Easy Slow Cooker Spiced Pear Butter Recipe
I was at the farmers’ market last September, embarrassingly clutching a bag of pears I had no real plan for. You know that feeling when … Read more
Easy Small-Batch Canned Tomato Sauce: Best Beginner Recipe
I was standing in my neighbor Carol’s driveway last September, holding a cardboard box of Roma tomatoes that were threatening to split their skins, when … Read more
Homemade Cinnamon Vanilla Pear Preserves: Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe
I swore I wasn’t a jam-and-preserves person. For years. I’d walk right past that aisle in the grocery store, completely unimpressed by the sticky, overly … Read more
Easy Cherry Tomato Confit Pasta: Best 20-Minute Dinner
The neighborhood potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d even put a reminder on my phone, but somehow that little … Read more
Creamy Garden Tomato Basil Soup (Easy 30-Min Recipe)
There used to be a tiny, sun-bleached café called The Garden Shed tucked behind a bookstore in my old neighborhood. They made a tomato basil … Read more
Crispy Buffalo Cauliflower Bites: Easy Game Day Recipe
I wasn’t expecting to find my go-to game day recipe in a dusty stack of church cookbooks at a garage sale, but there I was, … Read more
Best Easy Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper Bites Recipe
This was supposed to be a stuffed chicken breast. I had the cream cheese softening on the counter, the jalapenos sliced and ready, the bacon … Read more
Best Slow Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce for Easy Canning
My neighbor Brenda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder, and this smell hit me before I even got to … Read more
Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sliders
My buddy Mike asked me why I couldn’t just dump a pork shoulder in the slow cooker with some root beer and call it a … Read more
Easy No-Bake Berry Trifle: Best Labor Day Dessert
I used to think trifles were for people who had their lives together. You know, the type who own matching serving bowls and never spill … Read more