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This Is Exactly What I Want To Be Eating, ALl The Time. I made this for dinner when my brother came to visit, and by the end of his visit three days later, I had already made it again because we all loved it so much. Can this just be dinner for the next three weeks? the next month? the next year? Peanut chicken, coconut rice, and ginger slaw is truly a match made in heaven. In the bowl: thin strips of chicken, coated generously in the Trader Joe’s peanut satay sauce ric

This Is My Fresh Summery Reset Meal. Juicy teriyaki chicken, grilled if you want, served over rice with a scoop of bright gingery peaches, and a rich sesame drench getting into every bite. YES PLEASE I love this meal! My family’s summer eating has two basic modes: Fresh mode: vibrant, summery produce! crispy, juicy, colorful. YOLO mode: chips (so many chips), ice cream cones, hot dogs, fried chicken sandwiches, and packaged snacks that hit just right at the pool, on a r

The Combination Of My Dreams! Every time I get bored with dinner, I make crispy chicken. Everyone in our house loves crispy chicken every single time. And THIS CRISPY CHICKEN! I think it might be the most delicious I’ve ever made. The flavor! It is locked in thanks to the Parmesan and (don’t be mad) the mayo. One bite and I was like, yeah. There it is. That juicy, umami, crispy golden flavor. I find the mayo coating is actually easiest to work with if you brush it on, an

New Summer Obsession Unlocked. Holy smokes these smashed olives are SUCH A TREAT. I make them WEEKLY at this point. I’ve been keeping them in the fridge and then just eating them for a Girl Lunch all week with fried bread and torn burrata, and it is one of the highlights of my life right now. I got this idea from Cheese Gal on Instagram – one of those beautiful moments where a video finds you and you have to try it immediately and then it ends up being as great, or may

There’s nothing quite like a nice little morning at the farmer’s market. Arms full of summer goodies, maybe an iced coffee in tow, sunshine at your back, and then the question of… what am I supposed to do with all this? It’s my favorite problem to have! These recipes are built around the best of peak summer produce – corn, cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, peaches, green beans, and strawberries – whether tossed into a salad, baked into a snack o

Our House Favorite Strawberry Pie! A text I got from my neighbor last week: I asked my husband and kids to vote on several desserts that I’ve been making lately – “which one of these should be the July Family Dessert Night recipe?” This strawberry pie was the unanimous winner. Everyone in our house LOVES this pie. It’s basically a bountiful platter of fresh strawberries, cold and juicy and sweet, held together inside a salty-sweet graham cr

Summer just has a way of making healthy eating feel… actually easy? Like, when tomatoes look like that at the farmers market, and corn is practically begging to be thrown on the grill, you really don’t need much convincing to eat well. Fresh produce does most of the heavy lifting and honestly, the meals kind of make themselves. These recipes are some of my favorites to make in the summer when I want things to feel light and breezy. They’re bright, they’re colorful, they&#821

Chicken Caesar Salad, But Fold It Up And Dunk It! In other words, my dream come true. I’ve seen a few videos for this method, and I felt like I needed to give it a try, and I WAS CORRECT. What a genius little dinner invention for people who love chicken caesar salad and want to eat it in every available form (it’s me)! These are crispy taco-like handhelds, golden and crispy outsides that kind of shatter when you bite into them, with seasoned ground chicken and shreddy C

If your summer calendar looks anything like mine, it’s filled with BBQs, lake days, family get-togethers, and those last-minute texts asking, “Can you bring dessert?” Good news: this list of summer dessert recipes has you covered! These are the sweet treats that I make every summer – easy, crowd-friendly, and loved by everyone. Bars, pies, cookies, brownies, and more! My MOST favorite ones on the list: the Best Peach Cobbler and those S’Mores Bars. I make them multi

My Grandma Knew. A crisped English muffin brushed with garlic butter, topped with a savory meat sauce and melty cheese? Oh MAN these are good. I’m currently very obsessed with these, which is kind of making me chuckle, because it feels like a peak 90s Midwestern mom moment. HERE FOR IT! “Pizza burgers” are a staple of my childhood. My grandma made these all the time, and whenever she would come visit our family, she’d re-up our freezer stash. This recipe i

