Home Cooking & Cozy Living
The Good Hearted Woman shares fresh, modern comfort food recipes, cozy living ideas, and occasional travel trouvailles (i.e., chance discoveries of wonderful places). Welcome!
Backyard BBQ Favorites
Celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer with these cookout favorites!
Fresh recipes
Our freshest, most recently published recipes and updated content.
Salads for picnics & potlucks
Serve one these delicious crowd-pleasing BBQ salads at your next summer gathering and watch them line up for seconds!
- Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga)
- Layered Taco Salad (Vintage Recipe)
- Cold Turkey Pasta Salad with Honey-Citrus Dressing
- Potluck-Worthy Big Cuban Salad
- Pineapple Wheat Berry Salad
- Armenian-style Eggplant & Carrot Salad
- Caribbean Mango Avocado Salad
- Garden-fresh Summer Pasta Salad
See more Salads →
easy seafood recipes
- Grilled Halibut over Greens
- Classic Bay Shrimp Louie
- Creamy Seafood Enchiladas
- Smoked Salmon Crustless Quiche
- Korean-style Pan Fried Fish (Saeng Sun Jun)
- Walnut-Citrus Tuna Hand Pies
- Spicy Thai Shrimp Salad
- Orange Ginger Honey Glazed Salmon
See more Seafood →
hearty classic Comfort
Soul satisfying, classic comfort food recipes that taste like you remember, updated with modern techniques to make prep easier, using fresh, whole ingredients.
- Arroz Con Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken & Rice)
- Classic Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
- Hungarian Mushroom Soup (Szekelyderzs)
- Traditional German Sauerbraten
- Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Polish-style Gołąbki)
- Old-fashioned Bread Pudding
- Best Classic Shepherd's Pie
- Mom's Classic Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
See more Comfort Food →
Cozy Destinations
- Spring Getaway to Orcas Island
- Westport Winery Garden Resort & Mermaid Museum (Aberdeen, WA)
- One Day in Tupelo, Mississippi
- 7 Must See Places in Arches National Park
See more Travel →
home & garden
- Redwork Chicken Tea Towel (Free Pattern)
- Simple Vertical Garden Plans (Step-by-Step)
- Mason Jar Fairy Lantern DIY
- DIY Fabric Tortilla Warmer (Step-by-Step Tutorial)
See more Arts, Crafts & DIY →