Weeknight Chicken with Sherry and Mushrooms (mustard-free)
This chicken with sherry and mushrooms, paired with a Dutch Baby and arugula salad, is absolutely wonderful and quick to get on the table.
Winter
Lemon Turmeric Chicken Over Rice (with Olives & Currants)
This is a great one-pot meal that looks beautiful and takes minimal effort. Also, our kids are obsessed with the rice.
Grandma’s Homemade Egg Noodles
We call these bright yellow egg noodles straight from my Grandma’s Indiana farm “Grandma’s Noodles.” (Pictured above: Grandma’s Chicken Noodle Soup) My grandma’s homemade egg noodles were my favorite childhood comfort food. My grandma would make a huge batch of noodles whenever she’d come out to visit us growing up. It was a favorite tradition.
Greek-Style Lemon Chicken Soup (Avgolemono)
Comforting, healthy, quick, and a great use of leftover chicken! And so comforting and nourishing for sick little ones.
Simplest Easy Chicken Stock
The simplest, easy chicken stock that feels like home in a bowl and only takes a couple of minutes of active time in the kitchen!
Nut-Free Galette des Rois (School Safe)
This nut-free Galette des Rois was made with chocolate and coconut filling instead of the traditional almond frangipane filling, making it safe to bring to school as a treat. The lucky child who finds the hidden orange rind gets to wear a crown!
Chestnut Tart with Dark Chocolate Ganache
This chestnut tart with dark chocolate ganache sits on top of a pecan shortbread crust and is topped with a lightly sweetened vanilla cream.
Brown Butter Pecan Cookies (Melt-in-Your-Mouth Style)
Crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth brown butter pecan shortbread cookies that smell heavenly, topped with flaky salt . . .
Healthy Dark Chocolate Pudding
This healthy dark chocolate pudding is incredibly rich and decadent, despite containing lots of nutrients and no added refined sugars.
Honeynut Squash Pie
This honeynut squash pie is the light custardy cousin of pumpkin pie . . . plus, it is made with fresh cream and no refined sugars! You may end up abandoning your sweet old pumpkin pie for her hot new honeynut cousin.
Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins
These delicious pumpkin gingerbread muffins are made with dates, honey, and loads of spices . . . A Healthier Pumpkin Muffin Option Sometimes, on a very cold morning in fall, nothing is more comforting than warm gingerbread. But typical gingerbread is essentially cake. So I wanted to see if I could make a gingerbread that
Orange Fennel Chicken Breakfast Sausages
These orange fennel chicken breakfast sausages are sweetened with chopped dates and caramelized fennel and flavored with a hint of orange and nutmeg.
No-Oat Apple Crisp Recipe
If you prefer your apple crisp recipe without oats, here’s my take, you crazy kid . . . An Apple Crisp Recipe Without Oats It has come to my attention that many people prefer their apple crisp without oats. Frankly, at first, this was a little mind-boggling to me. Apple crisp with oats is delicious.
Spicy Baked Apples
These spicy baked apples are delicious served with lightly sweetened whipped cream and make for a healthy dessert . . . Are Baked Apples Dessert? Let’s go with no (even though I’m including it in my dessert section). Apples are one of those treats I didn’t enjoy as much as I ought to have as
Preserved Lemon Chicken with Saffron & Thyme
This preserved lemon chicken is a twist on the classic lemon pepper chicken . . . Continuing on my theme of finding the perfect lemon pepper chicken, this preserved lemon chicken, made with fresh and preserved lemons, saffron, thyme, and garlic, is a top contender. The recipe is based on one from the Ottolenghi Simple
Please Poop Prune Applesauce
This is a spiced prune applesauce made with prunes, apples, and (optional) raisins. My kids are really into this prune applesauce: they call it “the sauce.” The craze started with simple applesauce. I started making a homemade version during Covid, loaded with ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg, which my daughter loves. We caramelize the apples a