Dinner Recipes

My husband had claimed to hate honey mustard for the better part of a decade. The guy would literally pick around a honey mustard dressing … Read more

My neighbor, a busy mom of three named Sarah, watched me fumbling with a colander of ground beef one Tuesday evening while my kids circled … Read more

It was 8:47 PM on a rainy Thursday, and I was starving in that specific way where only something warm, buttery, and carb-loaded would do. … Read more

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—don’t ask—and this smell hit me before I even made … Read more

There used to be a tiny diner off Highway 99 called The Rusty Skillet that made the best ground beef and rice skillet I’ve ever … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of pre-made honey garlic chicken, when it hit me — the … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their prize-winning, secret-ingredient, slow-simmered-all-weekend chili. I had a … Read more

This was supposed to be a warm roasted vegetable bowl. The kind where everything gets tossed in oil, spread on a sheet pan, and emerges … Read more

There used to be a tiny, neon-lit place tucked behind a laundromat on the corner of 7th and Elm that made the most ridiculous honey … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, picking up a new faucet for the guest bathroom. The guy behind the counter, an older … Read more