Category: Side Dishes
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Sheet Pan Cream and Thyme Roasted Onions
I love onions in many forms but usually I just saute them for a simple side dish, although sometimes I stuff them for a fancier one. These sheet pan onions are even simpler than sauteing them, since you don’t need to stir them. And really, what’s not better with heavy cream? The recipe is from…
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Ina Garten’s Tricolor Salad with Oranges
For our early Thanksgiving, I made this tricolor salad with shallots, radicchio, endive, arugula, oranges and kalamata olives. It provided a much needed bright and fresh flavor to counter all the carb-y goodness of turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and creamed onions. It was also beautiful to look at! I also made this fun turkey yard…
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Sweet, Salty and Crunchy Kale Salad
The other day my youngest texted me to ask for the “other” kale salad recipe. “That sweet, salty and crunchy kale salad.” We both really like this one from Dr. Weil, which is simple and delicious, with Parmesan and bread crumbs. When I have fresh pomegranates around, I also like this kale and pomegranate salad. …
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Oven-Roasted Summer Vegetables
I often roast winter vegetables in the oven but I usually grill summer vegetables. I have a grill pan and just toss sliced or cubed vegetables with olive oil, salt and pepper and then grill until done. Sometimes the grill is full though! Last month I grilled two racks of ribs and had no room…
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Grated Carrot Salad
We celebrated my boyfriend’s mother’s birthday Sunday afternoon with everyone bringing a dish to share and the hosts cooking a fabulous piece of salmon and some steak. I debated about what to bring and decided to bring something that I could mostly make ahead that didn’t require any heat (it’s been in the 90’s here regularly…