Showing posts with label side dishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label side dishes. Show all posts

Friday, March 1, 2024

How to Make the Perfect Mexican Style Black Beans

How to Make the Perfect Mexican Style Black Beans
You guys, I eat a lot of beans.  We are not vegans or vegetarians per-say, but the majority of our meals are plant-based. We have found this to not only be a healthier option for our family, but it helps keep our grocery expenses under control as well.  That being said, these aren't always the…

Friday, February 23, 2024

Fried Cabbage with Creamed Tomatoes Recipe

Fried Cabbage with Creamed Tomatoes Recipe
Part of the food culture in West Virginia is serving simple and inexpensive meals.  But don't be fooled.  Just because our food is cheap and inexpensive doesn't mean our flavor is.  In fact, my elders could take the cheapest, most simple ingredient like cabbage and turn it into something s…

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Homemade French Fried Onions

Homemade French Fried Onions
The other night I made these incredible Crockpot BBQ Beef Sandwiches and I wanted french fried onions to put on top for a little crunch.  However, I didn't have any, and I'm trying to not go to the store as much these days, so I did a little research on how to make them myself.  You will no…

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

How to Dress Up Canned Green Beans

How to Dress Up Canned Green Beans
If you follow me on social media you will know that I worked as a lunch lady at my son's school last year.  One of the things I was "famous" for among the students was my green beans.  No these weren't fresh from the garden green beans.  Girl, these weren't even frozen green b…

Friday, July 14, 2023

How to Make Rice Pilaf in the Instant Pot

How to Make Rice Pilaf in the Instant Pot
I love my Instant Pot.  Everyday I'm finding new ways to make my favorite recipes a whole lot easier.  One such recipe is my  rice pilaf.  Not that rice pilaf in itself is difficult to make, but with the Instant Pot there is a lot less babysitting it.  Full of rich, savory flavor, rice pilaf is on…

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The BEST Easy Macaroni Salad Recipe

The BEST Easy Macaroni Salad Recipe
As you all know yesterday was the 4th of July and I hosted some friends for a BBQ.  Usually my go to BBQ side would be my Mom's Famous Potato Salad  , recently my friend gave me a recipe to what is quite literally The BEST Easy Macaroni Salad Recipe I have ever had in my life! All of my friends …

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

How to Make Perfect Baked Potato Recipe

How to Make Perfect Baked Potato Recipe
If you ask me the potato is a highly underrated food.  It's cheap, easily accessible, and the possibilities are endless. Fried, boiled, mashed, and my personal favorite baked!  However, there is an art to getting baked potatoes just right and today I am going to show you How to Make the Perfect…

Monday, November 23, 2020

Vegan Stuffing with a Walnut Sausage Recipe

Vegan Stuffing with a Walnut Sausage Recipe
We've almost come to an end to my first vegan Thanksgiving menu, and no holiday menu would be complete without stuffing, or dressing, or whatever you want to call it at your house because there are no rules here on the matter.  This is a safe space.   Of course it would have been easy to make m…

Thursday, November 12, 2020

How to Make Perfect Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

How to Make Perfect Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
I love mashed potatoes.  I could stop this post right here, go straight to the recipe, and that's all you need to know.  Mashed potatoes are literally one of my favorite foods, my spirit animal food if you will, but I have a confession.  I would often buy instant or microwavable mashed potatoes…

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Oil Free Sauteéd Green Bean Recipe

Oil Free Sauteéd Green Bean Recipe
When it comes to sides it doesn't get any better than green beans to me.  Growing up in West Virginia I was brought up with them being cooked to death with hammock or bacon.  If that's your thing I'll link that recipe HERE , but since going vegan I try to keep things a little lighter and…

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Easy Vegan Collard Greens Recipe

Easy Vegan Collard Greens Recipe
Being a country girl from West Virginia I grew up eating simple garden pleasures such as collard greens.  My grandma used to simmer these for hours with a smokey ham hock and OH MY STARS were they delicious.  So once I went vegan I set out to recreate the flavors of my youth without the meat.  I th…

Monday, June 3, 2019

How to Make Restaurant Style Baked Potatoes Recipe

How to Make Restaurant Style Baked Potatoes Recipe
One of my favorite things about going to a nice steakhouse are the baked potato.  Crispy skin packed full of flavor, dripping with butter...ahhhh yeah I am drooling a little just thinking about it!  The good news is you can have those delicious restaurant style baked potatoes at home with my easy

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Quick and Easy Corn Casserole Recipe

Quick and Easy Corn Casserole Recipe
I feel like every country cook worth their weight in butter needs to have a good Corn Casserole Recipe in their back pocket.  Now this one is by no means my creation, nor is it groundbreaking, but it IS delicious, versatile, and the recipe I grew up on.   This Quick and Easy Corn Casserole uses pa…

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Cauliflower Wild Rice Recipe

Cauliflower Wild Rice Recipe
The other day I was making my Pork Chops with Creamy Mushroom and Garlic Sauce , and my favorite side to serve with pork is wild rice.  You know the one I'm talking about, the old school Uncle Ben's Long Grain Wild Rice kind.  Oh man I love that stuff, but like everyone else I am trying to …

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

How to Make Perfect Crockpot Green Beans Recipe

How to Make Perfect Crockpot Green Beans Recipe
I was privileged to have grandparents that raised and grew the majority of what they ate.  It's because of that I developed a deep passionate love for green beans.  The favorite of which was my Grandpa's Sammy's.  For year's I tried to recreate the flavor of those beans and failed …

Monday, May 21, 2018

Mexican Pasta Salad Recipe with Tortellini

Mexican Pasta Salad Recipe with Tortellini
Y'all it's my favorite time of year, BBQ SEASON! Nothing gets my heart pumping like firing up the grill, lighting up the smoker, and creating some outdoor cooking goodness.  Burgers, chicken, ribs, you name it, I love it all.  The thing I don't love, however, is trying to come up with …

Monday, May 7, 2018

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potato Recipe

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Potato Recipe
I don't know about you, but the one thing I struggle with most when it comes to meal planning is sides.  Growing up we always had some form of meat and two sides at every meal.  That's a lot of pressure.  lol  One of my favorites were these rosemary, pan roasted, red potatoes my dad made. …

Friday, April 6, 2018

Saffron Rice Recipe

Saffron Rice Recipe
IT'S FRIYAY !  I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited.  I feel like this has been the LONGEST-WEEK-EVER.  We've had rain, 70 degree weather, snow, and everything in between.  I'm beginning to think Mother Nature is going through menopause or something, because girlfriend is a ho…

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Perfect Cheese Ball Recipe

The Perfect Cheese Ball Recipe
Growing up, one thing I could always count on during the holidays was my mom's cheese ball at every gathering.   Momma T's Perfect Party Cheese Ball Recipe isn't a fancy schmancy recipe by any means, but it is absolutely delicious, and EVERYONE at your next holiday get together is goin…

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Simple Summer Succotash Recipe

Simple Summer Succotash Recipe
I think it's safe to say that, when it comes to summer cooking, more often than not my main course comes off the grill.  However, I'll be honest when I say that I sometimes struggle with sides.  No one wants to be in a hot kitchen with it's 100 degrees outside.  That is why I LOVE this…