Recipes, cooking tips, and everything food related by Stephanie Longstreth
Everybody Gets Their Own, and Nobody Fights About the Toppings These homemade calzones are what happens when the fancy dinner plans fall apart and something even better takes their place. I had dreams of serving them with a pretty salad and some fresh fruit, but life happened that day, so my crowd got fed on…
Every Mama Needs a Side Salad the Whole Crowd Gets Excited About This spinach strawberry salad is the one side my whole crowd actually gets excited about — and it comes together in under five minutes. It is just two main ingredients, a bag of baby spinach and a big bowl of fresh sliced strawberries,…
My kitchen favorite this week is a little bottle of food grade mineral oil from Kate Naturals, and it has completely brought my beloved bamboo cutting boards back to life. I am not paid by Kate Naturals, y’all — I went looking for this one myself, because my boards, the ones I use every single…
The hill I will die on Totino’s is one I will plant a flag on right in the middle of my own freezer, and I refuse to be even a little embarrassed about it: every now and then I make myself a cheap little Totino’s Party Pizza for lunch, I love every crispy bite, and…
Calling All Tired Mamas, Dinner Is One Pan and Done Taco Cornbread Casserole is the one-pan, dump-and-bake dinner I reach for when I’m exhausted and still have a houseful of people to feed. Seasoned ground turkey, a can of Rotel, two kinds of beans, and corn all go into one pan, get blanketed in a…
This Tuesday tip: cutting boards is one I got genuinely excited to try — it is how I bring my dried-out bamboo boards back to life with a little food-grade mineral oil. I have been reaching for my bamboo boards almost every single day for the last three or four months, and lately they were…
If You’ve Got Five Minutes, You’ve Got Dessert If you’ve got five minutes, you can get this lemon blueberry dump cake in the oven — and then the oven does all the work. It’s just three ingredients: two cans of blueberry pie filling, one box of lemon cake mix, and a stick of butter cut…
My First Time Making Shrimp and Grits, and I Needed a Minute This easy shrimp and grits was my very first time making it, and one bite in I had to set my spoon down and take a minute — it is that good. Crispy bacon, sweet onion and bell pepper, and a little garlic…
My kitchen favorites series is all about the things I reach for every single day, and this week it is my Crock-Pot slow cooker — the 7-quart family size in that bright turquoise that I love so much I actually take it on vacation with me. I am not paid by Crock-Pot, y’all; I bought…
When You Want to Eat Healthier but Dinner Still Has to Be Dinner These lemon garlic chicken thighs are what I reach for when I want to eat a little healthier but my family still wants dinner to be dinner. I sear the thighs until they’re golden, then let them braise in a thick, glossy…
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