The recipes our family asks for by name. These are the dishes that come back to our table week after week because everybody agrees: they’re keepers.
Everyone online is losing their minds over deconstructed dumpling soup right now. Dumpling this, dumpling that. Dumpling lasagna. Dumpling bowls. Dumpling everything. And you know what? I get it. Because dumplings in soup is one… Chicken and Dumpling Soup
If there’s a dessert that says “spring is here” louder than lemon bars, I haven’t found it yet. These have been showing up on every Easter table and church potluck since I can remember. Nana… Old-Fashioned Lemon Bars
There are some recipes that don’t need a trend to be relevant. Matzo ball soup is one of them. I didn’t grow up making matzo ball soup — that was never part of Nana Ruth’s… Nana Ruth’s Matzo Ball Soup
Salmon fillets in a sticky honey garlic sauce, seared golden and on the table in 20 minutes. The weeknight dinner that makes you look like you tried way harder than you did.
A slow-braised beef brisket with onions, garlic, and rich pan gravy — fork-tender and good enough to build a holiday around. Works for Easter, Passover, or any Sunday worth celebrating.
Tender asparagus baked in a from-scratch cheese sauce with golden panko breadcrumbs. A spring side dish with old-fashioned soul that belongs on every Easter table.
I don’t remember when Nana Ruth started making hot cross buns for Easter, or if she always had. What I remember is the smell — cinnamon and warm bread filling up the whole house on… Old-Fashioned Hot Cross Buns
There’s a version of scalloped potatoes that comes from a can of cream-of-something soup, and I won’t pretend I haven’t made it on a Wednesday when the day got away from me. But that’s not… Nana Ruth’s Scalloped Potatoes
Every Easter, Nana Ruth’s ham was the thing. Not the egg hunt, not the new dresses, not even the deviled eggs (though those were close). It was the ham — brown and glossy and smelling… Nana Ruth’s Brown Sugar Glazed Ham
There’s a window on Easter morning — somewhere between the kids finding their baskets and when we need to leave for church — where breakfast has to just happen. No standing at the stove flipping… Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Casserole (Easter Brunch Made the Night Before)
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