Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Lemon Vinaigrette

Posted on February 16, 2009 - Filed Under side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian | 6 Comments

This year, I have made a commitment to living healthier. There are simply too many negative effects and risks associated with being overweight to do anything else. And being that I am surrounded with folks who have made similar commitments with double digit results, it’s hard not to follow suit … I just wish more [...]

Tasty Two Cheese Fingerlings

Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under potatoes, side dishes | 1 Comment

We love us some potatoes in this house. Whether its some quickly whipped up mashed potatoes, which can be a quick and versatile starch to accompany meals, or baked fries and roasted potatoes, it’s tasty stuff.
In terms of types of potatoes, we are pretty open.
A sampler of types of potatoes:

Red potatoes are great for [...]

Roasted Parmesan Leeks

Posted on February 18, 2008 - Filed Under side dishes, vegetables | 2 Comments

In the past, when I have bought leeks, they have sat in my refrigerator until they turned brown, moldy and emitted a disgusting juice that my husband would clean up. That’s the not-so-pretty truth. I’ve wanted to try them, have bought them and then haven’t done a thing with them. Sad, but true.
Until now, that [...]

Serving Up Memories: Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage

Posted on February 8, 2008 - Filed Under side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian | Leave a Comment

I can’t help but smile when I think of my grandfather.
My grandfather was a tall man who loved airplanes and motorcycles (though an accident in his youth left his leg permanently injured). He owned a small prop plane for years and flew whenever he could. And he was dedicated to work and family.
He grew up [...]

Cheddar Bacon Twice Baked Potatoes

Posted on February 7, 2008 - Filed Under potatoes, side dishes | 3 Comments

I was never a fan of baked potatoes. But last year, I suddenly developed a taste for them. Perhaps it was just that until last year I had never had a baked potato with toppings or fillings. Growing up, it was always bake, squeeze, pop on plate. Sometimes there would be a pat of butter [...]

Creamy Ricotta Spinach

Posted on February 3, 2008 - Filed Under side dishes, vegetables | 2 Comments

Okay, okay. I said I would post this yesterday and I didn’t. Instead, my site went down for a bit so that it could be moved to a new server and my (I’m so excited about this) new look could finally debut. I can’t tell you how much I love the new look. And I [...]

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Posted on January 22, 2008 - Filed Under potatoes, side dishes | 117 Comments

My husband doesn’t like sweet potatoes. He won’t eat them. He turns his nose up when I mention them. It’s one of many veggies that he just doesn’t like. So the other night, I whipped up a batch of Super Easy Low-Fat Oven Fries and made a batch of Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries [...]

Finally, a recipe!

Posted on February 13, 2007 - Filed Under potatoes, side dishes | Leave a Comment

Fingerling potatoes are small, sweet tubers that vaguely look like deformed and fat fingers. I was lucky enough to pick up a giant bag of them at Costco not long ago (yay!) and finally got to sample their deliciousness. Man, are they ever good.

I am a big fan of roasting great potatoes, so that’s what [...]

Getting to the Stuffing . . .

Posted on November 30, 2006 - Filed Under Thanksgiving, side dishes | Leave a Comment

As promised, here is the recipe for Apple Bacon Corn Bread stuffing . . . everyone raved about this on Thanksgiving. I know it seems like a lot of ingrediants but the prep goes very quickly and it comes together easily.
Apple Bacon Corn Bread Stuffing

1 recipe corn bread such as my lavender corn bread2 [...]