My daughter was successful in finishing kindergarten as a word warrior (a title based on the number of first grade words she knew). In our house, this title earned her a dinner of her choosing. We meandered through the grocery store, and one of the items she picked out was peewee potatoes. For…
Category: Side Dish
Spinach & Blackberry Salad
A few of my posts to date have discussed recipes I received as a gift at my wedding shower, such as Pistachio Cake and Chopped Veggie Salad. Today is another one of those recipes. The recipe my Aunt Kelly added was a Spinach and Strawberry Salad. A few years ago I made this salad…
Gluten-Free French Bread: Part One
Gluten free living. It sounds easy, right? Well let me tell you, gluten free food has come a LONG way in the last four years. While my blog is obviously not exclusively gluten free, my family eats a largely gluten free diet due to the restrictions of some. The advent of more tasty…
Three Bean Salad (a.k.a. Super Salad)
Today’s Three Bean Salad is a husband-inspired dish. In fact, it is what he calls “super salad” a mix of good-for-you greens, beans, and other super foods. It is his favorite way to boost his veggie and protein intake at lunchtime, often adding this salad over a bed of mixed greens and topping…
Basil-Garlic Shaved Brussel Sprouts
Perhaps it was a need to eat more vegetables to balance my latest intake of sweets, but one way or another I ended up with Brussel sprouts in my grocery cart this week. I have mentioned before that the only way I can get my husband to eat them is by using my…
Baked Apple Trail Mix
One of my family’s favorite treats on road trips or hikes is trail mix. It often seems that we have hardly left the driveway before we are opening up the bag to sample the treat. I tend to gravitate towards a mix that is heavy on the dried pineapple and papaya, but for…
Farro and Mixed Berries Salad
If you often get bored with the typical dinner sides of rice and potatoes, then you will like trying this ancient grain as much as I did. Farro is a hulled wheat that provides a good source of fiber, protein, and magnesium among other nutrients. When cooked, it has a chewy texture and…
Fusilli Primavera with Broccoli Pesto
In April I wrote about coming up with creative ways to eat broccoli, setting a goal of discussing seven different recipes. Today I want to discuss four more ideas to bring the tally to seven. First up is my most creative twist – Fusilli Primavera with Broccoli Pesto. I subbed in steamed broccoli for…
Jackie’s Potato Salad
The weather in Denver has vacillated between 2 feet of snow and 65°F and sunny for a few weeks now, but I am hoping that we have finally put the mega snow storms behind us. In trying to keep a smiling disposition regarding the weather, I have been dusting off my bbq recipes, like…
Caponata Red Lentil Salad
Sometimes I feel the need to infuse more vegetables into my diet, and this week was one of those times. Perhaps it is the generous amount of jelly beans I have eaten, or it could just be that the jewel like color of the eggplants at the grocery store were beckoning me. Whatever…
Parmesan-Jerk Sugar Snap Peas
Do you ever get in the doldrums about your vegetable side dish for dinner? Sometimes I think we forget just how easy it can be to whip up a fast, tasty, and – yes – fresh vegetable dish. My Parmesan-Jerk Sugar Snap Peas are something I pulled together a few years ago, but…
Christmas Chestnut Salad
“Chestnuts roasting over an open fire . . .” croons a popular Christmas tune. Roasting chestnuts is often associated with the holiday season, however I have found the task tedious and more work than it is worth to taste the tender treat. That is why I was thrilled to find the whole roasted…
