Salads & Side Dishes
veggies, potatoes, and other lovely sides...along with the most glorious salads.
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Tuna Cakes {with Summer Breeze Citrus Salad}
I’m writing this post while Summer Breeze by Seals & Croft is playing in the background (from a youtube link on the page of a friend) :) Maybe I’m longing for summer a lot earlier than usual or perhaps it’s that Mother Nature is teasing us. Freezing rain yesterday, 50’s today. It’s Saturday, the sun is shining, I’m having Tuna Cakes with Citrus Salad for lunch, and these words are speaking to me: See the smile a-waitin’ in the kitchen food cookin’ and the plates for two Feel the arms that reach out to hold me in the evening when the day is through. Summer breeze makes me feel fine blowing through the jasmine…
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Salmon BLT Salad {with Avocado Aioli}
I realize that a Salmon BLT Salad with Avocado Aioli is not much of a recipe. And possibly not worthy of a post. However, it was really good. And the fact that it was very basic, down to packaged croutons…made it about the best thing we had eaten in at least 3 days.
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Roasted Vegetables {Cauliflower & Brussels Sprouts the unsung heroes}
This past winter we began roasting almost all our veggies. We started out with potatoes and onions tossed in olive oil. Then we added zucchini, which led to cherry tomatoes and eventually we got brave enough to add Brussels sprouts, a formerly avoided at all cost vegetable. Had no idea these could be so amazing…. we actually ate Brussels 2-3 times a week for months.
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The Wedge Salad {and Grinching Away Christmas}
Today’s the day. The day I dread each January. Taking down the Christmas decorations, or as we call it….Grinching Away Christmas. Every year I procrastinate. Drag it out until the very last minute. The house just doesn’t feel the same without them. The lights of the tree warm the room and my soul. I hear trips being made to the basement….this is really going to happen today. Ugh! Can we just have a Wedge Salad instead.
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Roasted Vegetable Orzo {Featuring Delicata Squash}
Roasted Vegetable Orzo {Featuring Delicata Squash}, inspired by this wonderfully delightful recipe from 101 Cookbooks. As I’ve said many times before I eat with my eyes first and the vision of these beautiful roasted delicata squash is what drew me to this recipe.
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White Cheddar Cheese Cookies
I love the holidays. The BEST food shows up on the break room table. At my office, the break room table is the ‘water-cooler.’ It’s where the ‘good’ stuff is shared…often in the form of food or thoughtful words, sometimes even confessions, but lately it’s been a lot about what we’re going to give up on January 1st. We’ll shall save our ‘resolutions’ post for a couple weeks from now. Tonight let’s talk about Mel’s Mouthwatering Cheese Cookies.
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Curried Turkey and Israeli Couscous Salad {with Dried Cranberries}
This has to be the greatest time of year for those of us who love to eat and perhaps even more so for those of us who love to cook!! Every site I follow is bursting with recipe inspiration. After taking a night off from turkey, I’m ready to try this Curried Turkey and Israeli Couscous Salad {with Dried Cranberries} recipe from Fine Cooking.
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Savory Bread Pudding {with Roasted Butternut Squash, Onion & Sage}
For the past couple of years I’ve been making Bread Pudding during the holidays, sweet bread pudding that is. Bread pudding is such a wonderful palate for flavor, pumpkin with butterscotch or cinnamon & brown sugar with pecans, or maple syrup with walnuts…the combinations are endless. It wasn’t until this summer, when our herb gardens were overflowing with love, that it hit me……Savory Bread Pudding.
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Cranberry Orange Chutney {with Crystallized Ginger}
This super easy recipe is a wonderful twist on the Thanksgiving favorite cranberry sauce ~ Cranberry Orange Chutney with Crystallized Ginger. I’ve slightly adapted this recipe from one I found on Epicurious and this year we’re going to use this lovely chutney in Cranberry Orange & Ginger Chutney Brie Tarts, a recipe by the Authentic Suburban Gourmet. I can hardly wait!!
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Summer Squash Casserole {a Thanksgiving Favorite}
Creamy savory summer squash casserole with a buttery cornbread dressing topping is comfort food at it’s finest! To our family, this IS Squash Casserole. We love it. Every occasion where it’s invited to the table is a good day. Today it was invited to my Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon at the office. It was one of over 30 glorious dishes, all homemade, with love, by my second family. We are blessed.
