Pumpkin Spoon Bread

Photo by Tom McCorkle and food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post   This souffle like pumpkin spoon bread is resplendent with autumnal color and flavor, proving how pumpkin puree can bring so much more to the table than pie. Both elegant and homey, it can be served as a vegetarian main or asRead More

Sweet Potato Pecan Dessert Cups

Photo by Justin Tsucalas and food styling by Lisa Cherkasky; for The Washington Post   These delightful, single-serve treats bring the essence of both sweet potato and pecan pies together in pudding-cup form, with creamy, cinnamon-scented, whipped sweet potato that gets topped with crunchy, brown sugar-kissed pecans. With no crust involved, and a subtle amountRead More

Sheet Pan Turkey Breast Roulade With Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans and Shallots

Photo by Tom McCorkle and food styling by Lisa Cherkasky; for The Washington Post   This golden, sheet pan turkey breast is stuffed with what is essentially the ingredients for a gussied-up cranberry sauce. It’s accompanied by sweet potatoes, green beans and shallots, which roast alongside the turkey and make for a delicious and colorfulRead More

White Bean Stew With Garlic and Rosemary and Radicchio-Apple Salad

Photo by Scott Suchman and food styling by Diana Jeffra; for The Washington Post   For this meal-in-a-bowl, a crisp jewel-toned salad of radicchio and apple provides a stunning, contrasting crown for a warm, rosemary- and garlic-infused white bean stew. It’s very weeknight-friendly, as the stew relies on canned beans and comes together quickly —Read More

Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal

Photo by Quentin Bacon   This Apple Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal is like giving your everyday hot cereal the fairy-godmother treatment, turning its basic ingredients– oats, fruit, nuts and milk– almost magically, into an apple cake-like treat that is spiked with cinnamon, maple and vanilla and studded with walnuts. Make it this weekend to have warm,Read More