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Protein Cupcakes

My high-protein cupcakes are light, fluffy, and perfectly sweetened. With no flour, no eggs, and over 20 grams of protein per serving, they’re a wholesome dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth. I love it with a thick frosting, but they taste just a…

Chocolate Coconut Cookies

My chocolate coconut cookies are fudgy and rich, with a refreshingly creamy coconut filling. They’re made with just 4 ingredients and no baking needed! Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Full measure…

simple chicken tacos

Twenty years ago, I started this website because I wanted a place to share recipes I was excited about, as it’s practically coded into my DNA to be an unfettered yap about the things I love. [This is me.] The larger context was that upon…

Air Fryer Falafel

If you love deep-fried falafel, this air fryer version gets you the same crispy, golden result- without all the oil. It’s made with simple pantry staples.  Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Full measureme…

tomato risotto with frizzled red onions

If you’re one of those people who gets irritated by the specter of pumpkin spice — or, gasp, Halloween decor — on an 85-degree week in September; if you understand that there are what will feel like infinite months left to sp…

Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas

My air fryer chicken fajitas come together in one basket, with juicy chicken and perfectly charred veggies in under 15 minutes.  Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Full measurements are in the recipe …

Moelleux of Summer Fruits

This may or may not happen to you, but sometimes when I’m a guest in someone’s home, where everyone pitches in to make dinner, all eyes (or just the host’s eyes) fall on me to make dessert. Gulp. I happy to pitch in with the cooking or bringing along a few baked goodies for the weekend, but I’m not always prepared to bake on the…

Cornish Hen Recipe

My roasted Cornish hens are my family’s go-to for entertaining and special occasions. They come out crispy and juicy using my simple, step-by-step instructions. Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Ful…

Air Fryer Tempeh

My air fryer tempeh recipe features tempeh marinated in a simple maple-soy marinade, then air fried until crisp and tender. It’s ready in under 20 minutes and makes a high-protein vegetarian addition. Key Ingredients Here’s what you’l…

cucumber salad with sesame and rice vinegar

It is an error that needs correcting that in the near-20 years of plugging recipes into this url, only a few truly star cucumbers — and highly unrepresentative too, given that we are probably eating some format of cucumbers at half the n…

Air Fryer Chicken Shawarma

Once you learn how to make chicken shawarma in the air fryer, you’ll never use the oven again. The chicken is perfectly seasoned and gets those gorgeous crisp edges, and you can assemble them into pita sandwiches. Key Ingredients Here’s wha…

Cherry Jam

One of the first “recipes” on this blog was No-Recipe Cherry Jam, posted in 2005. Why some hyperventilated about making something without an exact recipe, a lot of people successfully used those guidelines to make cherry jam over the last fifteen years. The basis for it was how I’ve been making jam forever; use 3 parts sugar to 4 parts fruit puree. The standard ratio…

Chipotle Pork Carnitas

Chipotle’s pork carnitas are one of my family’s favorite orders, so I had to recreate them at home. They’re slow-roasted until fork-tender and finished with crispy, caramelized edges.  Key Ingredients Here’s what you’…

spaghetti aglio e olio

Do you ever look around at the ingredients available to you, the energy you have to give to the cooking process — or, as I recently explained to a medium-sized child shortly before I got uninvited from future family events, the amount of…

Air Fryer Teriyaki Chicken

My air fryer teriyaki chicken recipe features juicy chicken thighs coated in a sticky homemade teriyaki glaze. It’s quicker than takeout and just as satisfying.  Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Ful…

Pan Fried Walleye Recipe

My walleye recipe features a mild, white fish, pan-seared until golden and flaky, and topped with a butter-caper sauce cooked in the same pan. It’s quick, easy, and packed with flavor. Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along wi…

house lemonade

I realize as far as recipes go, suggesting one needs one for lemonade is questionable. What’s next, a set of detailed instructions for salted water, simple syrup, or buttered noodles? (Whoops!) But it turns out I have opinions on everyth…

Caramelized Air Fryer Bananas

My air fryer bananas are sweet, gooey, and perfectly caramelized with just a handful of ingredients. They’re an easy dessert that’s ready in under 10 minutes.  Key Ingredients Here’s what you’ll need, along with my kitchen notes. Full …

Zucchini Lasagna

Roasted zucchini noodles and three cheeses make this a zucchini lasagna recipe that tastes better than the classic! Here’s my…

hot dogs with vinegared iceberg and potato chips

In something I never expected to have to clarify, this is a hot dog recipe but it is not a recipe for hot dogs. I know that I have a history of making foods from scratch that most sane people do not feel the need to — cream cheese, fig n…

Air Fryer Banana Bread

My air fryer banana bread recipe cooks in less time than in the oven and turns out moist, fluffy, with a gorgeous, tender crumb. It uses healthier, pantry-staple ingredients. Key Ingredients Here are the main players for air fryer banana bread, along w…

strawberry chiffon shortcake, perfected

In 2007, when this website was still in its infancy, I shared a recipe for a layered strawberry chiffon shortcake. I’d never made a chiffon cake before, but I brought it to a friend’s rooftop birthday BBQ, correctly assuming that no one would …

Strawberry Jam

I was recently gifted an overload of strawberries: I bought four baskets from a vendor at the market, whose booth I shop at often, and he threw in two extra baskets for free, the equivalent of a carte de fidelité (loyalty card) in Paris. So I’ve spent the past few days washing, hulling, cutting and cooking my unexpected bounty. I’ve been making a number of…

Summer Fruit Galette

Being a baker, summer is my favorite time of year. Not only are peaches, nectarines, cherries and plums abundant at the market, but as the seasons progress, the volume of fruits lowers the price, and I stock up on whatever I can, whenever I can. At Paris markets, I try to search out producteurs, the vendors who grow the food they sell, and every summer, one in…

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