Dinner Recipes

My neighbor Rick showed up at my back door last Labor Day with a bag of charcoal and a six-pack of something local and hoppy. … Read more

Third time in a week I’d made these pork chops, and this time I finally figured out the trick—don’t crowd the basket. I know, I … Read more

Wednesday night, 6:15 PM, and I was staring into the open fridge like it owed me money. Ground turkey thawing on the counter. Two zucchini … Read more

“What’s for dinner?” my husband asked, staring blankly into the open fridge. I was elbow-deep in a bag of shrimp I’d forgotten to thaw, a … Read more

The salmon fillet slipped off the spatula and landed on the counter with a sad, wet slap. I stood there, staring at it, the oven … Read more

My husband took one bite of these one-pan garlic butter chicken thighs with green beans, looked at me with that half-squint he gets when he’s … Read more

I figured a turkey breast for two people would be a sad, dry little thing. It took about an hour in my friend’s tiny apartment … Read more

November, and the only thing I want is a jar of this cranberry orange sauce sitting in my fridge, ready and waiting. Not the frantic … Read more

I’ve burned my fair share of kid-friendly dinners. Not in the dramatic, smoke-alarm-blaring way—more like the sad, hockey-puck-on-a-plate way. So when my son asked for … Read more

“Is this… enchilada soup?” My sister squinted at the bowl I set in front of her, spoon already hovering. It was a Tuesday, nothing special, … Read more