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Sharpen Your Cooking Skills With Delicious Recipes

The Kitchen Coalition is your go-to guide for real-life home cooking. From comfort food to creative twists, every recipe is tested, delicious, and totally doable-designed to help you become a more confident home cook. Let's dig in!

Summertime Favorites

Fresh, easy recipes built for warm days, backyard dinners, and laid-back summer meals.

  • Double-double animal style smash burger
    Double-Double Animal Style Smash Burgers
  • Coffee Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri Sauce
    Coffee-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
  • Smoked Pulled Beef (Poor Man's Brisket)
    Smoked Pulled Beef (Poor Man's Brisket)
  • A hand holding a smash burger with onion and jalapeño, topped with pickled okra burger sauce.
    Smash Burger Recipe
See more Summer Favorites →

What's cooking now?

Get some of my most recent recipes here!

  • A cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting being served.
    Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Go-To Homemade Pizza Sauce spread over stretched pizza dough on a wooden peel.
    Go-To Homemade Pizza Sauce
  • Pepperoni pizza made with cold ferment pizza dough on a wooden pizza peel.
    Cold Ferment Pizza Dough
  • A bowl of curry chicken salad with rotisserie chicken served with naan and cliantro.
    Curry Chicken Salad with Rotisserie Chicken

Browse all my recipes here →

Comfort Food Classics

  • A white plate with chicken schnitzel topped with lemon cream sauce and fresh parsley.
    Chicken Schnitzel with Lemon Cream Sauce
  • A bowl of Beef and Chorizo chili on a wooden cutting board.
    Beef and Chorizo Chili
  • A pitcher pouring warm maple syrup over a stack of crispy buttermilk pancakes with butter on a white plate.
    Crispy Buttermilk Pancakes
See more Comfort Food Classics →

Browse By Protein

  • Beef Recipes
  • Seafood and Fish Recipes

Browse By Cuisine

  • American Recipes
  • Mexican and Tex-Mex Meals
  • Pizza, Pasta, and Italian-American

Homemade Bread Recipes

  • Freshly baked handmade sub rolls cooling on a wire rack.
    Handmade Sub Rolls
  • Beef Tallow Flour Tortillas
    Beef Tallow Flour Tortillas
  • The Perfect White Bread
    The Perfect Homemade White Bread
  • Italian Herb and Cheese Bread for sub rolls cooling on a wire rack on a marble counter.
    Italian Herb and Cheese Bread (Sub Rolls)
  • Soft and fluffy potato buns
    Soft and Fluffy Potato Buns
  • An orange glazed cinnamon roll being served.
    Orange Cinnamon Rolls with Fresh Orange Glaze
  • Homemade Ciabatta Rolls
    Homemade Ciabatta Rolls
  • Ultimate Homemade Hamburger Buns
    Ultimate Homemade Hamburger Buns
See more Homemade Bread and Dough →

Fresh and Tasty Appetizer Recipes

  • A bowl of easy butter chicken with chicken thighs served over basmati rice, garnished with cilantro, and served with naan bread.
    Easy Butter Chicken with Chicken Thighs
  • Close-up of table salt.
    Kosher Salt vs. Sea Salt vs. Table Salt: What You Need to Know (and Why It Matters)
  • A bowl of Takeout-Style Orange Chicken served in a bowl over rice.
    Takeout-Style Orange Chicken
  • Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs - featured image.
    Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs

Entertaining Recipes

  • One pot chicken and creamy shiitake risotto - featured image.
    One Pot Chicken with Creamy Shiitake Risotto
  • Fire-Roasted Blowtorch Salsa
    Fire-Roasted Blowtorch Salsa
  • Chorizo Inspired Chili Con Carne
    Chorizo Inspired Chili Con Carne
  • Braised Chicken Tortilla Soup
    Braised Chicken Tortilla Soup
See more Easy & Impressive Entertaining Recipes →

Dessert Recipes

  • The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
    The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Kolaczki Cookies
    Kolaczki Cookies
  • Perfect Brownies From Scratch
    Perfect Brownies From Scratch
  • Vanilla Ginger Snap Cheesecake
    Ginger Snap Vanilla Cheesecake
  • Flourless German Chocolate Cake
    Flourless German Chocolate Cake
  • Apple Hand Pies
    Harvest Apple Hand Pies
  • Chai Spiced Cinnamon Rolls
    Chai-Spiced Cinnamon Rolls
See more Dessert Recipes →

Soups and Side Dishes

  • Rustic Zuppa Toscana
    Rustic Zuppa Toscana
  • Sweet Heat Mango Salsa
    Sweet Heat Mango Salsa
  • Chorizo Cheese Dip
    Chorizo Cheese Dip
  • Simple Corn Salsa
    Simple Corn Salsa (Chipotle Copy)
See more Soups and Side Dishes →

Popular Recipes

  • A fork serving up Quick Bread and Butter Pickles with a stone backdrop.
    Quick Bread and Butter Pickles
  • Breakfast Strata with Sausage
    Breakfast Strata with Sausage
  • Chicken Tikka Masala
    Chicken Tikka Masala
  • Homemade Overnight Lasagna
    Homemade Overnight Lasagna
  • A plate of chicken thigh enchiladas on a wooden table topped with homemade red enchilada sauce, and melty cheese.
    Chicken Thigh Enchiladas (With Homemade Sauce)
  • Quick and Easy Sloppy Joe
    Quick and Easy Sloppy Joes
  • Carolina White Barbecue Sauce
    Carolina White Barbecue Sauce
  • Banana Caramel Topping
    Banana Caramel Topping

My Favorites

  • A bowl of easy butter chicken with chicken thighs served over basmati rice, garnished with cilantro, and served with naan bread.
    Easy Butter Chicken with Chicken Thighs
  • A white plate with chicken schnitzel topped with lemon cream sauce and fresh parsley.
    Chicken Schnitzel with Lemon Cream Sauce
  • The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
    The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • A hand holding a smash burger with onion and jalapeño, topped with pickled okra burger sauce.
    Smash Burger Recipe
A picture of Spencer Klickman, author and recipe developer for the Kitchen Coalition in front of a stone wall.

Hi, I'm Spencer—so glad you’re here!

I started The Kitchen Coalition after more than a decade of digging deep into home cooking—testing recipes, refining techniques, and chasing the kind of flavor that makes people pause mid-bite.

This site is all about helping you become a more confident cook with dishes that are bold, approachable, and built to work in everyday home kitchens. Inspired by everything from weeknight pizza experiments to Sunday pot roasts, these recipes are grounded in flavor and fueled by curiosity.

If you’re ready to cook smarter, eat better, and maybe pick up a few pro tips along the way—you’re in the right place.

Let’s get cooking!

More about me →

Summertime Favorites

  • Double-double animal style smash burger
    Double-Double Animal Style Smash Burgers
  • Coffee Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri Sauce
    Coffee-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin
  • Smoked Pulled Beef (Poor Man's Brisket)
    Smoked Pulled Beef (Poor Man's Brisket)
  • A hand holding a smash burger with onion and jalapeño, topped with pickled okra burger sauce.
    Smash Burger Recipe
  • Crispy Carnitas Street Tacos served on a plate with onions, cilantro, and lime.
    Crispy Carnitas Street Tacos
  • Sweet Heat Mango Salsa
    Sweet Heat Mango Salsa

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