Best Autumn Chopped Salad with Roasted Squash & Goat Cheese
My roommate Sarah asked me last October why I couldn’t just throw everything into one bowl instead of making three separate components for dinner. I … Read more
Creamy Honeynut Squash Bisque: A Kid-Approved Fall Dinner
The farmer’s market was winding down, and I was packing up my canvas bags when I noticed the woman at the next stall just watching … Read more
Creamy Delicata Squash Soup with Brown Butter
I was walking through the farmers’ market last October — the last Saturday before the frost hit — when this funny-looking squash caught my eye. … Read more
Easy Crockpot Loaded Baked Potato Soup with Bacon
My brother-in-law Mark had claimed for fifteen years that he hated potato soup. Fifteen years. He’d turn up his nose at any creamy bowl of … Read more
Best Harvest Apple Pecan Salad – Easy 30-Minute Recipe
The neighborhood potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 4 PM on a … Read more
Cozy Stuffed Acorn Squash with Wild Rice and Cranberries
There used to be a tiny café, tucked between a used bookstore and a laundromat on Elm Street, that made the most incredible stuffed acorn … Read more
5-Minute Candy Corn Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix Recipe
I was standing in line at the county fair, sweating under the late September sun, when the woman behind me—a retired schoolteacher named Betty with … Read more
Easy Kid-Approved White Chicken Chili in a Slow Cooker
My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I had stopped by on a random Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and … Read more
Cozy Butternut Squash Soup with Sage & Crispy Bacon
This was supposed to be a simple roasted chicken dinner. I had the bird, I had the root veggies, and I had this beautiful butternut … Read more
Candy Apple Halloween Cocktail: Easy 5-Minute Party Drink
My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the caramel dipping step and mix the apple flavor straight into the drink. I started to … Read more