Evelyn Marcella Rivera

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High-Protein Thai Chicken Salad You’ll Meal Prep Forever

The dressing. I need to talk about the dressing first because it's the reason this salad exists and the reason you'll make it on repeat. It's a creamy, nutty, slightly spicy peanut dressing made with powdered peanut butter, lime juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sriracha — and it tastes…

Pistachio-Crusted Chicken With Warm Barley Salad

This is the dinner that makes people ask "did you take a cooking class?" when you absolutely did not. Pistachio-crusted chicken — crunchy, golden, flecked with orange zest — sitting on top of a warm barley salad tossed with burst cherry tomatoes, fresh parsley, and more pistachios. It looks like…

Croissant-Style Sourdough Loaf With Flaky Butter Layers

What happens when sourdough bread and a croissant have a baby? This. This croissant-style sourdough loaf is what happens — a tangy, slow-fermented bread with ribbons of cold butter folded between the layers, creating gorgeous, flaky, almost pastry-like ripples throughout the crumb. When you slice into it, you can actually…

Cheddar Cheese Grits Casserole You’ll Want Every Weekend

Some dishes don't need to be complicated to make the whole table go quiet. This cheddar cheese grits casserole is that dish — creamy, sharp, golden-topped, and so deeply comforting you'll wonder why you ever served grits any other way. Quick-cooking grits simmered in whole milk with butter, stirred through…

Paprika-Herb Rubbed Chicken That Makes Weeknights Easy

Five ingredients. Twenty minutes. Chicken so flavorful and juicy that you'll forget it took less effort than ordering delivery. This paprika-herb rubbed chicken is the weeknight dinner I come back to more than any other — a fragrant blend of herbes de Provence and smoky paprika pressed into boneless chicken…

The Best Carrot Cake Cookies With a Creamy Secret

Imagine biting into a warm, cinnamon-spiced cookie and finding a molten pocket of cheesecake hiding in the center. That's what these carrot cake cookies deliver — soft, golden cookies loaded with real grated carrots and warm spices, each one stuffed with sweetened cream cheese that melts into this luscious, tangy…

Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake Nobody Will Believe Is Vegan

There's a test I run on every vegan dessert I develop: serve it to the biggest plant-based skeptic in my life and don't say a word. This vegan chocolate sheet cake passed that test so hard the man went back for thirds and got genuinely annoyed when I told him…

Polar Bear Paws Recipe: A See’s Candies Copycat

If you've ever stood in line at See's Candies and handed over an alarming amount of money for a small box of Polar Bear Paws, this recipe is about to change your life. These homemade polar bear paws are exactly what you remember — golden, buttery caramel studded with salty…