats and the indulgent sweetness of chocolate chips, this classic dessert is the perfect marriage of taste and texture. As home bakers search for creative …
Honestly, This Creamy Street Corn Pasta Salad Saves Me Every Summer I’m not totally sure how this recipe became my default answer to “What’s for dinner?” in the thick of July, but here we are. There’s something about the combo of sweet corn, tangy dressing, and pasta that just hits the right spot—especially after a …
If I’m being totally honest, the first time I made this Southwest Ground Beef and Sweet Potato Skillet it was mostly because I had exactly four things left in my fridge (you know those days?). My sister dropped by, sniffed the air, and asked if I had taken up professional cooking—ha! Jokes aside, this recipe …
Let Me Tell You About My Go-To Sweet Potato Fries You know those recipes you just keep coming back to, no matter how many fancy food blogs you’ve bookmarked or how many kitchen gadgets you buy thinking this will change everything (spoiler: it won’t)? Yeah—these easy oven baked sweet potato fries are one of those …
If you told me five years ago I’d have a black bean meatball recipe on repeat, I’d probably have laughed—well, maybe not out loud, but definitely in that “oh sure” headspace. But here we are! These little beauties came about when my cousin (a notorious meatball fanatic) went veggie for a month, and I wanted …
Catching Up: Here’s Why I Love This Skillet Dinner You ever have one of those evenings where you open the fridge and it’s just crickets—except you’re, like, really hungry and you need dinner to happen, stat? This Southwest Sweet Potato, Black Bean and Rice Skillet has kind of saved my hide in exactly those moments. …