There are cakes that are trendy. And then there is white cake. White cake is the one on the pedestal at weddings, the one your mom made for birthdays with that slightly crisp edge where frosting meets crumb, the one that looks simple but has to be perfect because there’s nowhere to hide. No chocolate…
Some dinners ask a lot from you. Multiple pots, timing, chopping boards stacked, music still playing while you’re trying to remember if you added salt. This one asks almost nothing. One pan, one spoon, one cutting board if you’re tidy. I started making lentil rice on nights when I wanted something warm and grounding but…
Okay, I have to tell you about the first time I had real Navajo fry bread. I was at a fair in Arizona, it was 102 degrees, I was already sweaty and eating something with powdered sugar is always a choice, and this lady handed me a giant puffy golden disc that was crispy on…
For years I thought lentils were just… health food punishment. Like, the thing you eat because you should, not because you want to. I tried making a lentil thing once that ended up as mushy brown sadness that even I didn’t want to eat and I made it. Then I discovered the slow cooker herb…
I have a confession about my cookie jar. It’s usually full of chocolate. Like, aggressively chocolate. Chocolate chip, double chocolate, brownie cookies that are basically brownies pretending to be cookies. I’m a chocolate girl, I’ve accepted this about myself. Then spring hits and I get this craving for something that tastes like sunshine. Something light,…
Okay, I have to be honest. Gluten-free pancakes have hurt me before. I’ve had the ones that taste like sweetened sand. The ones that fall apart when you try to flip them and you end up with scrambled pancake mush that you pretend is intentional. The ones that are so dense they sit in your…
Okay, I have a confession that might get my food blogger card revoked. I used to think protein pancakes tasted like sweetened cardboard with a side of regret. You know the ones — you add protein powder to regular pancake batter and suddenly it’s dry, rubbery, and tastes like you’re chewing on a gym sock…
Okay, confession time. I used to think Caesar salad was just lettuce that was trying really hard to be unhealthy. Like, romaine drowning in mayo and raw egg and a pile of croutons that are basically buttery bread disguised as salad? Delicious, yes. Healthy? Not exactly. And the bottled dressing from the store? Tastes like…
This Irresistible Roasted Sweet Potato, Kale and Feta Frittata is the one-pan egg dish that works at every meal from breakfast through dinner — cubed sweet potato roasted until caramelised, kale wilted into silky ribbons, and salty crumbled feta folded into a thick, golden egg base that sets in the oven into something you can…
Okay, I have to tell you about my current obsession that lives in my fridge and makes me feel like I have my life together even when my laundry pile says otherwise. It’s this marinated za’atar bean salad. And I know “bean salad” might not sound like the most exciting thing you’ve ever heard. I…
