Crispy on the outside, with an artfully crackled coating of powdered sugar, and sinfully fudgy on the inside, these chocolate cookies are almost more like individual brownies than they are like cookies! For a cookout yesterday I brought a big batch and they disappeared with alarming speed. For you serious chocolate lovers out there, this recipe inspired by the Williams Sonoma recipe of a similar name are perfect with a glass of ice-cold milk!
Once I moved to the South, a good chicken salad sandwich quickly turned into one of my favorite standbys for lunchtime. My first manager took me to lunch at one of his neighborhood favorite spots, Nashville’s “The Picnic Café,” where they make what I’d consider to be the quintessential chicken salad sandwich. This is my homage to that delicious recipe, perfect for a “picnic” of your own!
The smell of banana bread baking in the oven is one of my all-time favorite things. It takes me right back to the sweetest parts of my childhood–regularly enjoying this treat on early mornings waking up in the backcountry of the ranch where I spent most summers. It was portable and freezable, didn’t need to be cooked, and was still delicious even if
Sometimes we all need a little break. Like, more often than we care to admit. Well, not all of us have budgets that can accommodate spa days as frequently as we’d like. But with a carton of drugstore Epsom salts and just a few ingredients from your backyard and pantry, you’re on your way to an indulgent bathtime experience that can really take the edge off.
Maybe it’s because it has a fancy, French sounding name, but chicken cordon bleu has gotten a reputation for being a difficult-to-make, fancy, decadent dish. Well, not to go all French on you, but au contraire, my friend. Chicken cordon bleu is, essentially, just a chicken cutlet pounded out, stuffed with ham and cheese, and coated in bread crumbs. With a few simple steps, you can not only make your own at home, but you can lighten it up, too: this cordon bleu is baked right in the oven. With a simple salad of lightly dressed summer greens, this is a perfect weeknight dinner that’ll have everyone in your family asking for seconds.