Category: Sides

Sausage, Kale & Apple Hash

    Breakfast. Dinner. Or Breakfast FOR Dinner. Sausage, Kale & Apple Hash has all those bases covered in a big way. Anything that includes the word hash usually gets my vote. When you start

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Quick Shrimp & Grits

I LOVE SHRIMP & GRITS. I’m pretty sure I’ve had them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I might even have had them twice in one day. Whenever we are in a true southern food town

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Antipasto Pasta Salad

Antipasto Pasta…try saying that three times fast! I’m a big fan of the antipasto platter – sliced cured meats, cheese, olives, artichoke hearts, etc. served before an Italian meal so I thought, why not put

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Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes

Crispy Salt & Vinegar Potatoes! We haven’t spent much time on side dishes around here but they are a great place to experiment or to spruce up a dinner that you make regularly. For example,

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Caramelized Peaches

  Caramelized Peaches!!!! These were a happy accident and so good that even though there is no formal recipe, I had to share them with you right away. I was thinking of making this pork with

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Blueberry Basil Quinoa

Blueberry Basil Quinoa When you think about it, blueberries are one of the more savory fruits we have. On their own, they’re not really all that sweet. It’s easy to forget that when we most

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Mexican Grilled Corn (Elote)

Have you had Mexican Grilled Corn or Elote yet? In my personal experience (we’ve had it twice this week), you don’t have to have it more than once to become completely and hopelessly addicted. It’s

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Cool Watermelon Salad

Cool Watermelon Salad is my latest funky salad addiction. We’ve been down this funky salad road together before with Strawberry Rhubarb Salad, Marinated Cactus Salad, Crunchy Celery Salad, and more, so you know that when I jump on a

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Plantains (Platanos)

I’ve had several people ask me about Plantains lately so I thought they deserved their own post. Plantains or Platanos (yes, that first “a” will get the proper accent when I get home to my

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Strawberry Mango Salsa

I was going to wait to publish this recipe because we just had Pineapple Salsa a week or so ago. But when I posted that recipe, I mentioned that I was on a kick of putting together

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Strawberry Rhubarb Salad

Are you ready for another one of my crazy, funky salads? Strawberry Rhubarb Salad is here! Before you click away, hear me out… I have not always been a big fan of rhubarb. It’s usually

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Curried Mango Quinoa Salad

Curried Mango Quinoa is one of my all time favorite salads. By now we all know about quinoa. It’s low fat, high protein, great for those of us who are gluten free, and highly adaptable to

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