Zucchini Fritters

Jennifer Cooks 9/3 3:01A Jennifer Locklin

These zucchini fritters are crisp and deeply golden on the outside, tender in the center, and savory with Parmesan, green onions, and garlic. The most important step is squeezing the salted zucchini very dry before mixing the batter; that keeps...

Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage and Ricotta

Jennifer Cooks 9/1 3:04A Jennifer Locklin

This baked ziti with Italian sausage and ricotta is a deeply saucy, three-cheese pasta casserole built for generous family dinners. Tender ziti, slices of savory sausage, creamy ricotta, melted mozzarella, and Parmesan or Romano are layered with...

Southern Fried Okra

Jennifer Cooks 8/27 7:11A Jennifer Locklin

This fried okra is crisp, deeply golden, and coated in a savory cornmeal crust with just enough smoky heat. Fresh okra gets a light buttermilk coating, a seasoned cornmeal-and-flour dredge, and a quick fry in shortening and bacon grease for the...

BBQ Bacon Pasta Salad

Jennifer Cooks 7/30 2:38A Jennifer Locklin

This pasta salad recipe is smoky, creamy, tangy, and loaded with the good cookout stuff: crisp bacon, sharp Cheddar cubes, sweet corn, crunchy celery, red bell pepper, green onions, and cavatappi pasta tossed in a creamy BBQ dressing. It is the...

Pickled Okra

Jennifer Cooks 7/23 7:18A Jennifer

This pickled okra recipe makes crisp Southern-style okra pickles with whole okra pods, garlic, fresh dill, hot peppers, mustard seed, dill seed, and a tangy vinegar brine. It is a water-bath canning recipe for 6 pint jars, which means you get...

Homemade State Fair Corn Dogs

Jennifer Cooks 7/20 7:01A Jennifer

These homemade corn dogs bring state fair flavor right into your kitchen with beef hot dogs, a honey-sweetened cornmeal batter, and a crisp golden exterior that begs for yellow mustard. They fry quickly, serve a crowd, and make a fun dinner when...

Easy Moist Zucchini Bread Recipe from Scratch

Jennifer Cooks 7/17 3:15A Jennifer Locklin

This easy moist zucchini bread recipe from scratch bakes into two tender, cinnamon-spiced loaves with the right texture: soft crumb, golden edges, and little green flecks of shredded zucchini throughout. It is the kind of quick bread that makes a...

Frozen Peach Bellini

Jennifer Cooks 7/16 6:16A Jennifer

This frozen peach bellini recipe is the cocktail I want when peach season and hot summer days collide. Frozen peach slices, peach schnapps, a little sugar, and a bottle of Prosecco blend into a thick, frosty peach drink with no ice watering it...

Pineapple Upside-Down Sheet Cake

Jennifer Cooks 7/15 10:00A Jennifer

This Pineapple Upside-Down Sheet Cake gives the classic pineapple upside down cake the party-size treatment: buttery brown sugar caramel, rows of pineapple rings, bright maraschino cherries, and a...

Grilled Hawaiian Chicken Skewers (Huli-Huli Chicken Kebabs)

Jennifer Cooks 7/10 3:00A Jennifer Locklin

These hawaiian chicken skewers are grilled with juicy pineapple chunks, red bell peppers, red onion, and a sweet-savory Huli-Huli-style marinade that turns glossy over the heat. They are bright, colorful, and exactly the kind of chicken dinner...

Southern Potato Salad

Jennifer Cooks 7/8 4:00A Jennifer Locklin

This classic southern potato salad recipe is creamy, tangy, and built for the kind of table where barbecue, fried chicken, burgers, and paper plates all show up at once. Yukon Gold potatoes give the salad a naturally buttery bite, Duke's...

Strawberry Lemonade

Jennifer Cooks 7/6 4:15A Jennifer Locklin

This homemade strawberry lemonade recipe is made with fresh strawberries, fresh lemon juice, a quick simple syrup, and cold water stirred together in one big pitcher. It tastes bright, sweet-tart, and summery, with real strawberry flavor instead...

Smash Burgers

Jennifer Cooks 7/3 4:00A Jennifer Locklin

This easy smash burger recipe gives you thin beef patties with crisp, caramelized edges, melted cheddar, a quick homemade burger sauce, and fresh toppings stacked on buttery toasted buns. A smash burger is a thin burger patty pressed firmly onto...

Easy Firecracker Cake for the 4th of July

Jennifer Cooks 7/1 4:00A Jennifer Locklin

This firecracker cake is an easy red, white, and blue Bundt cake made with vanilla cake mix, instant pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and lemon-lime soda. The batter gets divided into three bowls, tinted patriotic colors, baked into soft swirls,...

Classic Coney Island Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recipe

Jennifer Cooks 6/29 3:39A Jennifer Locklin

This hot dog chili sauce is the thick, finely textured beef sauce you want for classic Coney dogs. It simmers with tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, and a tiny touch of cinnamon until it is savory, spoonable, and ready for mustard, onions, and a...