Summer is my favorite time to cook – not because I want to spend hours in a hot kitchen, but because I genuinely don’t have to. That summer produce does all the work. Juicy tomatoes, sweet crunchy corn, crisp cucumbers, and fresh herbs that make everything taste like it came straight from the garden when really it came together in 30 minutes on a Tuesday night. These 35 recipes are my tried-and-true summer go-tos – the ones I come back to year after year when I want dinner t

The Sticky Yummy Tofu That Wowed My Friends and Me. I made this on a whim for a last-minute low-key dinner party, and my friends texted the next day asking for the recipe. It was SO good. I needed something very easy that would deliver on flavor (I’m having dejavu). My brain did some thinking, and I decided to base the meal around an absolute EASY crowd pleaser that hits every time: good ol’ bang bang sauce. This sauce is embarrassingly easy and shockingly good. Ma

Raise your hand if weeknights feel like a constant scramble. 🙋 Between after-school activities for my kids, work piling up, and the general chaos of real life, the last thing I want is a dinner that demands an hour of kitchen time. These 40 recipes are my answer to that – every single one comes together in 30 minutes or less. And here’s the thing: quick doesn’t mean boring! These actually feel like you put in real effort – even when you absolutely did not. This is my s

There’s just something really special about family dinner time. Bonus if the kids actually eat the meal, the adults can genuinely enjoy it, and nobody’s making a separate plate at 7pm. That’s the dream! These family dinner recipes are exactly that: crowd-pleasing, kid-friendly, and delicious enough to put on repeat. They’re also easy enough to get dinner on the table in less than an hour, so that dinner feels less like a task and more like the best part of the day.

People Have Been Asking When I started making the air fryer chicken thighs a few week ago, I shared a photo on Instagram of this plate combo: the roasted potato wedges the cucumber salad the golden, juicy, flavor-crusted chicken bites the smoky aioli drenching it all. And I got so many questions! What’s in the sauce? How do you make the potatoes? We need a written recipe! So here I am with a proper, written recipe for this very yummy, colorful, flavor-packed pla

These Meatballs!! They Are a Crowd Favorite In Our House. We recently hosted my parents, brothers, and their significant others for dinner on a WEEKNIGHT, and around 3pm ON THE DAY OF HOSTING I realized I needed a plan. Something that would not completely overwhelm me but would also be fun, interesting, and appealing to the foodies?! Guys, this recipe was group dinner perfection! Herby meatballs, pan-fried to get nice and golden, and then a quick little yellow curry sauce (gravy? it&#8

I Love This Dinner So Much I Could Cry. OH MY GOODNESS you guys, this is so good. Crispy golden chicken, brushed with garlic butter (!!), and served up on a plate of creamy tomatoey beans that are laced with caramelized shallot and fresh basil?! Come on! Come on. It feels very *special occasion* but don’t be fooled. Look at my life. Look at my table. We are the farthest thing from fancy. And yet here we are! Eating restaurant-level food on a Tuesday and LOVING IT! I got

Some nights you want a home-cooked dinner that feels special – but you also have approximately zero energy, only a handful of ingredients, and no time for anything complicated. That’s exactly where this list comes in! These are the recipes my family turns to on weeknights and have earned a permanent spot in the rotation because they’re just that reliable. The recipes on this list don’t require anything complicated – nothing you need to hunt down at a specialty st

This Immediately Became One Of My New Favorite Desserts. Guys this might be my favorite dessert, for sure top five. I love it so much. Banoffee Pie is a British dessert with a thick toffee or caramel-like layer over a graham cracker crust, topped with a layer of bananas and whipped cream. I learned about it from a video on my discover feed – thank you, Amy Nash! For the last few months, we’ve been doing this thing in our house called “Family Dessert Night” w

Is there any better feeling than having food prepped and ready to go for a busy week? Healthy salads tucked into containers, full meals stacked in the fridge for easy lunches and dinners, burritos and sandwiches wrapped up in the freezer for whenever you need them… I’m telling you, nothing makes me feel more ready for life. Some of these recipes are perfect for a Sunday prep session to set yourself up for the week ahead (think salads, roasted veggies, and chicken), and others are great for a