Melissa Piper
@melissapiper.bsky.social
SUNY Albany PhD Candidate | BS Iowa State 2020 | Interested in TCs, extreme precip, forecast verification, predictability & my kitties Rory & Gus 🧶 🌧
November 12, 2025 | Chili! 🌶️🫘
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
November 12, 2025 | Chili! 🌶️🫘
November 6, 2025 | falafel wraps with homemade tzaziki and green beans! 🧆🌱
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
November 6, 2025 | falafel wraps with homemade tzaziki and green beans! 🧆🌱
November 4, 2025 | Last week a friend introduced me to this kale apple salad and I am OBSESSED! So, I made a batch for myself! 🍎🥬🫘
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
November 4, 2025 | Last week a friend introduced me to this kale apple salad and I am OBSESSED! So, I made a batch for myself! 🍎🥬🫘
October 26, 2025 | Made some chicken & white bean soup for lunch this week, plus a bonus batch of brown butter apple blondies for a social event tonight 🤤🍎
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
October 26, 2025 | Made some chicken & white bean soup for lunch this week, plus a bonus batch of brown butter apple blondies for a social event tonight 🤤🍎
October 22, 2025 | tropical storm me might be enjoying the Caribbean, but Albany me is enjoying an easy weeknight dinner of air fryer chicken and broccoli with some pasta 🤷🏻♀️🥦🍝
October 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
October 22, 2025 | tropical storm me might be enjoying the Caribbean, but Albany me is enjoying an easy weeknight dinner of air fryer chicken and broccoli with some pasta 🤷🏻♀️🥦🍝
I'm also interested in tips for dealing with difficult co-authors! 😺😂
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm also interested in tips for dealing with difficult co-authors! 😺😂
October 2, 2025 | double header tonight! Stuffed zucchini boats for dinner and apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies with a maple glaze for dessert 🍎🍪
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
October 2, 2025 | double header tonight! Stuffed zucchini boats for dinner and apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies with a maple glaze for dessert 🍎🍪
September 28, 2025 | 📢 meal prep Sunday! White bean and chicken soup for lunch this week! (Yes I love soup)
September 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
September 28, 2025 | 📢 meal prep Sunday! White bean and chicken soup for lunch this week! (Yes I love soup)
September 27, 2025 | sometimes easy is best! Air fried chicken, butternut squash, and green beans 🫛🍗
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
September 27, 2025 | sometimes easy is best! Air fried chicken, butternut squash, and green beans 🫛🍗
September 24, 2025 | I have a tradition where I bake a friend pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for her birthday, so here they are! 🎃
September 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
September 24, 2025 | I have a tradition where I bake a friend pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for her birthday, so here they are! 🎃
September 21, 2025 | happy meal prep Sunday!! This week I'm having smokey chickpea + black bean stew for lunch 🫘🍲
September 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
September 21, 2025 | happy meal prep Sunday!! This week I'm having smokey chickpea + black bean stew for lunch 🫘🍲
September 20, 2025 | peanut butter cookies!!!
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
September 20, 2025 | peanut butter cookies!!!
September 18, 2025 | craving pumpkin bread + being stressed = delicious
September 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
September 18, 2025 | craving pumpkin bread + being stressed = delicious
September 15, 2025 | this has been a frequent flyer recently, but it's easy and delicious! Southwest lentil and rice skillet 🫘🍚
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
September 15, 2025 | this has been a frequent flyer recently, but it's easy and delicious! Southwest lentil and rice skillet 🫘🍚
September 14, 2025 | black bean quesadillas! This recipe is great because it makes a big batch *and* they freeze super well! 🫘🧀
September 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
September 14, 2025 | black bean quesadillas! This recipe is great because it makes a big batch *and* they freeze super well! 🫘🧀
September 11, 2025 | I decided to test out the oven in my new apartment by baking oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! 🍪
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
September 11, 2025 | I decided to test out the oven in my new apartment by baking oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! 🍪
September 9, 2025 | Soup! Specifically, broccoli cheddar soup, with boiled red potatoes mixed in. 🥦🧀🥔
September 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
September 9, 2025 | Soup! Specifically, broccoli cheddar soup, with boiled red potatoes mixed in. 🥦🧀🥔
September 7, 2025 | Life got complicated again, but I'm settling into a new apartment and have found enough kitchen equipment to do a meal prep Sunday.
Quinoa, butternut squash, and carrots in the rice cooker, then add browned chicken sausage. It's fall in a bowl! 🥕🍗🍁🍂
Quinoa, butternut squash, and carrots in the rice cooker, then add browned chicken sausage. It's fall in a bowl! 🥕🍗🍁🍂
September 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
September 7, 2025 | Life got complicated again, but I'm settling into a new apartment and have found enough kitchen equipment to do a meal prep Sunday.
Quinoa, butternut squash, and carrots in the rice cooker, then add browned chicken sausage. It's fall in a bowl! 🥕🍗🍁🍂
Quinoa, butternut squash, and carrots in the rice cooker, then add browned chicken sausage. It's fall in a bowl! 🥕🍗🍁🍂
August 17, 2025 | Happy meal prep Sunday! This week I prepped chicken/vegetable/barley soup. It made a huge batch, so I got a bonus bowl for lunch today! 🍲🍗🌾🥕
August 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
August 17, 2025 | Happy meal prep Sunday! This week I prepped chicken/vegetable/barley soup. It made a huge batch, so I got a bonus bowl for lunch today! 🍲🍗🌾🥕
August 13, 2025 | Gotta love some mid-week meal prep! Dinner for the next few nights will be this southwest lentil and rice skillet 🌽🍚
August 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
August 13, 2025 | Gotta love some mid-week meal prep! Dinner for the next few nights will be this southwest lentil and rice skillet 🌽🍚
August 10, 2025 | Another meal prep Sunday, this week featuring chicken and white bean soup! 🫘🍲
August 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
August 10, 2025 | Another meal prep Sunday, this week featuring chicken and white bean soup! 🫘🍲
August 3, 2025 | fell off the cooking wagon for a bit because of some personal things, but I'm back with stuffed zucchini boats! 👩🏻🍳
August 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
August 3, 2025 | fell off the cooking wagon for a bit because of some personal things, but I'm back with stuffed zucchini boats! 👩🏻🍳
July 6, 2025 | Happy meal prep Sunday! I prepped chicken yakisoba for lunch this week. 🍗🥬🥦
July 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
July 6, 2025 | Happy meal prep Sunday! I prepped chicken yakisoba for lunch this week. 🍗🥬🥦
July 4, 2025 | Ham steak, baked potato, and air fried green beans. Simple and easy. I've been on a baked potato kick recently. 🥔
And it's Rory approved! 🐈
And it's Rory approved! 🐈
July 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
July 4, 2025 | Ham steak, baked potato, and air fried green beans. Simple and easy. I've been on a baked potato kick recently. 🥔
And it's Rory approved! 🐈
And it's Rory approved! 🐈
July 2, 2025 | Smokey Chickpea Stew. Yes, it's hot, but SOUP! I modify the original recipe by adding a can of black beans and using spinach instead of kale.
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
July 2, 2025 | Smokey Chickpea Stew. Yes, it's hot, but SOUP! I modify the original recipe by adding a can of black beans and using spinach instead of kale.