Recipes for everyday romance
Make every meal a love letter to the special people in your life and to yourself! Easy, elegant, and inviting recipes to make at-home meals a celebration.

Blackberry Sage Bourbon Cocktails
A perfect cocktail to mix with a cowboy romance, this blackberry and bourbon drink gets a…

Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower Pasta
A relaxing and flavorful dish, this Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower Pasta is so satisfying–cheesy, crunchy, briny, and…

Lemon Ricotta Poppyseed Muffins
Ricotta cheese gives these lemon poppyseed muffins a lightness that makes them so soft and sweet!…

Spicy Crispy Chicken Poblano Tacos
Crunchy and spicy, these chicken poblano tacos are fun to make and a party to eat!…

Turkey, Havarti, and Citrus Pistachio Pesto Panini
Deceptively delicious, this panini is ALL about the Citrus Pistachio Pesto. Melty with a crunch from…

Brown Butter M&M Bars
Brown butter enhances the vanilla and makes these M&M bars taste like toffee–a totally irresistible treat…

Citrus Pistachio Pesto
A pesto that tastes like warm sunny California days by highlighting orange, lemon, and pistachio. One…

Roasted Sausage, Pepper, and Fennel Raviolini
A weeknight pasta dinner chock full of veggies, a bruschetta-like tomato dressing, and mini stuffed pasta,…

Cherry Chocolate Chai Granola Parfaits
A warmly spiced granola finds sweetness from chunks of chewy dried cherries and nuggets of dark…

Banana Bread Baked Oatmeal Cups
A recipe for the whole family, these oatmeal cups combine the fun of banana bread with…

Blood Orange Rosemary Martini
Sweet, tart, and with a surprise herbaceous note, these Blood Orange Rosemary Martinis are sure to…

Slowcooker Chicken Enchiladas Suizas Soup
Tons of green chiles, green enchilada sauce, and a dollop of sour cream on top make…

Cannoli Dip Flight
A 5-minute party-worthy dessert to bring to mind a plate of cannolis! This flight features a…

Curried Carrot and Parsnip Soup
Curried Carrot Soup is one of the first recipes I became totally obsessed with trying and…

‘Nutella’ Martinis
Some ideas are better than others. ‘Nutella’ martinis are a decidedly good idea. I picked up…

Hazelnut Thyme Champagne Cocktail
At my wedding, we served a few signature cocktails. The most popular was an apple thyme…

Lemon Parmesan Chicken Meatball Soup
For the Mid-Century Modern Romantic Recipes, I really want to include both food I’m making and…

Pumpkin Blondies
The last week of October is one of the busiest of the year in my house….

Pumpkin Brown Sugar Scones
There’s nothing like a great book, a cup of coffee, and a scone on a chilly…

Maple Roasted Brussel Sprout and Pancetta Farro Salad.
Somewhere around January 13th, 2024, I declared 2024 the year of the farro salad. And then…