Recipes, cooking tips, and everything food related by Stephanie Longstreth
The hill I will die on Dole Whip is one I will happily plant a flag on from my own kitchen while the rest of my crew is off at the Magic Kingdom without me: the Original Classic Dole Whip is the best snack at Disney World, full stop, and I will die on this…
If Ribs Have Always Scared You, Start Right Here These oven baby back ribs are the ones that finally made me stop being intimidated by ribs — no grill, no smoker, no fussing over a fire all afternoon. If you can stir together a rub, wrap two racks in foil, and let your oven do…
Step Away From the Store-Bought Tub Homemade coleslaw is one of those things people assume is a project, and I am here to tell you it takes about five minutes and one bag of slaw mix. I dump everything into a bowl, give it a good stir, let it chill, and that is it —…
This Tuesday tip: cook chicken once on a Sunday, and you can turn a single batch into three completely different meals for the week. I’ll be honest with you — I am not naturally a prep-ahead girl. I’m much more of a plan-ahead, not-a-prep-ahead kind of cook. But every now and then I look at…
You Just Have to Make Sure You Get Your Bite First Cookies and cream dessert lasagna is the no-bake treat one of my girls asks for on repeat all summer long — and the one I never mind making, because it gives me a perfectly good excuse to beat the daylights out of a package…
The Pizza That Lets My Husband Keep Pizza Night This Mediterranean Garden Pizza is how pizza night stays on the calendar at our house now that my husband eats Mediterranean — it’s basically your favorite Greek salad piled onto a crispy whole wheat crust. We start with a thin layer of regular tomato sauce, then…
My kitchen favorites series is all about the things I reach for every single day, and this week it is my disposable aluminum pans — the 9×13 foil pans that are not fancy, not cute, and not even budget-friendly, but pure convenience for a busy kitchen. I am not paid by anybody to say this,…
My Husband Said Taco Pizza Was the Best Thing on the Planet. Turns Out He Was Right. Taco pizza is the recipe my husband Jason carried into our marriage straight from Iowa, and it’s the best of both worlds — taco night and pizza night collided into one pan. He grew up on it and…
One Birthday Cake, One Blown Budget, and a Mid-Month Costco Run This mid-month Costco haul is one I did not plan on making — I almost never shop Costco in the middle of the month, because it throws my whole budget right off a cliff. But my daughter Kira’s birthday is tomorrow, and I was…
The hill I will die on decaf coffee is one I will defend with a hot mug in one hand and the full pot in the other: decaffeinated coffee is an abomination, and it should cease to exist. There it is — I said it, and I meant it before I’d even finished the first…
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