The easiest way to cook creamy, soft polenta won't take hours of whisking or tending when it's cooked in the oven instead of on the stovetop. Too often I've been served polenta that tastes chalky or gritty or just doesn't have much flavor. Polenta is a very simple dish, ... continue reading... about Creamy Polenta
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Mashed Cauliflower With Parmesan and Chives
Cauliflower is having its day in the trending sun as a healthy ingredient substitute in many of our favorite recipes—like this one, where we swap mashed cauliflower for mashed potatoes in this silky side dish. Creamy Mashed Cauliflower Recipe At first glance, this dish does ... continue reading... about Mashed Cauliflower With Parmesan and Chives
Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
The tang of buttermilk with crumbles of blue cheese amp up the flavor in these 5 ingredient blue cheese mashed potatoes. Buttermilk Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes The best part of dinner, especially when it's a holiday dinner, is the side dishes. And when the side dishes are ... continue reading... about Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes
Knowing how to make mashed potatoes from scratch is a recipe every home cook needs in their kitchen skill set, and this easy recipe shows how to make the best creamy, buttery, mashed potatoes every time. The Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe Does the internet really need ... continue reading... about How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes
How to Make the Best Creamy Coleslaw
My favorite classic creamy coleslaw stays crunchy, not soupy, and gets a bit of bite in this slightly sweetened, vinegar-spiked, homemade coleslaw dressing. Potato salad. Baked beans. My favorite Burrata and heirloom tomato caprese salad. Those recipes have always made up ... continue reading... about How to Make the Best Creamy Coleslaw
The Best BBQ Baked Beans
With just 7 simple ingredients, whip up a batch of the best ever, easy bbq baked beans. Perfect for picnics, potlucks, barbecues, and more! Easy Baked Beans Recipe Because willpower and cooking baked beans do not mix, just the thought of this recipe makes the top of my ... continue reading... about The Best BBQ Baked Beans
How to Make Classic Macaroni Salad
Nothing says summertime eating like a serving of the best, classic, old-fashioned, creamy macaroni salad with eggs and crisp vegetables dressed in a simple and creamy but still light mayonnaise dressing for any picnic, potluck, or barbecue. Sometimes you just don't mess ... continue reading... about How to Make Classic Macaroni Salad
Loaded Baked Potato Salad
The steakhouse favorite gets a potluck makeover to become this easy baked potato salad recipe loaded with bacon, cheese, and scallions in a sour cream and mayo dressing. Loaded Baked Potato Salad Sometimes I crave a break from the norm, and need a change in standard ... continue reading... about Loaded Baked Potato Salad
How to Make THE BEST Potato Salad
This easy, classic Southern potato salad recipe with eggs, has been handed down from my grandma to my mom and then to me, and includes their secret tips that makes it the very best potato salad recipe every single time. It may be a pretty bold to claim, but saying this ... continue reading... about How to Make THE BEST Potato Salad
How to Make The Best Grilled Asparagus
Tender, smoky, and sweet, the best grilled asparagus is simply tossed in olive oil with salt and pepepr for the perfect healthy 15-minute side dish. Easiest Grilled Asparagus Side dishes are the connectors of the dinner table, the unifiers that bring the meal together. And ... continue reading... about How to Make The Best Grilled Asparagus
Sautéed Spinach with Garlic
This sautéed spinach recipe with sweet, caramelized slivers of garlic takes just 10 minutes to cook for a healthy side dish that goes with any meal. Healthy Spinach Side Dish Who else is joining me on the eat-more-plants train? And doing it the super easy way? I see you! ... continue reading... about Sautéed Spinach with Garlic
Easy Parmesan Buttered Noodles
This buttered noodles recipe does double duty as a full-blown dinner or a side for chicken, surf, or turf. Bonus: it uses just 4 ingredients! Easiest Buttered Noodles We’re not yet two weeks into 2014, so I think that technically I can squeeze in one more ode to 2013, ... continue reading... about Easy Parmesan Buttered Noodles
Mediterranean Orzo Salad
This vegetarian Mediterranean orzo pasta salad with crunchy vegetables and spinach, briny olives, and feta cheese makes a healthy, easy-to-make, meal-prepped meal or flavorful pasta salad side. I LOVE any recipe that shines with Mediterranean flavors, and this orzo salad ... continue reading... about Mediterranean Orzo Salad
Heavenly Funeral Potatoes Recipe
Funeral potatoes are an easy-to-make and even easier-to-love comfort food casserole that is totally heaven sent. This recipe is brought to you by Cache Valley Cheese The Best Funeral Potatoes Recipe If you grew up in Utah, there's a 99.9% chance you've had (and loved) ... continue reading... about Heavenly Funeral Potatoes Recipe
Easy Green Beans with Browned Butter Almondine
These green beans almondine are made in one skillet, steaming the beans right in with the butter and almonds then finishing them off with some lemon juice. Easy Green Bean Recipe I remember my mom making a version of this super easy green bean recipe since before I could ... continue reading... about Easy Green Beans with Browned Butter Almondine
5-Ingredient Stovetop Creamed Spinach
