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I’m making this apple cider sangria for every party this fall! Made with white wine, fresh apples, and warm spices, it’s fruity, festive, and serves a crowd. This apple cider sangria recipe is my new favorite cocktail for fall entertaining! It’s my family’s favorite too—they liked it so much the first time I served it…

I love Halloween and spooky season. Give me pumpkin spice everything, fall leaves, and cozy scarves! So when I saw boo baskets trending on TikTok, I knew I had to make one for my boo! It’s not too late to make one for yours, especially if you live in a place with fast shipping. What…

Craving something sweet? Make these sugar cookies! Easy to make with 8 ingredients, they have lightly crisp edges and perfect chewy middles. Hands up if you love soft and chewy sugar cookies! If you have your hand raised, this sugar cookie recipe is for you. Adapted from my snickerdoodle recipe, it yields sugar cookies with perfect…

Whether they’re super aged pieces of steak-y art or supermarket 2-packs, these steak sauce recipes will take your steak dinners to the next level. Life is too short not to eat steak! If you’re looking for an easy yet impressive home cooked meal for date night, the answer is – and forever will – be…

It’s comfort food season! There’s a tiktok spaghetti bake that I’ve been dying to try because it looks so incredibly cozy and delicious. I’m not sure who posted it first and made it viral, so if you know, let me know in the comments. Either way, it looks amazing: spaghetti tossed in a creamy alfredo…

This classic whiskey sour recipe is sweet, tart, rich, and refreshing. Easy to make with 4 simple ingredients, it’s one of our favorite whiskey cocktails. A whiskey sour is one of Jack’s favorite cocktails to order when we go out to dinner. Made with bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and optional egg white, it’s brighter than…

Air fryer potatoes are probably the fastest roast potatoes you can make. The perfect side dish to bring to any potluck or BBQ. Crispy, crunchy, garlic-onion air fryer potatoes are my ultimate snack food. Forget chips, my new thing is making a big batch of these crispy baby potatoes and eating the heck out of…

Friends, it’s snickerdoodle season. If you didn’t know that snickerdoodles had a season, let me paint a picture for you: you’re coming inside on a blustery and colder-than-you’d-expected October day so you hadn’t dressed for it and you can’t wait to announce what my kids always laugh at me for saying when I walk through…

Learn how to cook turnips! Roasted with salt and pepper, this underrated veggie becomes sweet, tender, and nutty. It’s a delicious, healthy side dish! Turnips are one of the vegetables I buy most often in the fall. I can never resist them at the farmers market—bright white, pink, or tinged with purple, with lush green tops…

Warm garlic knots fresh from the oven should be a controlled substance. I can inhale an entire tray, even when I’m eating them alongside something like this delicious bolognese with pasta. I made the knots from scratch here, but you can easily use store bought pizza dough for somewhat immediate results. Why garlic knots? Garlic…