Cozy Slow Cooker Beef and Butternut Squash Stew
I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts in his cluttered office, listening to him … Read more
Cozy Honeynut Squash Soup with Brown Butter Croutons
It was 11:47 PM on a particularly drizzly Tuesday in October, and I was hit with a craving so specific it almost felt like a … Read more
Lighter Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies: Easy Cinnamon Sugar Recipe
My neighbor across the hall, a guy named Marcus who I’d only ever seen eating protein bars, asked why I couldn’t just use pumpkin puree … Read more
Light & Fluffy Apple Cider Donut Muffins: Easy Baked Recipe
There used to be a tiny farm stand on Route 22 in upstate New York that made the best apple cider donuts I have ever … Read more
Cozy Pumpkin Turkey Chili – Easy 30-Minute Recipe
I’d claimed for years that chili didn’t need pumpkin in it. Honestly, I was pretty stubborn about it. Pumpkin belonged in pies, in lattes, maybe … Read more
Crowd-Pleasing Roasted Delicata Squash with Maple Pecan Crumble
I was standing in the bulk bins aisle at my local grocery store last November, staring at a pile of what looked like pale yellow … Read more
Easy Caramel Apple Crisp for Two in a Cast Iron Skillet
The neighborhood cookie exchange was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, three-day projects—you know the ones, with … Read more
Quick Small-Batch Pumpkin Streusel Muffins: Easy Fall Treat
My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just use a regular muffin tin and freeze the extras. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — … Read more
Cozy Crockpot Lasagna Soup with Italian Sausage
My neighbor Gina wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday night. I’d stopped by to drop off a library book she’d lent me—one of those … Read more
Cozy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili for Chilly Nights
The first real cold snap of the year hit us last Tuesday. You know that feeling—when the wind has a bite to it that cuts … Read more