I’ve been scared of yeast for some time now. I’ve worked with it a few times, but always managed to kill the little buggers. But, when my Mom asked me to bring bread to a family gathering I figured that since I’ve managed to conquer some of my other cooking fears through this blog, it [...]
Archive for the ‘Side Dishes’ Category
My First Loaf of Bread!
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Bread on November 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Cranberry, Holiday, Thanksgiving on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are two types of people in this world. Those that like cranberry sauce out of a can and those that like homemade. You can definitely lump me in with the latter. There’s something about the canned cranberry sauce that totally creeps me out. I’m not sure if it’s the way it wobbles out of [...]
Crock Pot Applesauce
Posted in Breakfast, Side Dishes, Snacks, tagged Apples, Crock Pot on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Husband loves apple sauce. Almost every day he takes one of those Motts single-serve cups to work in his lunch bag. Now, while I’m happy that he’s eating fruit I figure there has to be a better (read: more cost effective and slightly healthier) option. So, after searching for a crock pot applesauce recipe [...]
Sauteed Zucchini and Squash with Shallots and Garlic
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Garlic, Squash, Vegetables, Zucchini on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was never a big fan of squash or zucchini, but when my Grandmother made this for lunch a few weeks ago I tried it again and really liked it. I’m so happy to have another veggie to add to our rotation!
INGREDIENTS
1 Yellow squash, cut into half-moons
1 Zucchini, cut into half-moons
1 Shallot, finely diced
1T. Olive [...]
Homemade Garlic Butter Croutons
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Bread, Croutons on July 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I love croutons. Probably more than a person should. One year, back in high school, my twin brother bought me a half dozen boxes of croutons as a Christmas present. Is that love, or what?
I always just buy my croutons but tonight had a demi baguette of day old bread and thought [...]
Summer Orzo Salad
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Pasta, salad, Tomato on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While searching for a side dish to go with the beer can hens I came across this in my Google Reader from Apple A Day. I LOVE orzo and was very excited to try it. I’m so glad I did. It was wonderful! I made a few small tweaks – they are in parenthesis.
INGREDIENTS
4C. Chicken [...]
Cajun Catfish and Hush Puppies
Posted in Main Dishes, Side Dishes, tagged Corn, Fish on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I came across this catfish recipe on the Whole Foods website. It looked great (and subsequently tasted wonderful), but I wasn’t sure what to serve with it.
Leave it up to the wonderful ladies on the cooking board I frequent to inform me that a traditional side for Cajun food is hush puppies – so I [...]
Caprese Salad
Posted in Side Dishes, tagged Basil, Cheese, Tomato on May 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While at the store picking up ingredients for our Mother’s Day lunch with Hubby’s family I came across these fabulous looking tomatoes. I knew I needed to get a couple and do something with them.
Caprese salad is one of my favorites because it is so incredibly simple and incorporates two of my very favorite things…fresh [...]
A Housewarming Party! Crock Pot Pulled Pork & Italian Pasta Salad
Posted in Main Dishes, Side Dishes, tagged Crock Pot, Pasta, Pork, salad on April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we hosted a housewarming party. All of our family and friends came over to see our new house. It was so much fun!
On the menu was crock pot pulled pork sandwiches, Italian pasta salad, green salad, watermelon slices, brownies, orange cream cake and banana nut cake. We had SO much food! Everything was delicious. [...]
Falafel
Posted in Main Dishes, Side Dishes, tagged Chickpeas on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been craving falafel like crazy the last few days and was super-excited when I found this recipe in the blog The Way The Cookie Crumbles. It was perfect! Nice and crunchy and the flavors were spot-on. I served these in pita with lots of roasted garlic hummus spread and cucumber slices (and made some [...]
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