Sometimes Dinner
Recipes and Ideas

Introduction Nowadays, having a fast, easy and tasty meal in your culinary repertoire seems more important than ever. Unfortunately,...

While eating healthy meals is important, I’d argue having healthy snacks is even more important. Since they’re not usually planned ahead, it’s easy to find yourself halfway through a family-sized bag of potato chips, wondering how this could’ve happened. In this post, I’m sharing three easy, healthy snacks for 2026. They’re all fast to put together, require no cooking, and are still perfectly tasty. 1. Lunch Meat Roll-ups Ham, cheese and pickles These lunch meat roll-ups ar

All About Eggplant Parmesan What Is Eggplant Parmesan? It is an Italian dish made with sliced and fried eggplant, parmesan cheese, and...

While I don’t eat it often, it’s hard to overstate the appeal of garlic cheese bread. Cheese bread alone is great, but it gets infinitely...

I’ve posted fast and easy recipes before, but this cheesy sausage pasta is a real star on both fronts. It can be done in the time it...

These may not be the most glamorous enchiladas you’ll ever have, but they’re cheap to make, fast, and couldn’t be easier. This recipe...

Plated In terms of comfort food, I place these home fries with vegetables just short of biscuits and gravy – and that’s saying a lot. Not...

This is more of an inspirational / techniques post than a recipe since there are a million variations you can try, but I’m definitely a fan of this flavor profile. If you wanted something less conventional, I’ve also considered buffalo chicken crostini… but that’s another recipe for another day. For now, I just have this margherita crostini. I didn’t bother coming up with specific amounts for the ingredients since it felt like a lot of work for something that just doesn’t fee

This is a surprisingly satisfying twist on a “classic” cheeseburger. The listed additions are really just suggestions, so feel free to add whatever you’d like. You could easily make this vegetarian by subbing the meat for TVP, or make it vegan by replacing the meat and cheese with vegan alternatives. Note that I didn’t bother getting the measurements in grams; it felt unnecessary due to the fast-and-loose nature of salads. If you like this recipe, consider checking out my re