Category: The Witch’s Kitchen
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Introduction This is one of my go-to side dishes because it’s ridiculously easy, takes barely any effort, and somehow still tastes like something you’d get next to an overpriced steak at a restaurant with dim lighting and cloth napkins. Also, linguine is probably my favorite pasta shape. It just feels superior. Angel hair is fine,…
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Introduction There are meals that feel elegant and intentional…and then there are meals that feel like somebody wrapped you in a blanket and told you to stop trying to carry the entire universe by yourself for five minutes. This is the second kind. Creamy, savory, rich, and deeply comforting without requiring twelve pans and a…
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Introduction I came across this recipe the same way I come across most of my recipes…doom-scrolling Facebook while dissociating just enough to need a task for my hands. It was one of those mildly dysregulated days where my brain felt like fifteen browser tabs were open at once, so I needed something simple, low stakes,…
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Introduction I know we are technically getting out of cozy cooking season, but this turned out way too good not to share. I had never tried white chicken chili before, but a recipe popped up on my Facebook feed and immediately caught my attention. Creamy, cheesy, easy, and made in the Instant Pot? Sold. Naturally,…
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Introduction In my childhood home, meals had a rhythm to them—certain dishes that came back around like seasons, steady and expected. This was one of them. My mom has always trusted her crockpot, and this chili was a staple. As I got older, I realized her version is simpler than most—no extras, no overcomplication. Just…
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Introduction Saw these on Facebook. Looked good. Made it my own. Simple as that. Ingredients Instructions Results These fall into the category of “this shouldn’t work…but it absolutely does.” You get the crunch and tang from the pickle, the creamy, cheesy center, and then the salty bacon wrapping it all together. It’s a lot—but in…
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Introduction This one felt a little full-circle. This was a dish Dave used to make all the time—one of those meals that just became part of the routine without me ever really thinking about it. Steak, shrimp, sausage…a whole situation. Except I never liked the sausage, and his version definitely leaned spicy. Like…why is my…
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Introduction I’ve been experimenting more with pasta lately—for someone I was seeing for a little bit—and this one genuinely surprised me. It started as one of those low-effort, one-pan recipes you see everywhere and think, “there’s no way that actually turns out good.” But it did. Like…really did. I found multi-colored cherry tomatoes at Whole…
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Introduction I first met minestrone during my meal-kits era—that strange in-between chapter where cooking felt aspirational but exhausting, and boxes showing up at my door counted as self-care. Daily Harvest’s minestrone hooked me immediately. Traditional versions lean heavily on pasta, but theirs used chickpeas instead, which felt like a small mercy. Pasta and I have…