You might think it’s crazy to put pineapple in a pasta salad. Most pasta salads have a decent amount of sugar in them but this one does not! Instead, this recipe uses the sweet flavor of pineapple to naturally sweeten your pasta salad. Adding this fruit makes this side dish a suprisingly delicious accompaniment to…
Category: Sides
Stir Fried Rice Noodles
I truly love the texture of pretty much all Asian noodles. Well, all noodles. But rice noodles, soba noodles, ramen noodles, udon noodles, bean threads… I don’t know, they have an extra bite to them that I enjoy an awful lot. Sometimes, I think there is a feeling that foods from different cultures or with…
Easiest Oven Roasted Corn
I really can’t say enough how much I love recipes that are easy and convenient yet delicious. This corn recipe is my favorite to do use in the summer when corn is both inexpensive and most flavorful. Here is how you do it: take your corn, husk and all, and stick it in the oven….
Garlic Roasted Asparagus
Springtime means: asparagus season! This recipe is one of the most delicious ways to eat asparagus but is also one of the most simple to prepare. The end result has a lot of flavor with very little effort. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and set your oven rack close to the top of your…
Wilted Dandelion Greens
This was the first time we tried dandelion greens in our house. If you are not a fan of bitter greens, this one is probably not for you. We actually planned to buy turnip or mustard greens and they were out. These worked great as a replacement. They were similar in flavor but a little…
Roasted Tomatoes
This is one of the first foods I ever actually cooked back in the day that didn’t come from a packet. I used to eat it with onions, couscous, and one of those frozen breaded chicken patties. I would more or less alternate between that and spaghetti since that was pretty much all I knew…
Okra and Tomatoes
Okra is a wonderful thing. I love it any way it comes. Breaded and fried, as a thickener in gumbo, or with tomatoes and garlic like this little Southern gem. It is a simple recipe that is often found with bacon but it is equally delicious without. Finding okra in the north in April is…
Oven Roasted Potato Wedges
My favorite type of recipe: easy and customizable! This one definitely makes the cut being a low maintenance side. Potatoes can take any seasoning you choose. I went with a traditional and simple flavor this time, just garlic, salt, black pepper, and paprika. I love paprika on potatoes! Salt is always “to taste” wince we…
Creamy Italian Herb White Beans
This simple bean dish is packed with flavor! Despite the fact that it cooks for an hour or so, it is very quick to put together. I had some northern beans soaking overnight ready to go. If you forget to soak your beans, you can put them in a pot covered with water. Boil for…
Cajun Spice Roasted Vegetables
The rich flavor of roasted, caramelized vegetables reminds me of grilled kabobs in the summertime. Roasting is one of my favorite but most underused ways of cooking vegetables. For some reason, it seems like it would be more work than quickly sauteing but generally the opposite is true: cut, season, mix, roast. Another great thing…
Lavender, Lemon, and Sage 