• Spinach Dip Pasta

    Spinach dip pasta has all the creamy, garlic-y, Parmesan goodness you love about the spinach dip appetizer! Spinach dip is one of my favorite appetizers to order out. It’s creamy and usually loaded with Parmesan, which — in my book — you can’t have enough of. The best spinach dips…

  • Instant Pot Chili

    Instant Pot chili tastes like you’ve made a batch that’s simmered all day long — and surprise! — it’s ready in less than an hour. Yesterday I made my first batch of Instant Pot chili. It was Sunday and FREEZING (actually, below freezing) and I was home all day long, so…

  • Instant Pot Chicken Stock

    This homemade chicken stock is ready in an hour, thanks to the Instant Pot, and tastes just like a slow cooked stock that’s been simmering away for hours and hours. I’ve been watching friends rave about their pressure cookers for years, noticing in the past couple an extreme fondness for…

  • New Year’s Recipes and Foods That Bring Good Luck

    It’s no secret that there are many food-based traditions all over the world, including things like special birthday treats, Thanksgiving menus or New Year’s recipes. Food’s a universal need, and often at the center when family and friends gather together, whether it’s to celebrate a child’s marriage, enjoy a holiday…

  • Peach Cobbler Pancakes

    Peach cobbler pancakes are a great excuse to combine breakfast and dessert into a yummy plate of awesome! Sometimes you’re forced to get creative when you find the pantry doesn’t offer up all the ingredients to make something you’re craving. One morning the kids wanted pancakes — easy enough, right? Normally,…

  • How To Make Perfect Mashed Potatoes

    It’s hard to argue with science-based methods for how to make mashed potatoes perfect every time! A group of my friends and I were having a conversation recently about the best way to make perfect mashed potatoes. As boring as that may sound to some, for us it was grand…