Hawaiian Baked Chicken with Pineapple, Peppers, and Potatoes
There's a version of this dish that my mother made without a recipe — chicken and vegetables and whatever fruit was around, covered and slow-baked until everything had collapsed into something glossy and sweet-savory and completely satisfying. She never called it Hawaiian chicken. But that's what it was. This Hawaiian baked chicken hits all those same notes.…
Strawberry Jello Poke Cake
Fifteen minutes of active work. Four hours in the fridge. One of the most crowd-pleasing desserts you can bring to a summer potluck. That's the deal. The strawberry Jello poke cake is exactly what it sounds like and it's better than it has any right to be. You bake a white cake, poke holes all over it while…
Baked Cod with Lemon and Garlic
Cod dredged in a coriander-paprika-cumin flour mixture, seared 2 minutes per side in a hot skillet for color, then finished in a 400°F oven for 10 minutes with a lemon-olive oil-butter-garlic sauce poured over. 22 minutes total. Mediterranean spiced, flaky, and genuinely better than a plain baked fish. The garlic…
Spinach Feta Egg Muffins
Wilted spinach and crumbled feta mixed into whisked eggs, poured into a lined muffin tin, scattered with diced red pepper and more feta, baked at 375°F for 16 to 20 minutes. Five ingredients, done in 21 minutes, and they keep in the fridge for 4 days. Good hot, good cold, genuinely useful…
Baked Lemon Garlic Salmon
Salmon baked in a foil packet with a lemon-garlic-oregano-paprika sauce, then opened and briefly broiled at the end to brown the surface. 28 minutes total. The foil packet traps steam and keeps the fish tender all the way through; the broil finish gives it color that a foil-wrapped bake alone never achieves. …
Gluten-Free Chocolate Bundt Cake
A gluten-free chocolate bundt that doesn't taste like a compromise. Sour cream in the batter, a dry instant pudding mix stirred in for extra moisture, mini chocolate chips throughout, and a poured cocoa glaze with sour cream for a glossy finish. It bakes at 350°F for 55 to 60 minutes and cools…
Sourdough Apple Pie Pull-Apart Bread
An enriched sourdough loaf with apple pie DNA — the dough is rolled out, spread with cinnamon-brown sugar butter, cut into 16 squares, each square folded around a spoonful of diced Granny Smith apple, stacked four-high into a loaf pan, proofed until puffy, topped with a cold-butter streusel, baked for…
Honey Kettle Fried Chicken
Fried chicken with a honey drizzle at the end — that's the whole concept. The batter is a quick version of buttermilk (cold milk with a tablespoon of vinegar, rested 10 minutes to thicken slightly) mixed with flour, salt, pepper, and marjoram. Fry for 8 minutes until golden, drain, and drizzle with…
