Side Dishes

Need a side dish to round out your meal, give these a try.

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Beer Battered Apples

January 12, 2012

Did you check out this weeks Chili Lime Kale Chips recipe? How about the Kale Pesto Pasta recipe? If you did, then we won’t feel too badly for sharing these beer battered apple rings with [...]

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Roasted Parsnip Puree

January 1, 2012

Need an easy side dish idea for your next dinner party or meal? Try parsnips. I grew up on parsnips, well usually parsnips and carrots together. We like to think of them as the sweetness [...]

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Roasted Stuffed Peppers

December 21, 2011

Women in my family have been making a version of these for years. The original recipe came from a Delia Smith cookbook and has been adapted and tweaked from there. Here is our version. These [...]

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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

December 20, 2011

Okay, let’s be honest… a holiday meal means seconds (or thirds)… what is the one thing Adam or I will almost always go back for? Mashed potatoes… oh, how we love mashed potatoes. Ever had [...]

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Gingered Green Beans

November 22, 2011

An easy side of tender green beans with lightly toasted fresh ginger and butter.

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Maple Roasted Endive

November 16, 2011

A delicious and easy side dish of roasted endive with maple syrup and thyme.

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Warm Cabbage and Apple Salad

November 10, 2011

A step-by-step recipe for a warm red cabbage salad with apples and celery.

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Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash

October 20, 2011

Maple syrup and Sriracha make this roasted butternut squash addictive.

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Bacon Roasted Potatoes

October 13, 2011

We cook baby potatoes twice, once by boiling, once in bacon drippings then, top with sour cream, green onion and bacon!

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We’ve been on a veggie kick lately – our Cheddar Roasted Broccoli was probably our most recent favorite. Here’s another easy side: Start with one or two fennel bulbs (we recommend using one bulb if [...]

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Cheddar Roasted Broccoli

September 21, 2011

Where are our broccoli fans? How about broccoli-cheddar soup fans? This, you will love! We adapted Ina Garten’s Parmesan Roasted Broccoli for this. Roasting broccoli is genius, you see, it’s all about the texture. The [...]

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Tomato Salad

September 6, 2011

Don’t miss out on tomato season! Depending on where you live, its coming to a close, so, what better way to celebrate juicy, ripe, sweet seasonal tomatoes, than tossed with some extra virgin olive oil, [...]

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Oven Roasted Corn with Chipotle Butter

August 24, 2011

We often crave corn on the cob, don’t you? We love how sweet and juicy it can be and let’s not forget that any food that comes with it’s own handle (the husks) is pretty [...]

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Carrots with Pomegranate Glaze

January 10, 2011

We, my friends, are on serious withdrawal. It was only five days ago that our plane touched down at Washington Dulles Airport after the most awe-inspiring, mouth-watering, eye-opening trip to Paris. We had never been, [...]

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Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with Mint

November 18, 2010

If you were asked to name the most memorable food or dish from your childhood, what would it be? For Joanne, it’s carrots and parsnips. Every holiday meal incorporated roasted carrots and parsnips … and [...]

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Walnuts and Cranberries

November 17, 2010

From the Archives: Posted November 2, 2009. Enjoy! Take an already delectable dish up a notch. Roast some inexpensive acorn squash that has been cut into wedges and topped with some olive oil, salt, pepper [...]

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Roasted Yellow Beets and Carrots with Sage

September 21, 2010

Have you ever had writer’s block? It stinks, doesn’t it. We have been there for a couple weeks now, but it wasn’t just the writing part, it was the cooking part too, ugh! It is [...]

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