Purely Plate-Worthy
Silas doesn’t ask for dessert twice. That’s just not a thing that happens in our house. But the night I made this dark chocolate mousse cake, he finished his slice, sat there quiet for a second, and then slid his plate back across the counter toward me. “Is there more.” Not even a question. Just … Read more
I brought this cake to a dinner party once and someone asked which bakery I ordered it from. I just smiled and said “the one in my kitchen.” That’s the thing about this lemon mousse cake. It looks like it took a pastry degree to pull off, with that golden, torched meringue swirled on top … Read more
I used to think quinoa salads were a punishment disguised as a meal. Sad, bland, the kind of thing you eat because you should, not because you want to. Then I made this one wrong three times in a row before I got it right, and now I can’t stop making it. 🙃 Turns out … Read more
Silas is not a salad guy. 🥗 He’s the guy who eyes a bowl of greens like I’ve personally wronged him. So when I put this vegan chickpea salad in front of him last week and said nothing, I fully expected the usual polite three bites and a quiet trip to the fridge for something … Read more
I brought this to a potluck once and came home with an empty bowl and three people asking for the recipe. That’s kind of become the standard now. Every single time. There’s just something about chickpeas and pasta together that shouldn’t work as well as it does. But it does. Really well. This isn’t your … Read more
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