Skillet Chicken Orzo with Charred Lemon and Brown-Butter Herbs
A skillet supper with buttermilk-tender chicken, leeks, a parmesan-rind broth, and charred-lemon orzo finished with brown-butter herbs.
Welcome to the kitchen
A kitchen for full houses.
I'm Sarah — mom of four, sports mom, business owner, and the cook in a blended family that eats a lot. The Repeat Kitchen is where I share the scratch dinners, freezer rhythms, and family-table systems that actually keep a full house fed. Recipes earn a spot here only after we've made them on repeat.
How we cook here
Five ways into the kitchen
- Feed the Team Athlete fuel, scaling recipes, and dinners that hold up after practice. Enter →
- The Rotation The dinners we actually repeat. The workhorses of the week. Enter →
- Freezer Rhythms Batch cooking, restock days, and make-ahead systems for real households. Enter →
- The Family Table Sunday suppers, blended-family traditions, and the food that holds a house together. Enter →
- House + Hustle Notes from running a house and a business out of the same kitchen. Enter →
On rotation
Series we cook by
A kitchen runs on repeats. These are mine.
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Weekly
Feed the Team Fridays
One scaling recipe a week, built for hungry athletes and crowded tables.
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Sunday Freezer Restock
A short note every Sunday — three batch recipes and a printable restock list.
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Monthly
Blended Family Supper Nights
A long-form supper, an essay, and a tradition that earned its place at the table.
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This week at our table
What we're cooking on repeat
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