Easy Summer Meals Ready in 20 Min
20 min
So, twenty minutes is my number. Not thirty, not forty-five, not “about an hour if everything goes smoothly,”…
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Healthy Summer Recipes Under 30 Min
30 min
So I want to talk about the word “healthy” for a second because it gets thrown around in…
Quick Beach Snacks for Kids
12 min
Every summer, without fail, around the second week of July, I am in my kitchen at 7 am,…
5 Easy Summer Crockpot Dinners
730 min
So here’s my hot take—and yes, I know the irony of using the word “hot” here—the crockpot is…
Healthy Summer Recipes Under 30 Min
30 min
So here’s the thing—I’ve been cooking professionally for 15 years, and even now, I stand in my kitchen…
Easy Tomato Cucumber Salad
10 min
The 5-minute side dish that appears at literally every single summer meal So my neighbor Karen brought this…
Quick Grilled Veggie Kabobs
12 min
The recipe that turned my meat-and-potatoes husband into a veggie lover So picture this—it’s the 4th of July,…
Summer Meal Prep for Busy Families
30 min
So last July, I pulled in from a nine-hour catering gig, feet destroyed, smelling like smoked brisket, and…
Grilled Chicken Caesar Wraps
25 min
So it was Wednesday night last spring, 6:15 PM, and I had exactly 25 minutes before my son…
Easy Summer Salad Recipes
So every summer, there is that one week in July where it is 94 degrees in suburban Chicago,…
15 Cookout Side Dishes Everyone Will Love
1. Creamy Dill Coleslaw The first time I brought this dish to a neighborhood cookout, my neighbor literally…
Chicken Caesar Wraps Recipes
15 min
The Story, As It Happened So, Tuesday at 5:47 p.m. My 12-year-old has soccer practice at 6:30; my…