Category: Super Simple Sides

Pimento Cheese Shrimp & Grits

Oh boy…I knew I loved Shrimp & Grits but didn’t know how much I loved it until I made Pimento Cheese Shrimp & Grits! Please tell me you eat Pimento Cheese! I know it’s an

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How to Use a Potato Ricer

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I have a gadget that you need to know about… How to Use a Potato Ricer! I am something of a kitchen gadget queen, although with my limited storage, (no

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Honey Roasted Acorn Squash

Honey Roasted Acorn Squash! We have less than two weeks until Thanksgiving and something happened overnight with our weather and it’s finally fall in Florida. It always feels pretty weird to heat up the oven

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Tarragon Fingerling Potatoes

First a disclaimer about Tarragon Fingerling Potatoes… This is not a real recipe.  We can call it a method, but I don’t want anyone to think….oh geez, now she’s boiling potatoes and calling it magical, or anything

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Cheesy Chipotle Mashed Potatoes

Cheesy Chipotle Mashed Potatoes is the companion recipe to yesterday’s Crockpot Shredded Chicken with Chipotles. But let me assure you that you might soon be making these potatoes to go with EVERYTHING! These potatoes are

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What to Cook for Easter

What to cook for Easter? If you’re hosting Easter dinner this Sunday or looking for a dish to bring along to celebrate with family & friends, we’ve got some suggestions that will put a spring

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Baked Winter Squash

Yesterday my friend Larry was telling me about a group of people out in North Dakota or someplace who sit around and make up those “national days” of the year then put them on Twitter. 

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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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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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Smoky Roasted Potatoes

I thought we should make a new category here at Idiot’s Kitchen…Super Simple Sides! Smoky Roasted Potatoes are a good place to start. You can’t get much better or more simple than potatoes roasted in

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