Side Dishes

Pumpkin Risotto

November 17, 2010

I love risotto, but most risottos can be time consuming and a bit of a hassle to make. However, I have been making oven risotto for years, and love it. It gives you the taste and creaminess of risotto, but it is so easy because the oven does the work for you. Over the last [...]

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce

November 16, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I grew up eating the cranberry sauce from a can. You know the kind where you can see the lines from the can indented in it. Yes, that is the cranberry sauce that made an appearance at our Thanksgiving table every year. Because of this I grew up thinking [...]

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Spicy Oven Fries

October 27, 2010

I can not remember the last time I bought frozen french fries. I know many of you probably buy them all the time, but they are an item I rarely purchase. I prefer to make homemade oven fries. Homemade fries are so easy and taste so much better than a store bought french fries. Not [...]

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Easy Restaurant Style Salsa

October 13, 2010

One of the things I love about going out to eat at Mexican restaurants is the all you can eat chips and salsa. I love to recreate our favorite restaurant food and I knew restaurant salsa similar to what we enjoy would not be hard to figure out. I have seen a lot of recipes for homemade salsas, [...]

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Easy Green Chili Rice

September 28, 2010

I have green chili rice on my site that I posted earlier this year, but I have been looking for something a little different. I wanted something that was the same basic idea, but since we like variety in our house I wanted it to be just a little different. I was also looking for something [...]

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Loaded Mashed Potatoes

September 15, 2010

Can you tell that I have been on a potato kick lately. I think this is the third or fourth potato recipe that I have posted in the last couple of months. I guess you can tell I like potatoes a lot. Two of my favorite ways to eat potatoes are twice baked and mashed. [...]

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Quick Baked Potatoes

September 10, 2010

I love potatoes, especially baked potatoes, but who has the time to always cooked baked potatoes. I know I don’t. Baked potatoes take at least an hour and even longer if they are large potatoes. Baked potatoes are not hard at all to cook, but I usually need dinner on the table in a hurry and [...]

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Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

September 1, 2010

These crockpot mashes potatoes are so rich and creamy. We love these potatoes and the picture does not do them justice. Potatoes are one of those foods that are hard to photograph. I love the fact that cooking these mashed potatoes in the crockpot frees up my time. I can put these in the crockpot [...]

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Summertime Salads

August 12, 2010

Summertime is the perfect time for salads. We eat them as main dishes and side dishes. We enjoy vegetable salads and pasta salads. Here are a few of our favorites. Tomato Salad Tomato Pasta Salad Creamy Fruit Salad Greek Pasta Salad Here is a dessert salad for you. Snickers Apple Salad ( My kids are going [...]