Purely Plate-Worthy
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I used to think salads were basically sad lettuce with a few croutons thrown on top for pity. Then I made this one, and Silas asked for seconds before he even finished his first bowl. That never happens with salad in our house. This chickpea avocado salad is creamy, crunchy, tangy, and loaded with enough … Read more
I made this salad on a whim one Tuesday because my fridge was basically empty. Now it’s the thing I make every single week. Here’s the wild part. A full serving of this salad packs close to 20 grams of protein, and there’s zero meat involved. 🫘 If you’d told me a chickpea salad could … Read more
Okay, real talk. I used to think chili without a deep red color and a mountain of ground beef wasn’t really chili. Then I made this one. White bean chicken chili is creamy, packed with flavor, and comes together in one pot. It’s the kind of dinner that makes your whole kitchen smell like something’s … Read more
Silas and I have a rule after eleven years together: no cooking competitions in the kitchen. We broke that rule the week we got back from England. 🇬🇧 I’d fallen hard for afternoon tea in a tiny Cotswolds village, the kind of place where the scones show up warm under a linen napkin and nobody … Read more
I burned the first batch of these so badly that Silas asked if we were having “charcoal for dinner.” That was three years ago. Since then I’ve made chicken satay more times than I can count, and I finally cracked the code for skewers that come out juicy, caramelized, and just a little sticky in … Read more
I didn’t grow up eating medialunas. Honestly, I didn’t even know they existed until I was wandering a bakery in Buenos Aires at 7am, jet-lagged and starving. I ordered whatever the woman behind the counter pointed at. It was a medialuna. And it changed how I think about breakfast pastries forever. They look like croissants. … Read more
Can a smoothie actually taste like dessert and still be something you’d feel good giving your kids for breakfast? I used to think that was wishful thinking. Then I started making this one on repeat and now I genuinely crave it. I make this mixed fruit smoothie so often that Silas has started calling it … Read more
Silas came home from a work trip last month convinced he’d found the best fried rice on the planet at some tiny place near his hotel. He would not stop talking about it. For four days straight. So naturally, I had to make it at home and prove I could do better. 🍳 Turns out … Read more
I burned my first three loaves of this bread. Not “a little too dark on the bottom” burned. I mean set-off-the-smoke-alarm, Silas-running-in-from-the-yard burned. And I still made a fourth loaf that same week because I could not stop thinking about how good the kitchen smelled right before I ruined it. That’s the thing about garlic … Read more
My neighbor showed up at my door once because she smelled this bread baking through the walls. I’m not exaggerating. She knocked, asked what I was making, and then just… stood there. Waiting. I gave her a slice still warm from the oven and she ate it standing on my porch. That’s the kind of … Read more