Creamy Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup (Easy Budget Meal)
My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon, and the smell hit me … Read more
Quick Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies: Best Easy Recipe
I wasn’t expecting baking advice from the plumber, but there I was, standing in my own kitchen with a leaky faucet dripping into a mixing … Read more
Cozy Apple Cider Mimosa with Cinnamon Sugar Rim
This was supposed to be a hot mulled cider situation. I had the oranges, the star anise, the whole clove situation going on. The plan … Read more
Lighter Salted Caramel Apple Crisp with Oat Crumble
It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, sweet, and buttery. You know that feeling … Read more
Best Banana Pumpkin Bread with Toasted Pecans
My sister asked why I couldn’t just skip the mixer and mash everything by hand. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—something about overmixing … Read more
Perfect Easy Apple Cider Donuts with Maple Glaze
The farmer’s market vendor watched me eyeing her apple cider for the third time that fall. I kept circling back, picking up a jug, putting … Read more
Cozy Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread with Cinnamon Streusel
The neighborhood fall baking contest was in less than twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My phone buzzed with a reminder I’d set three weeks … Read more
Cozy Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies: The Best Easy Fall Recipe
My husband claimed to hate pumpkin desserts for ten years. Ten years! The man would eye a pumpkin pie like it personally offended him, and … Read more
Spider Deviled Eggs: Easy Halloween Party Appetizer
There used to be a tiny, dimly lit bar on the corner of Elm and 4th called The Lampshade that made the best deviled eggs … Read more
Quick Spooky Mexican Street Corn Dip – Easy 15-Minute Recipe
I was standing in the parking lot of a big-box hardware store last October, waiting for my husband to come back with the wrong-sized PVC … Read more