perfect stove top mac and cheese

Yeah, I probably eat way too much macaroni and cheese. Wait, who am I kidding? There is no such thing. …

soft & chewy gingerbread bars

It’s official. Cookie loving is in my blood. Every holiday season I remember my Dad making (and eating) multiple batches …

turkey with cornmeal dumplings

Raise your hand if you’ve got a metric crap-ton of left over turkey. Raise your hand if you can’t eat …

esquites (warm mexican street corn salad)

I don’t get to see my big sister very often, but when we do get together it’s like no time …

roasted fig and goat cheese crostini

So, this morning we had a little party in my kitchen. It started out innocently enough. I just invited these …

roasted butternut squash, ginger and apple soup

This. Is. Good. Soup. I’m talking, ‘If I gave you a gently worn Armani suit in exchange for a dinner …

black forest brownies

Kirsch soaked dried tart cherries. White chocolate chunks. Dark chocolate chewy, fudgy, brownie perfection. That’s pretty much all I have to …

roasted mushroom salad with warm goat cheese

A few weeks ago, I mentioned on The Facebook how much I adore mushrooms. One of my BFFs concurred with …

simply perfect roasted chicken

If this isn’t the juiciest roasted chicken you ever make, I’ll eat my hat. Do people even say that anymore? …

browned butter mashed potato shepherd’s pie

Have I mentioned before how much I love browned butter? Well, if I haven’t, I’m doing it now. It’s. Pure. …

goat cheese and roasted pecan green bean gratin

Green Bean Casserole has always been one of my favorite seasonal foods. Hands down. And oh-hoh, how it’s evolved over …

candied bacon maple blondies

I made these, like, two months ago… and then totally forgot to write about them. My only excuse is that …

cream of mushroom soup with parmesan crisps

I loooooove mushrooms. Always have. As a kid I was ever the odd man out who requested Campbell’s Cream of …

caramel apple cake

My kids are little tiny walking petri dishes. Seriously, I (like so many other parents I know) dread this season. …

slow cooked chicken riesling (coq au vin)

Finally. It’s here. My very favorite season. The season of the Crock Pot. In my house, technically every season is …

roasted artichokes with lemon and garlic

I’m throwing you for a loop today with health food all up in this place. Yup. Beautiful, delicious, veggies. Artichokes …

candy corn cupcakes

Once a month Jonny leaves me and the kids to fend for ourselves for an entire Saturday while he’s off being artsy …

pumpkin sauced bbq ribs

BBQ Ribs + Pumpkin = Um, Yum. Of course, I got some backlash from my Annual Ribfest competitor, Big-D, on …

peanut butter and blackberry jam blondies

Yup. These are pretty amazing. It’s like the classic go-to sandwich we all know and love has morphed into a …

white bean chicken chili verde

Sometimes I really miss the visual change of seasons. In Arizona we seem to just transition slowly from Summer to …