Creamy Butternut Squash Apple Soup – Easy 30-Minute Recipe
It was 11:47 PM on a soggy Tuesday in October, and I had a wild craving for something warm, smooth, and slightly sweet. I didn’t … Read more
Creamy Crockpot Cheeseburger Potato Soup – Easy Slow Cooker Dinner
My neighbor Carol watched me scrape burnt chili off my stovetop last Tuesday and didn’t say anything at first. Then she handed me a sticky … Read more
Creamy Roasted Tomato Basil Soup: The Best Easy Recipe
Someone asked me last week why I always have a stash of canned tomatoes in my pantry. “For emergencies,” I said, which was only half … Read more
Best Easy Black Cat Sugar Cookies for Halloween Fun
My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just use the cookie cutter I already had for the cat shape. I started to explain why that … Read more
Soft Baked Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles: Easy Fall Recipe
I was digging through my pantry last Tuesday, hunting for a bag of chocolate chips that I swear I bought, when my hand brushed against … Read more
Easy No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites: Best 3-Ingredient Dessert
There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on the corner of Elm and 4th that made the most incredible pumpkin cheesecake … Read more
Easy Pumpkin Dump Cake with Pecan Streusel: Best 30-Min Dessert
I wasn’t supposed to be in her kitchen that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s roofing project—and … Read more
Perfect Maple Pecan Pumpkin Coffee Cake: Easy Fall Recipe
The neighborhood fall bake-off was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-layered showstoppers—the kind with handmade fondant … Read more
Best Easy Same-Day Sourdough Focaccia with Rosemary
I was in the middle of a truly disastrous attempt at organizing my spice cabinet—don’t ask, it involved turmeric on the ceiling—when my accountant called. … Read more
Best Easy Pumpkin Sourdough Discard Bread
A neighbor asked why I couldn’t just toss the sourdough discard straight into pumpkin bread instead of fussing with a preferment. I started to explain … Read more