Category: Side Dishes
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Cheddar Soup and Spinach Salad
Well, the new year started with a big nothing here as I lay on the couch with what turned into bronchitis. But all’s better now and I’m ready to cook! I saw this Vermont Cheddar Soup on Sassy Radish. I didn’t change the recipe at all, except that I used turkey broth I’d made and…
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Vinaigrette and Other Salad Dressings
I like mixing up my own salad dressings, playing with different vinegars or lemon juice, adding fresh or dried herbs. I just shake up the dressings in a small jar and keep that in the fridge so I can use the leftovers on lunch salads during the week. Most vinaigrette also makes a great marinade.…
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Chicken Florentine Salad
My sister gave me a copy of Simply Salads: More than 100 Creative Recipes You Can Make in Minutes from Prepackaged Greens (affiliate link) for my birthday. She had bought a copy for our mother, then bought one for herself after Mom tried a few of the recipes. I love getting a cookbook which has…
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Macheesmo’s House Salad Dressing with Tarragon Vinegar
I just bought Love Your Leftovers: Through Savvy Meal Planning Turn Classic Main Dishes into More than 100 Delicious Recipes, which looks very promising. Nick Evans writes the food blog Macheesmo. The book gives you some great recipes you can fix when you have more time (like roasting chicken, black beans, baked potatoes, salmon) and…
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Roast Cauliflower and Sweet Potatoes
Last night I made a super easy, super delicious side dish of roast onions, cauliflower and sweet potatoes. This really doesn’t get a recipe because you can totally adapt it to what you have on hand and what herbs you like. Peel and slice an onion. Peel and cube a sweet potato. (I used just…