Posts by James Smith

You ever open your fridge, stare at a lonely head of cabbage, and think… now what? That was me on a Tuesday night. I wanted something creamy. Something comforting. Something that felt like pasta...

You know that moment when you taste something simple… and it hits harder than a complicated five-hour recipe? That’s exactly how I felt the first time I made authentic nonna’s pomodoro sauce...

I’ll be honest with you. The first time someone said, “You have to try tempeh ribs,” I smiled politely and thought, Sure… ribs without ribs. I grew up around backyard BBQs in the Midwest....

You know those recipes that make people think you worked way harder than you actually did? These 3 Ingredient Crockpot Peanut Clusters are exactly that. The first time I made them, I tossed...

If you’ve never made Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast, I’m about to change your Sunday dinner game forever. The first time I made this, I honestly thought, “How can five simple ingredients...

Dragon fruit looks fancy. Like “I shop at a tropical farmers market every Sunday” fancy. But the first time I bought one, I let it sit on my counter for three days because I had no clue what...