Side Dishes

Perfect Mashed Potatoes

November 22, 2011 |

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I fully admit to being a carbaholic, and the holidays feed right into my weakness. Sure there’s a turkey at Thanksgiving, but I typically only eat a small piece and then load up on mashed potatoes, some type of sweet potatoes, stuffing, and no less than two dinner rolls. And at Christmas and Easter? Give [...]

Brussels Sprout Slaw with Mustard Dressing and Maple-Glazed Pecans

November 21, 2011 |

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Last year prior to Thanksgiving I found a massive stack of about two years’ worth of Bon Appetit magazines. I had skimmed through them all at some point in the past, and decided to run through them to see if anything piqued my interest for the Thanksgiving menu. Not surprisingly, there were a ton of [...]

Sweet Potato Gratin with Gruyère

November 18, 2011 |

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As you all know, I’m not much of a vegetable person. I make veggie lovers cringe and shake their heads in embarrassment. I do, however, LOVE sweet potatoes. Baked sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes… pretty much however you want to prepare them, I’ll eat sweet potatoes. Unless of course you make one of those overly [...]

Sausage, Fig & Cranberry Stuffing

November 16, 2011 |

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Yesterday I asked readers on my Facebook page what they were most looking forward to eating next week for Thanksgiving. I always look most forward to, surprise, side dishes and dessert! Most specifically, stuffing, mashed potatoes and dinner rolls are my go-to on Thanksgiving. I could easily eat a massive pile of each and call [...]

Top 10 List: Favorite Side Dishes

August 1, 2011 |

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I definitely love food, but many times my eyes are bigger than my stomach. Especially at holidays or anything “buffet-style”, I will more than likely load up my plate with everything that looks delicious, and usually without fail, I will only eat a fraction of what I piled on. The interesting thing, though, is that [...]

Easy Homemade French Fries

July 26, 2011 |

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Before making these French fries, I had never deep-fried anything in my life. Sure, I had watched my and grandma fry calamari for Christmas Eve dinners, and the lingering smell of fried fish in my hair and on my clothes was proof that I had witnessed the frying, but I had never taken any frying [...]

Grilled Corn

June 9, 2011 |

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Of all the things that get thrown on the grill over the summer – hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, steaks, vegetables – one of the most underrated has to be corn on the cob. Nothing beats that slightly charred, smoky flavor with each juicy bite of corn. And the best part? It couldn’t be easier to [...]

Scalloped Potatoes

April 20, 2011 |

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Scalloped potatoes are legendary in my family. Back in the day when we would all gather at my Grandma’s for a Sunday dinner, if a pan of scalloped potatoes showed up on the table us kids went crazy. Well, more specifically, my cousin Kristy and I would go crazy. To this day, if we’re at [...]

Deviled Eggs

April 19, 2011 |

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Deviled eggs are as classic an Easter dish as ham and potatoes. Bonus points if they get served in one of those cute deviled eggs serving platters with slots for all of the eggs! The premise of deviled eggs is simple – you hard boil eggs, peel them, then slice them in half lengthwise, take [...]

Classic Bread Stuffing Recipe

November 22, 2010 |

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I recently asked on Facebook what your favorite Thanksgiving side dish is. Mine, hands down, is stuffing. In fact, I usually fill myself up on stuffing, mashed potatoes and rolls and eat just a tad bit of turkey. You know, for tradition’s sake. I think I may have a carbs problem. Which is not exactly [...]