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Posts from the ‘Side Dish’ Category

SUMMER GRILLING: FUN FOOD SIDE-KICKS

Funny thing about cook-out meals, we get the featured item on our plates, a burger for example, and immediately look around for other foods to add on. Read more

Cool Vegetable Recipes for Summer Meals

In the past two weeks we’ve discussed alternative types of burgers for summer outdoor eating, and some really great desserts that are seasonal, but won’t be affected by the heat. Read more

Dive Into Spring –Easy Vegetable Recipes

Spring vegetables are unique, even the vocabulary used to talk about them is different. The rest of the year we describe vegetables as “ripe, heavy for their weight, mature, and fully grown” but in springtime we use words like” fresh, young, tender, and sprouting.” In fact, in other seasons, when gathering them we say “harvest”, but in spring we say “pick” or pluck”. Read more

No Stress Mothers Day Recipes

Is the title of a book I published on Kindle last week. As a mother myself, I’m a veteran of years of vigilance concerning children and kitchens. Read more

One Pot Dinner Tips and Recipes

I love one-pot meals. They’re as easy to clean up afterward as soup, even easier to make, requiring no extra steps like blending, and a cinch to serve. Better still, they keep well because their taste improves when the flavors are given time to merge.   Read more

Easy Soup and Salad Recipes To Start The New Year

Well the holidays are over, and I for one am still feeling stuffed. I don’t think it’s that I over ate at each meal, but rather that I’m not used to having so many rich, quite frankly heavy meals so close together. Read more

Christmas Cheese Recipe Suggestions – Your Guide to Holiday Cheeses

It’s the height of the holiday season, the biggest party time of the year, and I’ll make book that if you entertain, and remember your costs last year, you’re going to have sticker shock this time. Read more

Recipes For Thanksgiving Leftovers

I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!  Now, I bet some of you are eyeing the leftovers and wondering what to do. This is the most difficult of the holidays in that respect. Read more