Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy · Episode 331 · November 12, 2026 · 14 min

Two Weeknight Chicken Dinners + Our Favorite Pumpkin Bread! | Our Best Home Cooking Bites

During this busy time of year, how can you get a flavorful, nutritious dinner on the table in minutes? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you! By the end of this episode, you’ll want to make two easy chicken dinners: one you can make all on a sheet-pan in your oven, and the other all in a skillet on your stovetop. You’ll also discover our all-time favorite pumpkin bread recipe (which you can also make with persimmons)! Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! *** For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our free Substack here . Want to join our live monthly calls? Upgrade to a paid subscription for $5/month or $55/year. Our Thanksgiving Zoom is coming up on November 18 at 4:30 PM PT ! *** Links: Sheet-pan Gojuchang Chicken and Roasted Vegetables by Yewande Komolafe for NYT Cooking Herby skillet chicken with green by Melissa Clark for NYT Cooking Baked JoJo's from Copy Cat Sonya’s pumpkin bread recipe , with instructions on how to make it with persimmon too! **** For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here . Are you a local to Portland or planning a visit? You can now book a private farmers’ market tour with Sonya through Airbnb Experiences! Or order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes! Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084