Creamy Cowboy Butter Chicken Linguine
There’s something about a skillet full of creamy linguine that just hushes a busy day. And let me tell you, Creamy Cowboy Butter Chicken Linguine has become that meal for …
Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
Some Sundays, all you want is peace. But with five kids, two pets, and a pantry that magically empties overnight, peace feels like a luxury. A few months back, I …
Lemon Raspberry Cookies
The first time I baked these Lemon Raspberry Cookies, it was on a Tuesday afternoon when nothing was going right. The laundry had exploded, my parrot had chewed through my …
Espresso Coffee Cheesecake
I’ll never forget the first time I made this espresso coffee cheesecake. It was a cold Saturday morning in January, back when we were all living in that tiny rental …
Mexican Street Corn Brussels Sprouts
We didn’t grow up eating Brussels sprouts. In my Tex-Mex household, they were the “bad guys” of vegetables—blamed for everything from funky smells to picky eating. But oh, how things …
Coconut Key Lime Crinkle Cookies
There’s something about citrus that reminds me of starting over. I created these Coconut Key Lime Crinkle Cookies one spring after a particularly long winter—both outside and inside. I was …
Lemon Lavender Cookie
There’s something about lemon and lavender that takes me straight back to my grandmother’s porch in Fredericksburg. She’d sit in her wicker chair, a tin of shortbread in one hand …
Gilmore Girls Coffee Cake Cookies
It was a rainy Tuesday in November when my daughter Bella came into the kitchen wrapped in a flannel blanket, balancing two mugs of coffee like a seasoned diner waitress. …
Strawberry Pop-Tart Pie
There are moments in a mother’s life that feel stitched together with flour, jam, and sticky fingers. I still remember my youngest, Mateo, tugging at my apron as I rolled …