Salads & Side Dishes
veggies, potatoes, and other lovely sides...along with the most glorious salads.
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Quinoa & Raw Veggie Salad
One of my ‘healthy eating’ work buddies brought in the most delicious salad to share. One bite in, just one….and I was recreating this salad in my mind to share with you. We decided to call it Quinoa & Raw Veggie Salad.
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Classic Loaded Baked Potato {with Butter, Sour Cream, Bacon, Cheddar and Chives}
This Classic Loaded Baked Potato. Popularized as a traditional side dish served with a nice juicy steak dinner. Any respectable steak house has worked nearly as hard to perfect the baked potato as they have say a Cowboy Cut Bone-In Rib Eye.
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Southwest Baked Potato {with Cottage Cheese}
A ‘Loaded’ Baked Potato doesn’t have to mean loaded in fat and unwanted calories. Our Southwest Baked Potato {with Cottage Cheese} is flavor packed and naturally low-fat. This my friends is a weekday lunch that will not only carry you through the 3 o’clock pitfall hour, but one that will carry you out of the office at 5 o’clock feeling great.
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Roasted Cauliflower & Mushroom Casserole
Roasted Cauliflower & Mushroom Casserole is a wonderful rustic side dish or vegetarian meal. Roasting the cauliflower imparts a slightly sweet nutty flavor.
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Roasted Curried Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash
Roasted Curried Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash. When the end of the summer produce season welcomes in the fall it’s a chance for some really interesting and great flavor combinations.
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Baked Sweet Potato {with Curried Chicken}
A Perfectly Baked Sweet Potato is like a soft woven picnic blanket. No matter what you lay on top of it, the result is dreamy. We made Chicken Butter Masala for dinner….speaking of dreamy. I’ve yet to capture this recipe and share it, however I’ll give you a shortened version for purposes of Baked Sweet Potato {with Curried Chicken}.
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Blueberry, Basil & Goat Cheese Pasta Salad
Blueberry, Basil & Goat Cheese Pasta Salad. I recently saw an article in Cooking Light Magazine that featured 250 Calorie Pasta Dishes. The idea was to start with a portion of your favorite cooked pasta, then add 3-4 of your favorite mix-ins to create a fabulous meal. That got me thinking.
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Mexican Street Corn
Oh my word. Mexican Street Corn makes me want to board a plane and head to Mexico. Wait, I just made this incredible corn at home in 30 minutes.
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Baked Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Bites {…of love!}
Baked Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Bites I asked Shelby for some recipe inspiration. Perhaps something she had enjoyed recently in a restaurant that she’d like to see recreated. Just so happens she had visited her local watering hole the night before and apparently the Broccoli Cheddar Bites hit the spot. That was good enough for me to begin some recipe research.
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Baked Sweet Potato Fries {Cajun Herb Seasoned}
Baked Sweet Potato Fries are almost a staple for us. There’s something so addicting about the sweet heat that comes from the sweetness of the potato combined with the Cajun herb seasoning. Any time we’re having burgers or anything else that pairs well with fries, we’ll likely turn to these.
