Category Dinner

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

I’d been staring down a rotisserie chicken and a bag of frozen peas and carrots that had been living in my freezer for way too long, and pot pie was…

Stuffed Pepper Soup

Stuffed peppers are a lot of work for a Tuesday. This soup takes everything good about them — the beef, the rice, the sweet-tomato broth — and skips the part…

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

White chicken chili became the one nobody complained about. Not the kids, not my husband, not the neighbor I roped into taste-testing three batches in a row. This isn’t the…

Butternut Squash Soup

The first time I made this butternut squash soup, I almost skipped the potatoes. Glad I didn’t — they’re the reason the texture holds up instead of turning watery after…

Slow Cooker Potato Soup

That’s really the whole pitch. You dice everything, dump it in the crock pot, and walk away for three hours. No babysitting a pot of potatoes so they don’t scorch…

Hawaiian Rolls Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Buffalo chicken sliders are the answer when you need something that disappears off a tray in twenty minutes. Shredded chicken tossed in hot sauce and ranch, Swiss cheese melting into…

One Pan Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi

I made this the first time because I had a package of gnocchi sitting in the pantry and no plan for it. Turns out gnocchi and a Parmesan cream sauce…

Mini Chicken Quesadillas

I made these the night after Thanksgiving one year, standing over a cutting board with leftover rotisserie chicken and no real plan. Refried beans were already open in the fridge…

Pizza Pinwheels

That’s basically the whole reason pizza pinwheels exist in my kitchen. Crescent dough, sauce, cheese, whatever toppings are sitting in the fridge door. Roll it, slice it, bake it. Twenty…