Dinner Recipes

The school carnival was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I’d signed up weeks ago to bring a pot of chili for the teacher’s … Read more

I was supposed to be making butternut squash soup. That was the plan, anyway. I had the squash all chopped, the onions ready to go, … Read more

The turkey platter came back to the kitchen with nothing but a smear of herb-flecked butter and a single sprig of rosemary. My mother-in-law, who … Read more

I was at the pumpkin patch last October, completely focused on picking out the perfect gourd for my front porch, when the farmer’s wife came … Read more

I figured leftover turkey was destined for sandwiches, plain reheated plates, or maybe a quick soup. It took about three days of staring at a … Read more

He said it was too sweet. Too mushy. That it belonged in a pie, not next to the turkey. I argued back, but honestly? I … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had a very firm policy about soup. He claimed, for a solid decade, that soup wasn’t a meal. “It’s just hot water … Read more

“So it’s just us this year?” my husband asked, peeking over his coffee mug. And that was it. No big family gathering, no crowded kitchen, … Read more

My six-year-old looked up from the dinner table and asked why I couldn’t just wrap the hot dogs in the pizza dough instead of making … Read more

I completely burned the first batch of acorn squash I ever made. Like, charcoal-black, set-off-the-smoke-alarm, had-to-order-pizza burned. It was supposed to be this gorgeous fall … Read more