Light & Cozy Slow Cooker Turkey Sweet Potato Chili
My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by to grab a book I’d loaned her months ago, and the smell hit me … Read more
Best Apple Cider Cake with Easy Salted Caramel Glaze
The way the caramel catches the light on this apple cider cake — that amber-gold slide, pooling in the crevices and dripping slow down the … Read more
Perfectly Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt
I burned three batches of these cookies before I understood what I was doing wrong. Not a little overdone on the edges—I mean charcoal bottoms, … Read more
Healthy Pumpkin Oat Breakfast Bars: Easy Make-Ahead Recipe
There used to be a tiny café tucked into a converted garage in Portland—the kind of place with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu that … Read more
Best Moist Banana Pumpkin Walnut Bread Recipe
Standing in my kitchen with a bruised banana in one hand and a half-opened can of pumpkin puree in the other—that’s how this whole thing … Read more
Quick Spooky Orange Vodka Peach Cocktail (Easy Halloween Drink!)
I was digging through my pantry last October, hunting for a bottle of something fun to bring to a neighbor’s Halloween party, when my hand … Read more
Cozy Crockpot Fall Vegetable and Wild Rice Soup
That first real chill in the air — the kind that sneaks through the window cracks and makes you reach for a sweater before the … Read more
Classic Meatloaf with Brown Sugar Glaze: Easy Fall Dinner
The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their great-aunt’s secret recipe, slow-simmered for two days, … Read more
The Best Pumpkin Bars with Brown Butter Frosting
The butter was browning in the pan, and I was supposed to be bringing a dessert to a friend’s house in forty minutes. The pantry … Read more
Quick & Easy Overnight Peanut Butter Banana Oats
It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a craving that felt more like a mission. I wanted something sweet, something creamy, … Read more