The Family Table
The Family Table
It started as a shoebox of index cards in Wendy's kitchen — Cecil's pies, Shelby's slow-cooker Sundays, Joe's sauces. Now it lives here, so the recipes outlast the cards and everyone cooks from the same page.
Recipes · 20
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever (Extra Chocolate)
This is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever. No funny ingredients, no chilling time, etc. Just a simple, straightforward, amazingly delicious, doughy yet still fully cooked, chocolate chip cookie that turns out perfectly every single time!
Crispy Chicharrones de Pollo (Puerto Rican Fried Chicken)
Chicharrones de Pollo are perfectly crispy pieces of Puerto Rican fried chicken made with a simple but flavorful marinade and traditional island spices. These bite sized pieces of chicken are crisp and crunchy on the outside, and juicy and flavor-packed on the inside.
Chicago Thin-Crust (Tavern-Style) Pizza Dough
Compared with many other styles of pizza dough, this one is relatively easy. It’s stretched with a rolling pin, then allowed to sit uncovered overnight until it has lightly dried to the texture of a flour tortilla. This is the secret to getting the crunchiest, most cracker-crisp crust, and it also makes topping and moving the pizzas a snap. Give this recipe a try. If you do, there are a few things to note: Both mass measurements in grams and volume measurements in cups and spoons are provided. It’s strongly advised to use the mass measurements for everything, but at the very least, use it for the flour. Because flour is compressible, a cup can vary in weight by as much as 50 percent, completely throwing off the hydration level of your dough. Also strongly recommended: Following the full three- to five-day cold fermentation in Step 3, which makes rolling easier and results in a lighter crust. This recipe is part of our complete recipe for a Chicago thin-crust pizza. View the recipe for the finished pizza, as well as recipes for the accompanying sauce and Chicago-style Italian sausage.
Shelby's Chicken and Mushroom Stroganoff
A creamy slow-cooker chicken stroganoff with mushrooms and a sour cream sauce, shredded and served over pasta.
Shelby's Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden Potato Soup)
A slow-cooker copycat of Olive Garden's potato soup with Italian sausage, kale, and a cream finish.
Wendy's Cornbread Stuffing
A baked cornbread stuffing studded with sautéed onion and celery and seasoned with sage, kept chunky like croutons.
Shelby's Lasagna
A layered Italian sausage lasagna with a rich three-tomato sauce and a ricotta-and-cheese filling, baked until bubbly and browned.
Cecil's Cottage Pie
A savory ground beef and vegetable pie topped with Cecil's garlic-parmesan mashed potatoes and baked until golden.
Wendy's Oven-Fried Chicken
Crisp oven-baked chicken coated in a seasoned cracker crumb crust, with no frying and no turning required.
Succotash
A simple stovetop succotash of lima beans and corn enriched with cream and a little diced ham.
Chicken Jalfrezi
A spiced stir-fried chicken curry with peppers, green chili, and tomatoes, served over rice (or with potatoes).
Shelby's Vegetable Beef Soup
A hearty steak-and-vegetable soup with cannellini beans and pasta, finished with fresh parmesan and bread.
Shelby's Build-Your-Own Chicken Skillet
A flexible template skillet where you pick one option from each ingredient to build your own saucy chicken-and-pasta dinner.
Joe and Shelby's Fiesta Chicken
Browned chicken thighs simmered with peppers, fire-roasted tomatoes, and warm spices, served over rice or with tortillas.
Build-Your-Own Noodle Casserole
A flexible template casserole where you pick one option from each ingredient to build your own baked noodle dinner.
Wendy's Chicken Fried Steak
Breaded cube steaks fried until golden then simmered tender, finished with a pan gravy made from the drippings.
Wendy's Swiss Steak
Flour-dredged cube steaks braised low and slow with tomatoes and vegetables, served over mashed potatoes, pasta, or rice.
Cecil's Garlic-Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
Creamy russet mashed potatoes folded with warm butter, milk, and parmesan, seasoned to taste with garlic and white pepper.
Joe's Alfredo Sauce
A quick three-ingredient alfredo of cream, butter, and fresh parmesan that comes together in minutes.
Wendy's Marinara Sauce
A slow-simmered marinara built on a classic onion, carrot, and celery base for a sauce as thick as you like it.