Category Dinner

Chicken and Stuffing Casserole

I keep a rotisserie chicken in my cart almost every grocery run now, mostly because of this casserole. It’s the kind of dinner where you dump, stir, layer, and walk…

Sloppy Joe Chili Cheese Fries

I made these on a Tuesday when the fridge had exactly three things in it: a pound of ground beef, half a bag of fries, and a can of Manwich…

SpiderWeb Taco Dip

I’ve made a version of taco dip for pretty much every Halloween party I’ve hosted, but this is the one that gets photographed before anyone touches a chip. The trick…

Viral Dirty Rice Recipe

This is the dump-and-bake dirty rice that’s been all over group chats lately — beef, rice, two kinds of canned broth, a stick of butter, one pan. You don’t brown…

Jack-O-Lantern Stuffed Bell Peppers

I carved the first batch of these wrong. Cut the tops off too close to the stem, and by the time the peppers softened in the oven, half the “faces”…

Mummy Pizza Pockets

I made these the first year my nephew decided he was “too old” for trick-or-treating but still wanted a Halloween dinner. Crescent dough, a handful of pantry pizza stuff, and…

Chicken Buffalo Taquitos

I’ve made a version of buffalo chicken filling more times than I can count at this point, and taquitos are where it belongs. Not casserole, not dip — rolled up…

Cheeseburger Sliders

I made a batch of these for and they were gone before I even got the second batch of buns sliced. That’s the thing about sliders — nobody eats one.…

Sheet Pan Nachos (20-Minute Weeknight Dinner)

That’s the whole pitch. Ground beef, tortilla chips, cheese, broiler. Twenty minutes, most of it hands-off. I know nacho purists want individual layers, careful chip placement, three passes under the…

Easy Spinach Artichoke Dip

This isn’t the mayo-heavy, one-note spinach dip you get at a chain restaurant. It’s sharper. There’s Parmesan doing the heavy lifting instead of a wall of sour cream, plus canned…