Creamy White Chicken Chili

Creamy White Chicken Chili

My neighbor told me she doesn’t like chili. Now she texts me in October asking when I’m making it again. That is the track record of Creamy White Chicken Chili at my house, and it’s the track record I’ve come to expect. The chili that wins over...
Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin

Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin

My kids think this is a special occasion dinner. It is not. I make it on Tuesdays. I am not correcting them. Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin is the weeknight dinner that looks like you planned something for company when you planned nothing of the sort. Herb-crusted,...
Southern Smothered Pork Chops

Southern Smothered Pork Chops

My grandmother made this on Wednesdays. I always knew what day it was by the smell when I came home from school. That particular combination of pork, onion, and gravy cooking in a cast iron skillet is a smell I can call up from memory without effort. It’s one of...
Hearty Southern Beef Stew

Hearty Southern Beef Stew

The first cold snap of the year is my signal. Time to make the stew. My family starts asking before I announce it because they know what cold weather means at this house. Hearty Southern Beef Stew is the fall dinner I’ve been making every October for six years,...
Sunday Pot Roast

Sunday Pot Roast

I put this in before church and it’s ready when we get home. The whole house smells like a Sunday is supposed to smell — that warm, deep, slow-cooked beef and vegetable smell that means the week is done and the family is about to sit down together. Sunday Pot...