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Stuffed Shells with Ricotta

2026-09-22T17:52:21Z

These stuffed shells with ricotta have a well-seasoned three-cheese filling with spinach, fresh herbs and garlic, baked in marinara and finished under the broiler until the mozzarella is browned on top.

Stuffed Shells with Ricotta, Spinach and Three Cheeses

I’m finally willing to admit and surrender to the pattern. I start thinking about stuffed shells as soon as fall shows up, which usually happens by way of the thermometer before the calendar has agreed to anything. It takes one cold...

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Air Fryer Maple Glazed Salmon

2026-09-21T16:50:09Z

This air fryer maple glazed salmon marinates in maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic and black pepper before getting another brush of the maple mixture halfway through cooking. It’s an easy weeknight salmon dinner with lots of flavor and only eight minutes in the air fryer.

Air Fryer Maple Glazed Salmon with a Maple Soy Marinade

Rice goes on while this maple glazed salmon is marinating, and whatever vegetable I have planned usually gets figured out somewhere in those 30 minutes. Once the salmon...

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Apple Cake Cobbler

2026-09-20T17:11:24Z

My apple cake cobbler has a thick layer of cinnamon-spiced Granny Smith apples under a buttery cake topping finished with coarse sugar. I like it messy and served warm with a melting scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Apple Cake Cobbler with a Soft Butter Cake Topping

My dad had a November birthday, so apple cake was always part of fall in our house. My mom made one he seriously loved, and it showed up around his birthday so many times that apple cake, apple picking and that time of year are still...

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Apple Pie Samosas

2026-09-19T17:08:33Z

These apple pie samosas have warm apple pie filling inside crisp, buttery phyllo with cinnamon sugar on top, and I highly recommend keeping the caramel close.

Baked Apple Samosas with Phyllo Dough and Cinnamon Sugar

I used to be weirdly scared of phyllo dough, which makes me laugh now because the worst thing that could have happened was that I ruined a box and bought another one. It’s the perfect container for these apple pie samosas, by the way. I would get nervous, handle every sheet like...

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Cowboy Butter Snack Mix

2026-09-18T16:50:26Z

I knew this cowboy butter snack mix was ready when I could no longer walk away from the bowl. The butter, lemon and herbs made it hard to leave alone, and between the Chex, pretzels, crackers and nuts, there’s always something different in the next handful.

Homemade Snack Mix with Cowboy Butter, Herbs and Lemon

In the scheme of everything, I probably spent way more time on this cowboy butter snack mix than was reasonable. Getting the flavor onto a baked snack mix took a lot more work than I...

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Chile Colorado Beef (Slow Cooker)

2026-09-17T18:19:00Z

This chile Colorado beef made in the slow cooker is my shortcut to tender beef cooked in red chile sauce without making the sauce from dried chiles. Warm tortillas are still my favorite way to serve it, and the leftovers can become dinner all over again.

Chile Colorado Beef with a Slow Cooker Shortcut

I ate chile Colorado in Mexican restaurants for years before I ever thought about making it at home. Then one day I noticed a can of chile Colorado sauce sitting next to the enchilada sauce at the...

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Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto)

2026-09-16T16:38:50Z

Finnish salmon soup, or lohikeitto, is made with tender chunks of salmon and Yukon Gold potatoes in a creamy seafood broth with leeks, carrots, allspice and lots of fresh dill. I use skinless salmon and prepared seafood stock so this traditional Finnish soup can be on the table in about 40 minutes.

Creamy Finnish Salmon Soup with Potatoes and Fresh Dill

Finnish salmon soup, or lohikeitto, touches a very specific part of my memory because I’ve eaten some form of potatoes, cream, dill and white...

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Almond Cream Bread Pudding

2026-09-14T18:33:56Z

This almond cream bread pudding has a separate almond filling layered between custard-soaked bread, then a buttery brown sugar glaze poured over the top after baking. Keeping the almond cream separate gives the pudding fuller almond flavor, and a softer, richer center.

Almond Bread Pudding with Almond Cream and Brown Sugar Glaze

I wanted this almond cream bread pudding to taste like almond, not like regular bread pudding with a splash of almond extract mixed into the custard. I kept thinking...

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Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Buttered Rum Caramel Glaze

2026-09-18T17:30:14Z

I wanted a sweet potato Bundt cake where every extra step changed something I could taste, so I roasted the potatoes, browned the butter and used dark rum three different ways. The warm cake gets a buttered rum soak, the cooled cake gets rum caramel and toasted pecans, and I wouldn’t leave any of it out.

Roasted Sweet Potato Bundt Cake with Brown Butter and Dark Rum

Most of the time, I’m really easygoing about cooking and baking, or at least it seems that way if you’re standing...

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Apple Pie Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

2026-09-12T16:09:29Z

Apple pie cinnamon roll monkey bread is made with cinnamon-sugar-coated pieces of refrigerated cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling baked under a buttery brown sugar sauce until it’s caramelized. Both containers of cinnamon roll icing go over the top while it’s still warm, because there was never any reason to hold back at that point.

Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread with Apple Pie Filling and Brown Sugar Sauce

My biggest irritation with monkey bread has always been the center. I...

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