Dinner Recipes

I used to think breakfast casseroles were just… fine. You know, the kind of thing you’d eat at a hotel buffet when the scrambled eggs … Read more

This was supposed to be Swedish meatballs. I had the ground beef thawed, the cream in the fridge, and a very specific vision of little … Read more

There used to be a tiny, family-run diner on the corner of Elm and 3rd called Mabel’s that made this incredible, gooey beef and rice … Read more

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday, searching for something—anything—that could become dinner in under thirty minutes, when my fingers brushed against a package … Read more

This was supposed to be cornbread. Plain, simple, slightly boring cornbread that I was making to go with a pot of chili on a Tuesday … Read more

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday, hunting for a bag of frozen peas I knew was in there somewhere, when my hand brushed … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated cranberry sauce for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years, you guys. He’d push it around his plate every Thanksgiving like it … Read more

My neighbor Maria watched me fumbling with a stack of leftover turkey containers last November, a look of gentle amusement on her face. She didn’t … Read more

I was bent over the frozen food section at the grocery store last November, squinting at a box of frozen green beans, when a woman … Read more

I was digging through a box of old sheet music at a dusty estate sale last October when the woman running it—a tiny, no-nonsense lady … Read more