Purely Plate-Worthy
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
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 downstairs last week, opened the fridge, looked at the produce drawer, and said “so we’re having the salad tonight” before I’d even said a word. That’s how often this one shows up at our table. 🥗 It’s not fancy. It’s not trying to be the star of the show. But it’s the side … Read more
I used to spend $14 on a tiny bottle of elderberry syrup every October like it was nothing. Then I found out it takes about 10 minutes of actual hands-on work to make at home. For a fraction of the price. And it tastes so much better. So now I make a big batch every … Read more
I used to dump my sourdough discard straight into the trash every single week and just… feel bad about it. That jar sat on my counter, quietly growing, and every feeding meant scraping out a cup of tangy, bubbly starter that had nowhere to go. It felt wasteful. It also felt like a problem I … Read more
I made panna cotta for the first time thinking it would wreck my whole afternoon. It took me 12 minutes of actual work. That’s it. No oven. No fancy equipment. No standing over a double boiler praying you don’t scramble eggs into a custard disaster. Panna cotta literally translates to “cooked cream” in Italian, and … Read more