Roasted Brussels with Jalapeño Honey are about to transform your side dish game. A little bit sweet and a tiny bit spicy, you’re going to love them. Whether you’re serving beef, pork, chicken, seafood, or the Best Ever Creamy Mac and Cheese, these crispy, sweet, and spicy Brussels are a perfect addition to any meal. Meseidy Rivera is the very talented recipe developer, photographer, and blogger behind The...
Pineapple, strawberries, and grapes are tossed together with a sweet and tangy honey-lime dressing to make this summer fruit salad. It’s finished with a pinch of salt and a sprinkling of poppy seeds. This is a fabulously refreshing salad for a hot summer day. Summer fruit salads are beautifully versatile. They are always a hit at barbecues and picnics and with the fruits in season right now; you can choose your favorites to...
simply can’t get enough of all the fresh berries this summer! I’ve made this Balsamic Berry Salad at least twice a week for the past month. Fresh strawberries and blueberries are tossed in a light balsamic vinaigrette and then sprinkled with fresh basil to make this summery fruit salad. I like to make this salad right before serving it. However, any leftovers will keep in the refrigerator for a day or two. This salad is at...
Homemade Green Bean Casserole is about to change your holiday side dish game. I’m a great big fan of any dish that can be prepared ahead of time for holiday meals and this recipe delivers awesome results when prepped in advance. This green bean casserole recipe can be made from scratch in about 20 minutes hands-on time. The only significant time you’ll spend is trimming the green beans and slicing the mushrooms. (And let me tell you it’s...
Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots are caramelized carrots with slightly crisp edges in a garlic honey butter sauce. This vegetable side dish will steal the show on your plate. Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots are simply delicious. Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots Who would have thought of combining Sriracha, garlic, honey, and pepper on carrots? Rebecca Lindamood of Foodie with Family, that’s who. Rebecca Lindamood...
Sage sausage, dried cranberries, fresh herbs, tart apples, and cubes of sourdough add up to create the best stuffing I have ever tasted. For as long as I can remember, I steered clear of stuffing and dressing. People would tell me that it tasted amazing, I’d take the “polite bite” but it never was something I enjoyed. Stuffing was always the one thing on the Thanksgiving table that I avoided at all costs. So, when I tell you this is...
Crisp broccoli is combined with sweet, juicy grapes, and crunchy bits of red onion just before being tossed with a tangy, sweet balsamic dressing to make this Broccoli Grape Salad. This is a light summer salad that my broccoli-hating-children devoured in minutes. My oldest son avoids broccoli at every other opportunity and he has requested this salad three times in the past month. That alone is enough to convince me that this salad recipe is a...
This is a fantastic copycat Mexican salad fully loaded with our favorite salad ingredients and then drizzled with an awesome Creamy Tomatillo Dressing. Within a few months of moving to Ohio last year, my family was lamenting the fact that we no longer lived near a Cafe Rio Mexican Grill. Cafe Rio serves fresh options for salads, burritos, tacos, and more. Yes, I just realized this sounds like an ad for the restaurant. But alas,...
Filled with ground beef, pasta, peppers, and jalapenos, the Cowboy Pasta Salad is a hearty, spicy, pasta salad perfect for the meat-lover in your life. Serve this pasta warm or at room temp for an easy lunch or dinner. Pasta salads are my favorite kind of meal for summer lunches and dinners. And this one is an awesome dish for potlucks and barbecues because it holds so nicely at room temperature. I typically serve this pasta room temp, but...
This Penne Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Olives is a light and tangy penne pasta salad that is potluck, party, and summer barbecue friendly, with no mayo or other ingredients to spoil in the heat. A light dressing keeps everything tangy and moist, while the pasta won’t dry out, even if it’s left on a table for a couple of hours. This Italian Pasta Salad is one of the simplest pasta salads you can make. You’ll have the entire...
