Category: Side Dishes
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Apples Recipe
Okay, most of you are wrinkling your noses already aren’t you? But for some reason I like Brussels Sprouts. I grew them one year in the garden as well and they were totally carefree and easy. Hmmm… probably about time to plant them again. I found this recipe in the latest Cooking Light magazine. I’ve…
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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
A neighbor shared some hot dog buns leftover from her party the other night and I had hot dogs in the freezer left over from my last party so it was barbecued hot dogs tonight for dinner! I wanted to make some fries to go with and saw I still had a sweet potato so…
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Mexican Rice in a Rice Cooker
A while back I bought this Zojirushi 6 Cup Rice Cooker / Steamer and have been playing around with it a bit. It’s my first rice cooker so I can’t compare to others, but I have been happy with it. I’m usually only cooking for 2 or 3 and it suits our needs great. I…
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Roasted Beets
I planted beets a long time ago and then sort of forgot about them in the rush of tomatoes and cucumbers and basil and peppers and lettuce and such. But they were patient and sat there waiting for me to remember them! I washed them off and cut all but an inch of the greens…
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Spanish or Mexican Rice
A red rice goes nicely with Mexican food and in the past I’ve relied on a recipe with tomato sauce, green pepper, onion, chili powder and garlic powder, which is good. I wanted to kick it up a notch though and was making a larger batch than normal for a wine tasting party so I…