Recipes, cooking tips, and everything food related by Stephanie Longstreth
I Went to Bed. The Crockpot Did the Whole Day’s Work. Crockpot BBQ pulled pork is the meal that finally convinced me a slow cooker can do a full day of cooking while I am asleep. I season a big pork tenderloin, poke whole cloves down into it, bury the whole thing under three sliced…
Desserts for a crowd have a different job than a fancy dessert does. It does not need to be plated. It needs to cut into twenty-five squares, survive a car ride, and still taste good sitting on a table for two hours while everybody finishes their supper. These are the twenty-five I actually make when…
Casseroles for a crowd are the reason dinner happens at my house most nights. When you are feeding seven people, and around here it is usually more than seven, one hot 9×13 pan is the whole answer. These are the eighteen my family actually asks for, pulled out of everything on this site. Not the…
The hill I will die on bologna is one I will plant a flag on with sandy feet and a paper towel for a plate: the best sandwich at the beach is white bread, bologna, and American cheese with a little bit of mayo. That is the whole sandwich. Some mustard too is the only…
The Only Thing Scary About These Is How Fast They Get Eaten Monster cookies are the cookie my crowd asks for by name — peanut butter, quick oats, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and a big scoop of M&M’s, all stirred together in one bowl. Some people call them kitchen sink cookies, because you truly…
This Tuesday tip: parmesan rinds is one I have been saving up for exactly this time of year — because before you throw away that parmesan rind, it has one more job to do. We are coming into soup season, and I do not toss a single rind around here. Every one of them goes…
Toss the Skillet, Mama. Tonight It’s All One Pan. Sheet pan quesadillas are the answer to every night you have a houseful of hungry people and no interest in standing at the stove flipping one quesadilla at a time. Everything goes into a single half sheet pan — tortillas layered around the edges, cheddar on…
My kitchen favorites series is all about the things I reach for every single day, and this week it is my rice cooker. I am not paid by Aroma, y’all — my family gave me this rice cooker for Mother’s Day one year, and I have not had a pot of rice turn out wrong…
The hill I will die on Klondike is one I will plant a flag on right in the middle of the freezer aisle, and I am standing on Klondike Hill proudly: when it comes to ice cream novelties, the chocolate-shell Klondike bar beats the Nestlé Drumstick, and I will not be moved. Now, I am…
This Tuesday tip: ginger cabbage is another little household hint straight out of my great-grandma Anna Hanavan’s old family cookbook — and just like her cake flour trick, it is about a hundred years old and still works like a charm today. Anna was a Czech immigrant and a farmer’s wife out in Colorado from…
This site uses cookies and similar technologies to understand how visitors use the site and to help us improve your experience. By clicking Accept, you consent to this use. You can change your preferences at any time.