There are certain dinners that look like something I should be ordering at a restaurant rather than making in my own kitchen. Steak frites is definitely one of them. A beautifully seared ribeye, a mountain of hot crispy French fries, and a little bowl of garlicky aioli on the side—it sounds fancy enough for date … Read more

Some breakfasts are technically easy, but somehow still manage to leave half the kitchen looking like a disaster. This Smoked Salmon Avocado Toast is not one of them. It’s the kind of breakfast I’d happily make when I want something that feels a little more special than my usual toast and coffee, but I also … Read more

Some recipes are good because they’re easy. Others are good because that first bite makes everyone at the table immediately reach for another one. This Crispy Garlic Butter Fried Shrimp definitely falls into the second category. You get large shell-on shrimp with a light, crisp coating—not a thick, heavy breading—and then, while they’re still hot, … Read more

It’s one of those recipes where the ingredient list is short, the prep is almost ridiculously easy, and somehow the finished pan still feels like you put real effort into dinner. The shrimp get tossed with olive oil, plenty of fresh garlic, smoked paprika, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Then everything gets spread onto a … Read more

This Lemon Garlic Butter Salmon falls firmly into the category of requiring very little effort. You put one big salmon fillet on a sheet pan, pour a buttery lemon-garlic sauce all over it, wrap it up in foil and let the oven handle most of the work. That’s already enough to get my attention. But … Read more

What I especially like about this version is that it doesn’t bury the shells underneath a mountain of melted cheese. You can actually see what you’re eating: big pasta shells filled with creamy ricotta and spinach, sitting in bright marinara sauce. And there’s a little lemon zest hiding in that ricotta filling. It sounds like … Read more

I have a very simple test for deciding whether a pasta bake is worth making again. When I cut into it the next day, is there still enough sauce hiding between the pasta—or has the whole thing turned into one giant, dry block of noodles? This Baked Ziti definitely passes the test. The first thing … Read more

I have a weakness for chicken dinners that leave enough sauce in the pan to make you start looking around the kitchen for something to soak it up with. This Creamy Tuscan Chicken is exactly that kind of dinner. The first time you look at the finished skillet, it honestly feels like something that should … Read more

I have a habit of buying maple syrup for pancakes and then forgetting about the bottle sitting in the refrigerator for the next few weeks. This recipe gave that bottle a much better job. The first thing I love about this Maple Garlic Glazed Chicken is how something this simple can look like you’ve put … Read more

I have a weakness for dinners that somehow make the whole house feel cozier while they’re cooking, and chicken and dumplings is definitely one of them. The first time I started making this version, I thought the creamy chicken soup would be my favorite part. Then I lifted the lid after those dumplings had been … Read more