Dinner Recipes

Third time this week I’d made the creamy one-pot chicken and wild rice soup, and this time I finally stopped stirring long enough to ask … Read more

Sunday evening, about 4:30 PM, when the kitchen light starts throwing that warm yellow glow against the darkening window. The air outside has that sharp, … Read more

For the longest time, I just accepted that butternut squash mac and cheese wasn’t going to taste like the real thing. You know the drill—watery … Read more

The way the brown butter clings to each piece of butternut squash—that glossy, speckled coating—is what I made this dish for. Everything else is secondary. … Read more

My husband took one bite of this brown butter honeynut squash with thyme, stopped chewing, and just stared at the plate for a solid five … Read more

I want something deeply savory, a little sweet, and completely satisfying—and I have a kabocha squash sitting on the counter that’s been staring at me … Read more

I want a burrito bowl right now. Not a maybe-one, not a let-me-think-about-it—a full-on, loaded, chicken-and-rice-and-beans situation. But here’s the problem: I have zero energy, … Read more

The farmer’s market had a mountain of butternut squash the second week of October, and I bought three of them without a plan. You know … Read more

My neighbor actually texted me a photo of her empty plate last November with the caption, “I licked it. No shame.” That was the moment … Read more

The pot was scraped clean. Not like, “oh, we finished it” clean—I mean my husband actually got a spoon and went after the sides like … Read more