Vegetables

Slow Cooked Orange Glazed Carrots

April 6, 2011

I love using my slow cooker. I use if for everything from breakfast and dinner to side dishes and desserts. It is one of the most used appliances in my kitchen and I own several of them. Today’s recipe is for slow cooked glazed carrots. I really enjoy the orange flavor in this dish. It [...]

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Mashed Potato Casserole

March 21, 2011

I love potatoes. I might have mentioned that once or twice before, but I really do love them. They are so versatile. You can eat them roasted, mashed, as a salad, as a main dish, twice baked, and even a soup. You can use them in so many different ways. Today, I want to talk about [...]

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Cauliflower Cheese Bake

February 18, 2011

I love cauliflower, but the rest of my family has mixed feelings about it. I recently realized that this may be partly due to how I usually cook it. The easiest, and probably healthiest, way to serve cauliflower is either raw or steamed, and those are the two ways I usually fix it. As good [...]

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Simple Baked Carrots

December 20, 2010

This recipe is a perfect vegetable side dish for the holidays. It is so easy and goes together in only a few minutes. And even though this recipe is simple and contains only a few ingredients, it is so good. After all bacon makes everything better doesn’t it?

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Slow Cooked Balsamic Glazed Carrots

November 21, 2010

I recently received a box of products from Holland House to review that included several different flavors of their vinegars. As soon as I saw the bottle of balsamic vinegar I knew I wanted to make a vegetable dish with it. Balsamic vinegar is an easy way to add another layer of flavor to vegetables. It pairs perfectly with [...]

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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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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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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 [...]