Easy Kid-Approved Crockpot Taco Soup with Corn & Black Beans
My seven-year-old, Leo, was perched on the step stool next to me while I was browning the ground beef for what I thought would be … Read more
Wholesome Fall Harvest Salad with Roasted Squash
The neighborhood harvest potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I knew it was coming—the flyer had been on my fridge … Read more
Easy Baked Apple Dumplings with Caramel Sauce
The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggling with a pile of apples that had definitely seen better days. She … Read more
Easy Autumn Chopped Salad with Roasted Squash
This was supposed to be a roasted squash soup. I had the butternut cubed, the stock simmering on the back burner, and my immersion blender … Read more
Easy Crockpot Cheddar Broccoli Soup (Kid-Approved!)
There used to be a tiny café tucked inside a used bookstore on the corner of Elm and 3rd Street that made a cheddar broccoli … Read more
Easy Dutch Oven Beef Stew with Root Vegetables
I was standing in the parking lot of a hardware store last Tuesday—just trying to find the right lightbulb—when the cold air hit me with … Read more
Creamy Cheesy Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Bake
I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a taxi driver, but there I was, stuck in a traffic jam on a rainy Tuesday, listening to him … Read more
Cozy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Chili with Black Beans
Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a car seat—the kind of boring Tuesday errand you don’t think twice about—and the … Read more
Easy Creamy Delicata Squash Soup Recipe with Brown Butter
My sister-in-law claimed she hated squash for a solid decade. Ten years of wrinkling her nose at pumpkin pie, side-eyeing butternut soup, and pushing roasted … Read more
Best Easy Crockpot Loaded Baked Potato Soup for Kids
It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday in early November, and I had a very specific craving for a loaded baked potato. The kind with … Read more