Marry me chicken salad is a chopped salad made with rotisserie chicken, oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, romaine lettuce, fresh basil, shaved Parmesan, and a creamy sun-dried tomato dressing spiked with Calabrian chili. If you have been on TikTok or Pinterest at all this spring, you have already seen this salad everywhere. It takes all the bold,
Hot honey Caesar pasta salad is a cold pasta salad made with cavatappi, grilled or rotisserie chicken, chopped romaine, cherry tomatoes, shaved Parmesan, and a creamy Caesar dressing spiked with hot honey. I started making this when I realized that Caesar dressing and hot honey were doing the same thing on the flavor wheel from
Viral carrot ribbon salad is a raw carrot salad where carrots are peeled into long wide ribbons using a Y-peeler and tossed in a sesame chili crisp dressing with fresh cilantro, scallions, and toasted sesame seeds. I have been making this ever since it took over TikTok and it genuinely changed the way I look
Copycat Panera strawberry poppyseed salad is a fruit salad made with chopped romaine, fresh strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, candied pecans, and a creamy poppyseed dressing. This is one of those Panera orders I used to get every spring without fail, and the copycat takes about five minutes to put together once you have
Copycat Texas Roadhouse house salad is a steakhouse side salad made with iceberg and romaine lettuce, sharp cheddar cheese ribbons, chopped hard-boiled egg, grape tomatoes, and buttery garlic croutons served with dressing on the side. The Texas Roadhouse house salad is one of those side dishes that sounds basic on paper until you are actually
Black sesame cookies are soft, chewy drop cookies made with ground black sesame seeds or paste that give them a deep nutty flavor, a slightly earthy bite, and a dramatic dark color that looks unlike anything else on a cookie tray. I made these for the first time after seeing them all over my feed
Crispy garlic parmesan potatoes are baby Yukon Gold potato halves seasoned with garlic and Italian herbs, pressed cut-side down into a butter and Parmesan paste on a parchment-lined sheet pan, and roasted at 425 degrees until the cheese forms a golden, lacy, shattering crust on the bottom of each potato. The technique is the whole
Mochi pancakes are fluffy Japanese-style pancakes made with mochiko sweet rice flour that gives them a chewy, bouncy interior and crispy lacy edges you cannot get from regular wheat-flour pancakes. I made these for the first time expecting something close to a regular pancake with a slight chew. What I got was completely different, softer,
Million dollar chicken casserole is a creamy baked chicken dish made with a triple-dairy base of cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream, topped with a buttery Ritz cracker crust that bakes up golden and crunchy. I made this for the first time after seeing it everywhere and wondering what the big deal was. One
Sourdough cinnamon rolls are soft, fluffy rolls made with a live sourdough starter instead of commercial yeast, giving them a subtle tang that balances the sweet cinnamon filling and makes them noticeably more tender than regular cinnamon rolls. I mix the dough the night before, let it do its thing in the fridge while I
Leftover spaghetti pie is cooked spaghetti bound with egg, butter, and Parmesan to form a crust in a pie dish, then layered with ricotta, meat sauce, and mozzarella and baked until golden and sliceable. This is the recipe that makes you glad you saved the leftover pasta. Cold spaghetti works better here than fresh because
Pickle dip is a cold, creamy party dip made with cream cheese, sour cream, finely diced dill pickles, and ranch seasoning. It is the same combination that went viral around Super Bowl 2026 and has not left people’s party tables since. I made this for the first time after seeing it all over my feed
A scoopable cookie is a batch of oversized chocolate chip cookie dough balls baked together in one pan until the edges set and the center stays warm and molten, then scooped directly from the pan with an ice cream scoop. This is the TikTok dessert that took over feeds in 2024 and never really left.
Blistered cabbage steaks are thick slices of green cabbage roasted at high heat until the outer leaves char and caramelize while the center turns fork-tender and sweet, served with a lemon-tahini drizzle or miso butter. If you think you do not like cabbage, this recipe might change your mind. A whole head costs under $2.
A sheet pan doner kebab is a ground meat mixture seasoned with cumin, paprika, and oregano, rolled thin in parchment paper, baked at 400 degrees, then torn into pieces and broiled until the edges crisp up like real rotisserie-shaved doner. I did not believe this was going to work. Ground beef on a sheet pan