Creamy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili – Easy Party Favorite
Marta wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a rainy Tuesday to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago, … Read more
Easy One-Pot Butternut Squash & Sage Soup Recipe
There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked away on a side street in Portland called Le Potager that made a butternut squash soup … Read more
Cozy Crockpot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup: Easy Fall Meal
The power went out halfway through browning the chicken. That’s how this whole thing started. I had a half-cooked breast sitting in a cold pan, … Read more
Cozy Slow Cooker Apple Cider with Cinnamon Sticks
I was standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot last November when the scent of someone’s mulled cider drifted over from a … Read more
Easy & Bubbly Apple Cider Mimosa Bar
The fall brunch was in two hours and I had nothing. I mean, nothing. My neighbor Jen had been planning her pumpkin spice latte cheesecake … Read more
Easy Brown Sugar Apple Cider Cake Recipe (Best Quick Dessert)
The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me eyeing her apples for a good five minutes before she said anything. I was juggling a … Read more
Cozy Caramel Apple Cider Sangria: Easy Fall Recipe
It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something that tasted like autumn in a … Read more
Creamy One-Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (Easy Comfort)
My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated soup. For thirty-seven years, apparently. Every family dinner where soup made an appearance — he’d push the bowl around, … Read more
Best Lighter Apple Cider Donut Cake with Cinnamon Sugar
My neighbor Jenna asked why I couldn’t just use apple cider instead of apple juice in my standard coffee cake recipe. I started to explain … Read more
Crowd-Pleasing No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars: Easy Fall Dessert
I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cramped office during tax season, watching him peel a clementine … Read more