Healthy Slow Cooker White Bean and Kale Soup – Easy Recipe
My neighbor, a woman named Carol who gardens like it’s an Olympic sport, had been trying to get me to eat kale for years. I’d … Read more
Best Easy Maple Pumpkin Sourdough Discard Muffins Recipe
Last October, my neighbor Carol watched me scraping a lump of sourdough discard into the trash can. She didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more
Best Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe
This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. I mean, that was the plan—a classic, no-fuss pumpkin pie for a small Friendsgiving gathering I was … Read more
Creamy Crockpot Cheeseburger Potato Soup: Easy 5-Ingredient Recipe
My neighbor, a retired truck driver named Sal, was the last person I expected to give me a recipe that would change my winter dinners. … Read more
Easy Halloween Sugar Cookie Bars: No Cutters Needed
I wasn’t planning on making them. It was a Tuesday night in mid-October, and I’d stopped by my neighbor Jen’s house to drop off a … Read more
Easy Pumpkin Spice Cold Foam Coffee: Best Easy Fall Coffee Recipe
There used to be a tiny coffee cart wedged between a dry cleaner and a nail salon on the corner of Elm Street that made … Read more
Crispy Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Bites: Easy Appetizer
Last Tuesday, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a pile of jalapeños from my neighbor’s garden—way more than any sane person could use … Read more
Best Make-Ahead Football Chili with Cornbread Muffins
My brother-in-law, Dave, had this long-standing position that chili was “just spicy soup with beans” and not worth the bowl it was served in. For … Read more
Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins: Best Easy Fall Recipe
It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday, and I was absolutely determined to bake something that tasted like fall. I had no canned pumpkin—the … Read more
Easy No-Bake Halloween Oreo Spider Cookies Recipe
My niece asked why I couldn’t just use pretzel sticks for the spider legs. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — then stopped. … Read more