Side Dishes

Wait!!! Stick around! The Tuna Casserole got a makeover! I realize that Tuna Casserole is one of those majorly polarizing foods but I promise you that on this I did you good.

 My favorite classic side dish! Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes are smooth, garlicky, and lightened up with Greek yogurt.  Last night while browsing Pinterest I saw a recipe for “Buttered Egg Noodles”. I’m not even kidding. I thought for a minute it was a joke ( like this recipe for Ice Cubes that I read forever …

Okay. Stop right there. I need to tell you that I DO know you can’t really lighten up loaded cheese fries. But I made a helluvan effort here and the results were FANTASTIC. This plate of cheese and bacon covered goodness started out as roasted rosemary potatoes cut thick like steak fries. But then I …

Remember my sister-Asheville-restaurant binge last week? Well. We had dinner at a place called Posana Cafe. It’s a farm-to-table posh kinda spot, so of course we ordered some things and then we all shared. My braised beef bourginon plate came with Brussels sprouts. One of my sisters ordered a warm quinoa salad that was full …

    As soon as I started sifting through these photos for editing my mind went straight to one place: High school. So I guess I probably never shared this… I’m not actually sure it’s relevant, but I went to a visual and performing arts high school.

Last week, when it was supposed to be snowing but actually it was just dumping buckets of rain on my part of the world, I came up with this.   This winter, while the weather has been so wholly unsatisfying, things like this butternut squash macaroni and cheese have totally kept me going. This is …

Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries are simple, roasted, the perfect amount of salty, and excellently crisp. If you need a good alternative to fries made with potatoes, this easy recipe is it! This is a 4-ingredient, 15-minute, healthy recipe. Short and sweet (except sorta salty). It’s an oldie but a goody, and one I fall …

Last time I checked it wasn’t Christmas yet. I mean, I’m pretty sure it’s still like more than a week until Thanksgiving. My mom and I haven’t even had our food telegation talk yet (telegation= the phone conversation we have while Mom drives to work in the morning before every family get-together, assigning dishes and …

Chili Spiced Hasselback Potatoes are like the baked potato version of chili cheese fries. Rubbed with olive oil and chili spice and COVERED in cheese! This recipe is a win.  Once upon a forever ago I started a food blog on the internet and filled it full of really solid recipes but actually gave my …