Recipes

Christmas ‘25 food gift and new movie night favorite.

A very hearty stew with mostly pantry items.

Makes either 6 hamburger buns or 9 hot dog buns.

This is pretty damn close to the takeout version. Make it in the pressure cooker if you’re short on time.

Make some in the fall and use it for spiced butter, pumpkin pie, or drinks.

Basic sauce from crushed tomatoes. Never pay extra for jarred marinara again.

Frozen custard

Eggy yumminess.

Not sure if this is the original recipe but it’s good.

These are great and hold together well. The toppings are what make it fun. Make a bunch to freeze ahead.

Prep this the evening before to have four jars ready to go. Can stay in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Up your pita game by making your own: these pitas are light, airy, and pillowy and are the perfect spongy vehicles to stuff, tear, mop, and scoop—making the whole eating experience really very satisfying.

These beans were a Christmas gift to me and they are so fun to cook up! They look even bigger than a lima bean but taste nothing like one.

I really wanted to get John one of those PAZ egg dyeing kits that we used as kids but I couldn't find any. This turned out to be just as fun!

One summer in Collinsville the garden was overflowing with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, so we ate this salad for lunch every other day.

This is it, the best glazed ham recipe. It really doesn't get much better than this.

This hits the spot for when you're craving biscuits with a meal but you want something lower carb.

These are so soft! Don't forget the sprinkle of salt on top.

This is similar to the KFC chicken recipe but it uses a shorter list of spices for when you don't want to dig out 10 different spices.

The browned butter in these gives them a really rich flavor.

A yummy chicken dish with a garlic cream sauce. Add a veggie side that can soak up the sauce.

Lazy weeknight bibimbap. For when you have ground beef that you don't know what to do with and you want something besides meat sauce.

Kinda like mexican spaghetti, this dish is a special treat.

There's a lot of mac and cheese recipes out there but this one is my new go to.