Mint Chocolate Chip Protein Balls
If you’d told me five years ago that mint chocolate chip protein balls would become a permanent fixture in our fridge—right next to the kids’ juice boxes and my Dalmatian’s …
Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breast
You ever hit that hour when dinner’s supposed to be on the table, and all you’ve got is two chicken breasts and a sigh? That was me last Thursday. I’d …
Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler
Some recipes don’t just fill your home with scent—they wrap around your heart like a childhood memory. Brown sugar peach cobbler is one of those for me. It takes me …
Creamy Smothered Chicken and Rice
When my oldest son left for college, I made a pan of Creamy Smothered Chicken and Rice for his last dinner at home. It was quiet around the table, which …
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 …