Simple go-to side dishes for this season

OK, folks, I’m back! I’m going to start out slow and post the simplest recipes I can think of that I keep making each week. Kale Salad with Meyer Lemon Ingredients Kale (any kind will do – you can use whatever looks best or whatever comes in your veggie box) Lemon (Meyer is the nicest, [...]

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Peppers & Eggplant (& Sausage)

This is a delicious versatile side dish without the sausage, or a delicious main dish with the sausage. Peppers & Eggplant (& Sausage) OPTIONAL: 1 lb spicy Italian sausage, cut in chunks, browned in a large heavy bottomed pan, and then the fat poured off 2 – 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 onion, [...]

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Grandma’s Potato Salad, with a Twist

This post has been on hold since July when things got hectic because that guy Dan proposed to me and then we launched straight into wedding planning. Fortunately, September is a good month for barbecues, and this potato salad is fantastic for barbecues! (Picture will be added later – I forgot my camera at someone’s [...]

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Black Rice Salad

I went apricot picking over the weekend, so I decided to use a bunch of them in a black rice salad. I’d had a delicious black rice salad at a cooking group dinner, but could not get a hold of the recipe or the chef, so I figured it out myself. Black Rice Apricot Salad [...]

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Pan Fried Yams

My dad always requests these yams when we are “camping” at their construction site. I make them in an electric skillet there, but they could be made in any type of skillet on the stove. The ones pictured here have swiss chard in them, which is not how I usually make them but it was [...]

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