Easy Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Salmon with Asparagus: Best 20-Minute Dinner
I was supposed to be making a complicated lemon-herb crusted salmon with a separate pan of roasted asparagus. That was the plan, anyway. But the … Read more
Best Easy Soft Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Maple Buttercream
It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I had an almost aggressive need for a soft, pillowy pumpkin cookie. Not the … Read more
Quick Pumpkin Sage Butter Gnocchi – 20 Minute Easy Dinner
Maria from the community garden watched me fumbling with a butternut squash last October, my knife clearly not up to the task. She didn’t say … Read more
Cozy Streusel Pumpkin Coffee Cake: An Easy Fall Recipe
I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, holding a bag of lightbulbs and a new garden hose, when the woman … Read more
Best Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole Recipe
My roommate asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in one pan and call it dinner. I was mid-lecture about layering flavors and proper cheese … Read more
Lighter Pumpkin Bars with Brown Butter Frosting Recipe
My sister asked why I couldn’t just use applesauce instead of oil in my pumpkin bars. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. … Read more
Easy Brown Butter Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Wednesday, and I had a desperate, irrational need for something swirled, spiced, and cream-cheese-filled. I didn’t have the … Read more
Easy Creamy One-Pot Chicken & Wild Rice Casserole Recipe
My neighbor, a retired nurse named Carol, watched me hauling grocery bags up the porch steps one drizzly Tuesday and didn’t say anything at first. … Read more
Easy No-Mixer Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl
My sister claimed she hated pumpkin bread for a solid decade. Ten years of eyeing my fall baking with suspicion, insisting that pumpkin belonged in … Read more
Cozy Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs with Roasted Fall Vegetables
There used to be a tiny French restaurant tucked away on a side street in downtown Portland called Le Petit Coin. It wasn’t fancy, not … Read more