White German Chocolate Cheesecake Cake
The first time I made this, I wasn't sure it would hold together. A cheesecake layer sandwiched between two rounds of white cake, set on a graham cracker crust, with a cooked coconut-pecan topping pressed into white chocolate frosting on top. On paper it sounds unstable. In practice it's one…
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Tenders
Three ingredients. One slow cooker. Dinner ready whenever you are. Slow cooker BBQ chicken tenders are the recipe I come back to on nights when I want something that tastes like effort without any actual effort. Season the chicken, pour the sauce over it, turn the slow cooker on, go…
Crock Pot Marry Me Chicken
Marry Me Chicken got its name from the idea that it's good enough to prompt a proposal. I've made this slow cooker version four or five times now and nobody has proposed, but I did get three requests for the recipe in one week, which is about as high a…
Microwave Scrambled Eggs
Microwave scrambled eggs have a reputation they don't entirely deserve. The reputation comes from doing them wrong — too long, too high, no stirring in between — which produces a pale rubbery disc that smells vaguely institutional. Done right, with short intervals and a stir after each one, they come…
Garlic Butter Chicken Spaghetti
The secret to a pasta sauce that stays creamy and doesn't break is Velveeta. I know. But a block of it, cubed and stirred into heavy cream with Parmesan, gives you something that no amount of fussing with roux or tempering eggs can match. It melts smooth every time, it…
Extra Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary
Most roasted potatoes aren't actually roasted. They're baked on a cold pan in the moisture they release during cooking — which is steaming. The cut surfaces never make proper contact with a hot surface, which means they never develop a crust. You end up with potatoes that are soft all…
Vegetarian Enchiladas
There are vegetarian enchiladas that apologize for not having meat, and there are vegetarian enchiladas that don't need to. The difference is in the filling. A sautéed mix of bell pepper, onion, jalapeño, and corn — properly seasoned with cumin, oregano, and chili powder — plus a full pound of…
Garlic Butter Chicken with Potatoes
This is the chicken I make when I don't want to think. One baking dish, one compound butter that takes five minutes to stir together, forty-five minutes in the oven. The garlic butter chicken thighs go skin-side up over a layer of Yukon Gold potatoes, and as the chicken roasts,…
