Side Dishes

Ten Favorite Side Dishes

May 18, 2012

I have received several emails and comments recently asking what I usually serve as side dishes and vegetables. Well, I wish I could say that I was super creative when it comes to side dishes, but the reality is I am not. It is not so much that I am not creative, but that I often lack the [...]

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Skillet Potatoes {Cooking Through My Collection}

April 16, 2012

I know I have said it before, and I doubt it will be the last time that I say it, but I love potatoes. I love them mashed, I love them in potato salad, I love them scalloped, I love them twice baked. What can I say I was born and raised in the Pacific [...]

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Fried Cabbage {Cooking Through My Collection}

April 9, 2012

When many of you read fried cabbage as the title of this you were probably thinking, really fried cabbage?! Is she really talking about fried cabbage today? And let me tell you that is exactly what I used to think when I heard about fried cabbage. You see cabbage is not my favorite food, I [...]

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Saving Time Making Mashed Potatoes

November 19, 2011

Today’s kitchen tip is such an easy tip, but it will save you so much time in the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. This is a tip I learned from a friend at church quite a few years ago. This friend makes that best mashed potatoes. She brings a large bowl of them to almost [...]

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Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes

November 11, 2011

I love potatoes. I think I have mentioned that once or twice. I could probably eat them everyday. I love them baked, twice baked, as potato salad, as oven fries and more. I really do not think there is a bad way to cook a potato. I have also mentioned before how much I love Emeril’s [...]

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Crispy Potato Bake

September 22, 2011

When I first saw this potato recipe from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, I knew I had to try it. It is so easy, yet so impressive. I did tweak the original recipe a little bit, but it is the same basic idea. And it is so good! My family loved the crispy texture the outside [...]

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Green Beans and Tomatoes

August 15, 2011

When I first moved to Oklahoma I realized that many people cooked their vegetable way different than I was used to. I am not sure if it is just a regional thing or not, but many people here cook their vegetables to death. I think it may actually be just an older way to cook [...]

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Quinoa Tabouli And A Few Facts

August 3, 2011

Quinoa (pronounces keen-wa), is an ancient plant that is native to South American and is often used in South American cooking. It is one of the healthiest “grains” that you can eat. And although many refer to quinoa as a grain, it actually not a grain at all, but a seed. Quinoa is common in [...]

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Tuna Pasta Salad

July 11, 2011

Light meals like pasta salad are perfect for hot summer days. And this pasta salad works well for the pantry challenge that I am doing this month because it contains pantry staples. There is nothing fancy or gourmet in this, but it is really good.