Martha 
Some nights I want something that feels like more than the usual weeknight pasta, without actually being any harder to make. This one gets there. Seared steak bites, cheese tortellini, and a garlicky Parmesan cream sauce, all coming together in one skillet in under an hour. It’s an easy one to reach for when you … Read more
Some evenings I just don’t have it in me to babysit a pan on the stove. You know the kind of night I mean — the laundry’s still in the dryer, somebody needs help with homework, and dinner needs to basically make itself. That’s the night this chicken tzatziki and rice bake was built for. … Read more
Some nights I want dinner to feel a little special without actually being complicated. This is one of those nights. My husband ordered the Chicken Romano at a chain restaurant a while back, and I remember thinking the crust looked more interesting than a regular breaded cutlet. So I started making my own version at … Read more
It’s a Sunday-into-Monday kind of dinner. You throw everything into the crockpot before the day gets away from you, and by dinnertime the whole house smells like something worth coming home to. That’s this soup in a nutshell. There’s no browning chicken first, no extra pan to wash. Just a handful of pantry staples, some … Read more
Some nights the fridge is a little bare, but there’s usually a bag of potatoes in the pantry and some cooked chicken sitting around from the night before. This casserole came from exactly that kind of night. It’s hearty, it stretches simple ingredients into a full dinner, and it gives you that cheesy, comforting bite … Read more
It’s one of those evenings where the chicken is already thawed, the kids are hungry twenty minutes ago, and I really don’t want to stand over the stove stirring anything. That’s exactly the kind of night this chicken cobbler was made for. It layers into one dish, bakes mostly on its own, and by the … Read more
Some days I get chicken into the crockpot before I’ve even had my second cup of coffee, mostly because I know that if I don’t handle dinner early, it isn’t happening later. This is one of those mornings-first recipes. It’s ranch seasoning, a can of cream soup, and chicken breasts that turn tender enough to … Read more
Some nights I just want something I can eat with my fingers while the kids are doing homework at the counter. That’s usually when I end up making popcorn chicken. It’s one of those recipes that turns a plain chicken breast into something everybody gets excited about, and it doesn’t take all evening either. Why … Read more
Some nights I want stuffed peppers but not the actual work of stuffing peppers. That’s really where this casserole came from. All the flavor of classic stuffed peppers — beef, bell peppers, tomato sauce, melted cheese — without hollowing out a single pepper or fussing over how they stand up in the baking dish. It’s … Read more
There’s a stew that shows up in kitchens around Utica, New York, that most people outside the area have never heard of. It’s built on mushrooms, tomatoes, and a little meat, simmered together until the whole pot turns rich and deep. This is my beef version of that stew — same rustic, comforting bones, just … Read more