All you need is five simple ingredients and time for cream to reduce with savory Parmesan cheese for a restaurant-style creamed spinach cooked right on the stovetop. Easy Creamed Spinach Recipe If only each meal could be a buffet of flavors like the glorious Thanksgiving ... continue reading... about 5-Ingredient Stovetop Creamed Spinach
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
These twice-baked sweet potatoes are an all-in-one creamy side dish served in their own jacked made sweet with maple syrup and savory with white cheddar and brown sugar bacon. I'm no Southern belle, and being brought up in Utah, sweet potatoes were never much of a thing. ... continue reading... about Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes
The Best Buttery Parsley Potatoes
Boiled potatoes get an infusion of butter and parsley to make this super easy, three-ingredient side dish. This is one of my all-time favorite side dish recipes for any meal! Buttery Parsley Boiled Potatoes Recipe This is one of those recipes that comes so naturally, ... continue reading... about The Best Buttery Parsley Potatoes
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
These easy cheesy scalloped potatoes are as comforting a dish as you can make. Pair this hearty side dish with roast chicken, steak, ham, and more! Potatoes. Cream. Cheese. Comfort-centric Sunday dinner just isn’t the same without them. Scalloped Potatoes are almost always ... continue reading... about Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta
This amazingly easy, 5-ingredient sautéed brussels sprouts recipe makes traditionally bitter brussels sprouts sweet and crazy delicious thanks to roasting in a cast-iron skillet to create a caramelized bite of baby cabbage and salty pancetta for a favorite simple side dish any ... continue reading... about Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta
How to Make Fried Green Tomatoes
With a crispy flour and cornmeal crust, these easy-to-make, golden fried green tomatoes taste sweet and tender and totally addicting when dunked into my simple garlic aioli dipping sauce. With a short growing season here in Utah, it feels like we just barely get our tomato ... continue reading... about How to Make Fried Green Tomatoes
Grilled Zucchini With Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts
When the garden overfloweth, it's time to heat up the grill for a turn-eth on the coals-eth for an easy side dish of grilled zucchini topped with creamy goat cheese and pine nuts. Zucchini are the David Copperfield of the vegetable kingdom. One minute you're gazing upon ... continue reading... about Grilled Zucchini With Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts
Rosemary Garlic Butter Smashed Potatoes
This hybrid of roasted and mashed potatoes is literally a mash up of cooking techniques to create a creamy potato on the inside with the crispy edges everyone craves on the outside, and it's all made extra good thanks to garlic, butter and rosemary flavored smashed ... continue reading... about Rosemary Garlic Butter Smashed Potatoes
Loaded Twice Baked Red Potatoes
These mini twice-baked red potatoes are super creamy and loaded with all the fixins', for a crowd-pleasing appetizer or side to any meal. Easy Red Potato Recipe Why is it that mini-me versions of favorite standards seem like so much more fun? Baby versions of standard ... continue reading... about Loaded Twice Baked Red Potatoes
Easy Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes
When your main dish recipe needs a decadent side dish sidekick, there's nothing like a creamy, thyme-infused cheesy potatoes au gratin recipe to do the job, and to do it easily too. Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe There are few side dishes that are more comforting than those made ... continue reading... about Easy Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes
The Best Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes
Crispy oven roasted potatoes are an easy, healthy side dish for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. No matter what time of year, they fit every meal. The Best Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes Forget feeling all the feels, lately I've been feeling all the sides. Maybe it's ... continue reading... about The Best Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes
German Potato Salad
Hot red potatoes dressed in a warm bacon, mustard and vinegar dressing are what make this traditional German potato salad a family favorite. I can taste the pucker now. It's the telltale sign of the ultimate German potato salad. That vinegar punch mixed with spunky, grainy ... continue reading... about German Potato Salad
20 Potluck Side Dishes for the Classic Summer BBQ
This list of my top 20 classic potluck side dishes are he favorites everyone at your summer cookout will love and are easy to make and to take. It's summer, when you're very likely to be invited to a backyard bbq, or hopefully even host one yourself. Summer's main dish ... continue reading... about 20 Potluck Side Dishes for the Classic Summer BBQ
Killer Garlic Fries with Rosemary
This copycat recipe of the famous Gordon-Biersch garlic fries couldn't be easier to make at home, and because they can be baked in the oven or the air fryer, they're a healthier version, too. This recipe is brought to you by Alexia Foods Oven Baked Garlic Fries At first ... continue reading... about Killer Garlic Fries with Rosemary
Green Bean Casserole with Onion Rings
The classic green bean casserole gets a real food upgrade with fresh green beans and an easy to make, homemade mushroom sauce for a creamy side dish with a surprise crispy ingredient-crunch. This recipe is brought to you by Alexia Foods Homemade Green Bean Casserole ... continue reading... about Green Bean Casserole with Onion Rings
