When I first heard you could roast a turkey breast—bone-in and all—in a slow cooker, I was more than a little skeptical. I’ve tried my fair share of Pinterest DIYs and life hacks touted online to know that at best, most are “roughly” accurate. As in, technically they work, but the end result is just different…

Whether you make them full size or as appetizer-friendly pigs in a blanket, this everything bagel dogs recipe is beyond easy to whip up.

When it comes to food, I’m all about instant gratification. Some nights I don’t even eat a real meal because I’m too busy stuffing my gullet with the raw ingredients (or, okay, piles of pretzels dipped in peanut butter). As a result, for years I didn’t touch my slow cooker. If I’m too impatient to…

No child can resist the allure of Paw Patrol these days. At least, that’s what I told myself after conducting extended negotiations in aisle six of the grocery store, as my daughter begged for Chase- and Marshall-shaped macaroni, courtesy of Kraft. Now, I have fond memories of the blue box, but as an adult, it’s…

When it’s cold outside, I want to make everything in a slow cooker, especially soup. Especially soups that are based on even heartier dishes that were never intended to be soup, like lasagna. Or, you know, chicken pot pie. I shared the recipe for a stovetop version a couple years ago, but this fall—especially with…

I’ve recently become an Air Fryer addict. Yes, as in the bulky countertop oven that speed-heats food, creating crispy fries, chicken, and other dishes that taste deep-fried — only they don’t use an ounce of grease. I assumed it’d be too good to be true, then I tried making homemade fries. Then sweet potato fries.…

I’ve never been peach picking. I only eat peaches two or three times a year, max. So it only makes sense that when a friend suggested we drive an hour out to a farm in New Jersey to fill baskets with peaches that’d go bad in a week if I didn’t eat them immediately, I…

Spiralizers always seemed a little snake oil-ish to me. They promise to turn any vegetable into faux-pasta, but I just couldn’t believe it. Texturally, maybe, but taste-wise? Fuhgettaboutit. Then I received a handheld spiralizer. It sat in my cupboard for months, until one day, while trying to eat like Gwyneth Paltrow (cooking entirely from her…

Not all recipes make it onto Collegiate Cook and Life Between Weekends. Some are such an epic fail they never even make it to the photo-taking stage, while others take countless iterations to get right. I spent an entire year searching for the right Cream of Chicken and Wild Rice soup recipe. Yup, one year.…