10 Actually Easy Dinners
I have a few dishes in regular rotation that I lean on in moments of desperation or when life gets too busy. Meals that feel like a relief: “wow, we’re fed, and that was so easy.” My criteria for inclusion here is simply: would I want to make this and clean it up by myself after I get home from work? If no, I didn’t include it. (Mostly, this means the list has a lot of soups and stews.)
What I’m Making for Thanksgiving
Here’s what’s on the menu for our first hosted Thanksgiving. I’m leaning into our favorites from the last few years and ready to put our new kitchen to the ultimate test!
10 Meatless Weeknight Dinners
I’m sharing some of the best vegetarian recipes in my cookbook. It’s easy enough to eat vegetarian by simply omitting meat from recipes or eating cereal for dinner, but I’m far more interested in having meals that make me forget I ever ate meat to begin with. I want to feel satisfied at the end of the meal! I want protein and umami!
Coconut Sweet Potato Lentil Soup with Rice
This soup is such a great choice for a night when you want a bowl of something warm, but also healthy and nourishing. Sweet potatoes! Ginger! Curry powder! What’s not to love? I’ll admit that I tend to throw frozen spinach into just about everything (sneaky greens are my favorite greens), but it works so well here.
Thai Red Curry and Sweet Potatoes
Fall is here, which means I’m once again rifling through my recipe book for cozy dinners full of fall squash and sweet potatoes. This one definitely fits the bill and is perfect for weeknights: cubed sweet potatoes or butternut squash, cooked with ginger, onions, and Thai red curry paste for a fragrant, nutritious dinner.
Our Thanksgiving Dinner
It was the most triumphant day of my home cooking career to date. Seven dishes on the table at the same time. Nothing raw, nothing burned, all the correct temperature for serving. And I love that our plates were full of colorful vegetables!
10 Healthy(ish) Holiday Dishes
We have arrived at the season in which even the least enthusiastic home cooks will be entering their kitchens with the intent to make something from scratch… let’s save a little spot on the plate for something more produce-forward, shall we?