Mars Bar Crispy Cake
Mars Bars, butter, and golden syrup melted together — the nougat takes a while and requires patience — then poured over rice krispies, pressed into a tin, covered in melted milk chocolate, and left to set. No baking. One saucepan. The result is chewy, crunchy, chocolatey, and the kind of thing…
Sourdough Waffles or Pancakes
One batter that works for either pancakes or waffles, and the best version of it starts the night before. Mix the sourdough discard, buttermilk, sugar, vanilla, butter, and flour the evening before — leave it covered at room temperature. In the morning, stir in the eggs and leavening, rest for…
Cheesy Ground Beef with Sweet Potato and Zucchini
A one-skillet weeknight dinner with more technique than it appears. The zucchini gets salted for 10 minutes and patted dry before it goes in — otherwise it releases water into the pan and makes everything soupy. The sweet potato goes in before the zucchini and cooks covered so it steams…
Blackstone Breakfast Sliders
The whole breakfast on one griddle in 25 minutes. Ground sausage cooked as a flat rectangle that fits the Hawaiian rolls, scrambled eggs shaped to match and covered with American cheese to melt, rolls toasted cut-side down, everything stacked and cut into sliders. Good for a crowd because you're cooking…
Air Fryer Grilled Cheese
Butter on the outside of the bread, cheese in the middle, into the air fryer at 370°F. Three to five minutes, flip, two to three minutes more. The air fryer gives you even browning on both sides without babysitting it on the stove, which makes this a better option when…
Caramelized Onion Cheddar Bread
A savory yeasted milk bread with caramelized onions, sharp cheddar, and fresh thyme rolled inside. The dough itself is enriched and tender; the filling is what makes it. It's a weekend bread — the onions need 45 minutes of patient cooking, the dough needs two rises, and baking takes 50…
Sourdough Pound Cake
A use for sourdough discard that actually improves the thing it's in. The starter adds a subtle complexity and very slight tang to the crumb — not enough that you'd identify it as sourdough, just enough that the cake tastes more interesting than a standard pound cake. The base is…
Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken
Chicken thighs in a peanut butter, tamari, fish sauce, and ginger sauce with sliced red pepper, slow cooked for four hours. Ten minutes of prep — whisk the sauce, pour it over the chicken, set the cooker. Serve over rice with chopped peanuts, cilantro, and lime. The sauce is what…
