Taco Pasta Salad Taco Pasta Salad – a creamy pasta salad with all your favorite taco toppings! Great to make ahead and have in the fridge for dinner or to take to any get together. Summer seems to be the season for entertaining. Maybe even more so than the holidays. It seems that every weekend…
Side Dishes
Roasted Green Beans with Sesame and Garlic
Roasted Green Beans with Sesame and Garlic – green beans ready in less than 10 minutes! Seasoned with sesame, garlic and topped with sesame seeds. I swear side dishes are the hardest thing to come up with. My family can never agree on anything. I would have roasted asparagus almost every night if I could….
Pan Seared Mojo Potatoes
Pan Seared Mojo Potatoes – fingerling potatoes are seared and cooked to perfection in just minutes. Then mixed with a cilantro and herb mixture for a delicious side dish. Do you make the same side dishes over and over again. I know I do. I try to make something different like crispy cauliflower fritters. But…
Slow Cooker Cream Corn
Slow Cooker Cream Corn – dress up your side dishes with this cream corn. So much better than any canned stuff you can find. So you have any side dishes that you just love? There are a handful at my house, like The Rice. But most of the time I am always trying to find…
Caeser Pasta Salad
Caesar Pasta Salad – combine two favorites for one perfect summer side dish. Caesar salad and pasta salad come together in an easy dish everyone will love! Today I am joining forces with Dreamfields Pasta for #PastaPalooza2016. I participated last year and made Middle Eastern Pasta Salad. This year, I am part of…
Cranberry Apple Coleslaw
Cranberry Apple Coleslaw – an easy coleslaw recipe that you can make ahead of time, and bring to any summer get together. Or serve at home with just about anything! If you are thinking of summer side dishes, a few things come to mine; corn on the cob, pasta salad and coleslaw. At least, that…
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad – a light and fresh quinoa salad with tomatoes, green olives and tossed with a lemon vinaigrette. Great warm or cold all year round! We have talked side dishes before, and how I struggle with what to make. In the summer I am all about making pasta salad or some kind of…
Easy Sauteed Mushrooms
Sauteed Mushrooms Easy sauteed mushrooms go with just about any dinner you can think of, but they’re exceptionally good for Thanksgiving. Bonus that they’re dead easy! Side dishes are hard. I always struggle to come up with side dish ideas. That is probably why I make so many one pot skillet meals, everything is all…
Garlicky Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
Garlicky Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes – make your favorite mashed potatoes in the slow cooker! I am sitting here typing this, and I think my house might blow away. It is crazy windy, like 40+ mile an hour winds. Stuff is just blowing by the windows in the back of my house, and it is…
Loaded Twice Baked Potato Casserole
Loaded Twice Baked Potato Casserole – Turn twice baked potatoes into an easy cheesy potato casserole that will be sure to please. Loaded with garlic, cheese, and bacon! I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is next week already. There is so much to do! I haven’t started grocery shopping yet, have you? My parents get here…
