Ellen Cooks

Simple Homemade Recipes

Easy dinners, soups, salads, desserts, and simple homemade recipes.

What will we make today?

Creamy chicken veggie rice bowl loaded with tender chicken chunks, broccoli, carrots, celery, and potatoes over fluffy white rice in a rustic brown bowl with rich savory sauce and fresh herbs.

Easy Dinner Recipes

Quick, cozy dinner ideas for busy nights.

Chicken tortellini soup with rotisserie chicken, spinach, and clear broth in bowl

Homemade Soup Recipes

Comforting soups made with simple ingredients.

Triple fruit cobbler with cake mix baked until golden and crisp, featuring apple pie filling, peaches, blueberries, and a buttery crumb topping in a 9x13 dish

Easy Dessert Recipes

Sweet recipes for everyday baking and special treats.

Freshly baked bakery-style chocolate chunk cookies with gooey dark chocolate pools, golden crispy edges, and flaky sea salt on top cooling on a wire rack.

Easy Cookie Recipes

Easy homemade cookies for everyday treats and holiday baking.

Easy cranberry pecan baked Brie drizzled with honey and served with grapes, rustic crackers and sliced baguette.

Easy Appetizer Recipes

Easy appetizers for holidays and everyday gatherings.

Broccoli kale crunch salad with crisp apples, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds, red cabbage and vegan coleslaw dressing.

Fresh Salad Recipes

Simple salads with crunch, colour, and flavour.

Golden homemade rosemary sea salt focaccia bread with crispy olive oil crust and soft airy center fresh from the oven

Homemade Bread Recipes

Easy homemade breads, biscuits and rolls for every day.

Virgin Shirley Temple mocktail with orange juice, ginger ale, grenadine, ice cubes, maraschino cherry, and fresh orange slice garnish in a tall glass

Easy Drink Recipes

Simple homemade drinks for every season.

Cozy Fall Favourites

Find your next fall favourite with cozy chicken dinners, hearty soups, colourful salads and easy apple crumble bars.

Creamy garlic herb chicken thighs baked until golden with peas, fresh parsley, thyme, and a rich savory cream sauce.
Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Thighs
One pot Moroccan chicken with sweet potatoes, prunes, onions, and warm spices simmered in a rich savory sauce, served in a rustic bowl
Moroccan Chicken, Sweet Potato & Prune Pot
Homemade shrimp and pork dumpling soup with juicy wontons, bok choy, cilantro, and green onions in a rich Asian-style broth served hot in a rustic bowl.
Shrimp & Pork Dumpling Soup
Hearty beef barley and vegetable soup with tender stewing beef, pearl barley, carrots and potatoes in a rich tomato herb broth.
Hearty Beef Barley and Vegetable Soup
Cranberry feta chickpea chopped salad with dried cranberries, crumbled feta, chopped lettuce, fresh herbs and lemon herb dressing in a rustic wooden bowl.
Cranberry Feta Chickpea Chopped Salad
Homemade apple crumble bars with a buttery shortbread crust, soft cinnamon apple filling and golden crumble topping, dusted with powdered sugar and served on a white dessert plate.
Easy Apple Crumble Bars

About Ellen Britt

Ellen Cooks is a family food blog filled with easy homemade recipes, cozy comfort food, quick dinners, fresh salads, soups, desserts, cookies, appetizers, breads, and simple drinks. Our recipes are made for real home kitchens, using everyday ingredients and practical steps that make cooking feel doable and delicious.

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