Katie Cooks

Everybody... yeah. Rock your salmon right. This month, Katie Cooks is bringing you one of the easiest dinners in our regular rotation: Bachan’s salmon. Because I Want It That Way, and apparently “that way” is covered in Japanese barbecue sauce and slightly charred under a terrifyingly hot broiler. Ingredients: 1 absolutely enormous piece of salmon from Costco Bachan’s Japanese Barbecue Sauce Salt Pepper Garlic powder Directions: Cut the salmon into literally whatever size chu

Alright, stop... grab a pot and listen. Katie Cooks is back with a brand-new invention. Well... not exactly. It's rice. Plain old rice. But this recipe turned me from a "rice cooker only" girl into someone who can confidently make a pot from scratch, and honestly, that feels like character development. When I met Stephen, I was completely dependent on a rice cooker. If that little appliance wasn't involved, I wasn't making rice. Then, during our first move together, the lid s

Every once in a while, a recipe sneaks into your life in a way you weren't expecting. On a recent trip to Orlando, I stopped at Fresh Kitchen for the first time. I wasn't expecting much from a fast-casual restaurant. I figured I'd order something healthy, enjoy lunch, and get back on the road. Then I took one bite of their Chard & Cabbage Slaw. That was it. The chicken was good. The rice was fine. But all I could think about was... cabbage. I spent the entire drive home tryin

The don of all side dishes I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I don't really care what season it is, I'll eat this recipe year-round. The Squash Father has become one of those dishes that quietly earns a permanent spot in the rotation. It's simple, tastes way better than a vegetable side dish has any right to, and somehow manages to win over people who normally wouldn't give butternut squash a second glance. Whether you're looking for something to pair with your meal