Easy Cozy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Recipe
My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—something about … Read more
Best Quick Candy Apple Halloween Cocktail Recipe
My husband swore he hated Halloween cocktails. For years. “Too sweet, too gimmicky, too much work for one night,” he’d say every October while I … Read more
Easy Sweet & Salty Candy Corn Pumpkin Seed Trail Mix
My neighbor Lucia watched me staring at a bag of candy corn in the grocery store aisle last October. She didn’t say anything at first. … Read more
Easy Spooky Graveyard Dirt Cups: Best Halloween Dessert
I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a display of gummy worms, when the fluorescent lights … Read more
Easy Pumpkin Patch Fruit Tray with Honey Yogurt Dip
The neighborhood fall potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 1 PM, staring … Read more
Cozy White Chocolate Halloween Popcorn Hands: Easy 15-Minute Recipe
There used to be a tiny bakery on a side street in Portland, Oregon called “The Little Ghoul” that made the most incredible white chocolate … Read more
Best Easy Homemade Chili No Beans Recipe
I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax paperwork at his cluttered office, listening to him describe exactly … Read more
Kid-Approved Chocolate Mint Halloween Cookies
My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that day. I’d stopped by to drop off a borrowed slow cooker, and the smell of chocolate … Read more
Best 3-Ingredient No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream (Easy Recipe)
It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had a desperate need for something cold, creamy, and salty-sweet. The kind of craving that … Read more
Spooky Easy Monster Mash Halloween Charcuterie Board
This was supposed to be a proper Halloween dinner. I had it all planned out—a steaming pot of chili, cornbread shaped like tombstones, the whole … Read more