Category: Veggies

Corn, Zucchini & Spinach Gratin

Last week when I posted the recipe for Braised Pork Chops with Carrots I gave you just a little sneak peak at what turned out to be my favorite part of the meal… Corn, Zucchini & Spinach

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Crockpot Beef Stew

Sorry that posting here at Idiot’s Kitchen has been a bit light lately. I have a couple of times in the orchestra season where my schedule gets completely crazy. This is one of those times.

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Braised Pork Chops with Carrots

Braised Pork Chops with Carrots is one of my favorite recipes from my dad. Both of my parents are good cooks and, aside from scarring me for life by refusing to buy me an Easy

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Easy Carrot Salad

Easy Carrot Salad! My mom used to make this when I was a kid and it was my job to grate the carrots. I never minded because whoever did the grating got to eat the

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Summer Corn, Bean & Carrot Salad

According to the calendar, tomorrow is the first day of Autumn. According to my thermometer, it’s still grossly hot where I live. Even if you’re lucky enough to get fall weather, chances are you still

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Cream Cheese Bacon Poppers

Cream Cheese Bacon Poppers! Easy appetizer. Perfect tailgating treat. Tapas night tidbit. Saturday afternoon snack! These little nuggets of goodness have it ALL going on. I have never been one to deep fry things at

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Rosemary Lemon Zucchini Bread

Rosemary Lemon Zucchini Bread is the recipe for those of you in the grips of summer Zucchini Mania! My yard is too shady for a garden so it’s particularly annoying to me to have to

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Roasted Potato & Asparagus Salad

Roasted Potato & Asparagus Salad. We’re roasting potatoes for a salad! What a great idea. Wish I’d thought of it. I’m a huge fan of roasted potatoes (especially Smoky Roasted Potatoes) so when I saw a

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Easy Chicken Fajitas

I love Mexican Food. Authentic, Tex-Mex, fast(ish) food, tacos made at home by someone with red hair, freckles & zero Latin/Hispanic heritage…I’m not picky. I love it all. If it has beans, salsa, and chilis,

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Roasted Carrots with Mint

Roasted Carrots with Mint have quickly become my favorite vegetable. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to put mint on roasted vegetables before, but it is a heavenly idea. And if you’ve

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Pork Chops with Tomatoes & Sage

Five years ago today I started Idiot’s Kitchen with this recipe. It’s easily the recipe that I’ve given out the most: Easy enough to explain it to the person sitting next to you on an

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Greek Green Bean Salad

My love for Funky Salads is well documented here at Idiot’s Kitchen and Greek Green Bean Salad has quickly shot to the top of that list. Fresh green beans are the star of the show

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Cucumber & Mango Salad

Almost everyone I know is having a hot summer right now. Even my friends up north, many who don’t have AC, are having temps well into the 90s.  That’s when it’s time to break out

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Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad

Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad! We love having big salads for dinner so I’m always on the lookout for new recipes and ideas other than the standard grilled chicken chopped up over greens. Boy was

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Roasted Beets

Before you say, “EWWW! Gross, beets” and click away, allow me to try to convince you… My theory is that most people who hate beets have never had fresh from the garden, into the oven, lightly

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