Dinner Recipes

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. My phone buzzed with a reminder I’d set weeks ago, and I just stood … Read more

This was supposed to be a stuffed delicata squash situation. I had the quinoa cooked, the cranberries plumped, the whole works planned out for a … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last fall, holding a bag of lightbulbs I’d forgotten to buy twice already, when the woman … Read more

Tuesday night, 6:47 PM, and the only thing I want is a takeout container of beef and broccoli. But I’m in sweatpants, it’s raining sideways, … Read more

That first hit of garlic and cream hitting the skillet—the kind that curls up and fills your whole kitchen before you’ve even added the pasta—still … Read more

Browned ground beef sizzling in the skillet, the smell of onions and garlic filling the kitchen, and me staring into the fridge wondering if I … Read more

I swore I hated meatloaf. For years, maybe my whole adult life. Then I found my husband standing at the counter one Tuesday night, eating … Read more

There used to be a tiny, white-tiled seafood counter tucked inside a market on the corner of 4th and Main that made a garlic butter … Read more

The glossy, lacquered sheen of the sauce catching the kitchen light—that’s what I was after the first time I made this Sticky Honey Garlic Salmon … Read more

The checkout lady at the grocery store watched me load three bags of tortilla chips onto the conveyor belt and didn’t say anything at first. … Read more