Thanksgiving Roundup
Thanksgiving came & went in a blink it felt like. This is my favorite meal of the year, hands down. I have hosted/cooked for so many years now, I feel like I have it down to a science; from the prep, to the timing, to …
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Side Dishes
Perfectly Simple Potato Salad
I love a potato salad with bells and whistles like the rest of us, but sometimes, simple is better. It is a no-frills, easy and quick recipe. I especially enjoy this at cookouts because there are often so many flavors happening. This offers a refreshing, …
Tropical Quinoa Salad
This was one of the first recipes I wanted to post here. It was one of those moments where in my mind I did something, and so I thought I actually did, but really, I didn’t! Crazy! I realized this when I wanted to make …
Green Bean Casserole
This is probably my favorite traditional side dish for the holidays. Like most, I grew up eating the version using canned cream of mushroom soup. I realized though, just how easy it is to make myself! I’ll never go back to using the canned stuff …
Autumn Quinoa Salad
You may notice that I love quinoa salads. Salads aren’t just for the summer, though! We had what seemed like an endless amount of apples from apple picking, so I wanted to use them before they went bad! It just so happened my husband …
Easy Drop Biscuits
I never thought I could make good biscuits. I had tried so many recipes and they all came out terrible. I don’t know what I was doing wrong! They always came out hard, flat and dry, no matter what I did. I followed all …
Fried Egg Noodles
I hope to update this with better photos at some point, but it is just too good to not share! They are fried egg noodles. An easy one pan dish, which is always a good thing when there are less dishes that need to be …
BBQ Favorites
We are finally having some consistent nice summer weather here in New England! So we’ve been enjoying lots of outdoor time! Every year to celebrate the kids birthdays (both born in the same month) we have a family BBQ. It’s a lot of work, but …
Quinoa Beet Salad
I love quinoa. If you have never made it then you are missing out. And if you have made this and didn’t like it, then please consider this recipe. You may change your mind! One of my favorite ways to use quinoa is as a …