I cannot believe this is my first stuffed shells recipe on here. They have been a favorite dish of mine since I was really little. I grew up having the standard Barilla version of ricotta, mozzarella, and marinara sauce all the time, and it was one of my brothers' and my favorite dinners. It still is! I put it in the same category as lasagna: my ideal comfort foods category, except it's even easier to throw together...
Read More'Tis the season... for finding appetizers and entrees that can be made ahead. Am I right? Dishes that don't require much fuss and can be pretty easily served to guests without a lot of on-the-spot, time-sensitive cooking...
Read MoreI present to you: cookie induced nostalgia.
Read MoreEven in the days of tomato soup from an Andy Warhol style red and white Campbell's Soup can, or tomato soup from the school cafeteria, I was all about it. Because, grilled cheese and tomato soup is one of the OG comfort foods. And even when it wasn't great, it was still good...
Read MoreI'm not exactly crushing my Fall Bucket List this year, and truth be told, I knew this would happen. I almost posted a sarcastic bucket list this year (containing things like "make a list of things revolving around pumpkins and apples and then actually do none of them") because for me, these things rarely actually happen. They all sound so good in early September, and then before I know it, it's December and I'm freezing and everything I do must require being wrapped in a blanket and/or snow suit...
Read MoreAlmost one year ago to the day, I featured a recipe for the best ever pumpkin cookies. And guess what - they'e my first ever repeat recipe post because - guess what - they're that good...
Read MoreI don't want to jump the gun here, but one of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is how everything on the dinner table goes so well together, although not in an entirely intuitive way. Even right down to dessert! The whole combination is just dynamite, and I love applying the same sort of formula to other dishes and recipes. Because who doesn't love the O.G. Thanksgiving formula of savory and sweet?...
Read MoreI'm really excited to make this in lieu of a salad in the colder months (I like that it even looks like a cooked version of a wedge salad)...
Read MoreThere is just a thing about soup. Something about both making it and eating it, where it’s this delightful, warming, comforting thing. The whole experience is the closest you can come to having your cake and eating it too because it’s fulfilling before you’ve even had it, and still after it’s gone. And people have been onto this for a long time. Everyone kind of gets it. I even spent half my adolescence reading never-ending iterations of Chicken Soup for the Soul/Teenage Soul/Cat-lover’s Soul/Bae’s Soul books. (Remember those?)...
Read MoreTomato cream sauce is a comfort food of fairly high regard in my world...
Read MoreJon helped me put together some charcuterie boards for my recent Capsule Wardrobe Workshop at West Elm. The results were divine, if I do say so myself. Good enough to eat? Yep.
Read MoreWhen Jon and I were in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, we encountered what we've become far too acquainted with on our last few trips: serious rainfall. In an otherwise gorgeous summer, at least here in Upstate New York, we managed to pick quite the unwelcoming weekend in Montreal to learn our way around the city...
Read MoreThere's a winning combination of spicy sweetness that i've experienced a few times recently with pizza. Each time some iteration of cheese, meat, honey, and heat made the experience difficult to quite nail down and yet good enough to want to never stop eating. I thought I'd try something similar with a slightly different cast of characters, substituting in roasted olives as a briny, bitter agent that pairs so well with ricotta cheese, spicy chili oil, honey, and lemon. These little toasts have such a cool balance of flavors going on—I can't get enough...
Read MoreCouscous and rotisserie chicken are two very underrepresented things on this blog...
Read MorePork chops are one of those things I could have pregnancy cravings for without even being pregnant... (normal?)...
Read MoreI wish that salsa didn’t feel like it had a “season” up here in New York, but I’m inclined to think it does. It lends itself better to warm weather, al fresco dining, and outdoor get togethers. That’s why this summer I’ve been capitalizing by making this old standby and this sweet and spicy variety...
Read MoreFor as long as I can remember, dinner at my grandparents' house has meant grilled shrimp and cocktails beforehand...
Read MoreIt's on my Summer Bucket List to picnic outside a bunch, and so far, I've been doing pretty well! This was an especially fun one because we took Jon's old convertible to Canandaigua Lake and set up camp at one of the park's grills and picnic tables. One of the best tacos we've ever had was what ensued...
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