Dinner Recipes

Peeling butternut squash in a dim kitchen on a Tuesday night while my toddler napped—that’s where this creamy butternut squash and sage risotto was born. … Read more

“So what’s for dinner?” my husband asked, staring into the open fridge like it might magically produce a meal. I didn’t have an answer — … Read more

Why You’ll Love This Recipe I’ve tested this recipe more times than I care to count, tweaking the coating, the cook time, and the temperature … Read more

My husband took his first bite of this stuffing last Thanksgiving and just stopped talking. He sat there, fork mid-air, chewing slowly like he was … Read more

I was staring at a bag of sweet potatoes that had been sitting in my pantry for weeks. Not really a problem, except Thanksgiving was … Read more

I figured hosting Friendsgiving would mean a whole turkey—the big, golden, centerpiece kind. It took about one conversation with my actual, rational brain to realize … Read more

By the fourth batch in two weeks, I finally stopped stirring long enough to ask myself why I hadn’t just written down the measurements the … Read more

Pulling a baking sheet out of the oven when the timer went off, steam curling around what was supposed to be a normal stuffed pepper, … Read more

The farmer’s market had one sad-looking acorn squash left under the table, and I grabbed it like it was the last piece of gold. My … Read more

“Wait—there’s squash in this?” My brother-in-law had just taken his first bite, fork suspended mid-air, looking at me like I’d pulled off some kind of … Read more