Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cheese, Pasta, Side Dish, Special Occasion, Tried and True, Vegetarian, tagged Cheese, comfort food, macaroni, macaroni and cheese, Pasta, southern, Vegetarian on November 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 9
I don’t even know where to start. I don’t want to gush so much that you think I’m crazy but this macaroni and cheese recipe is pretty life changing as far as mac and cheese recipes go. If you think you’ve already found the perfect recipe you still have to [...]
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Fruit, Holiday, Side Dish, Vegetable, Vegetarian, tagged acorn squash, fall side dish, Holiday, Side Dish, squash, winter squash on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 3
I love roasted winter squash. While it is time intensive to cook, the preparation is easy and pretty hands-off. If you’ve never worked with winter squash it can look a little intimidating in the store. I will admit that it’s a bit of a challenge to cut into (I usually [...]
Posted in Cheese, Greek, Potato, Side Dish, tagged Cookout, Feta, potato salad, potatoes, Side Dish on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We went to visit our friends Cristen and Graham in Baxley, Georgia this weekend. We watched the Georgia/Florida football game on Saturday which sadly didn’t have a very happy ending for the Bulldogs. During the game the boys slow cooked a Boston Butt on the grill and Cristen and I whipped up this potato salad. [...]
Posted in Pork, Side Dish, Tomato, tagged bacon, blue cheese, Side Dish, Tomato on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was flipping through the July/August 2009 issue of Cooking with Paula Deen when I saw these Broiled Blue Cheese and Bacon Tomatoes. After I wiped the drool off the page, I promptly went to the grocery to get the ingredients for this recipe. I knew Brandon would be all about these too given his [...]
Posted in Ethnic, Healthy, Mexican, Rice, Side Dish, Tried and True, tagged black beans, Mexican, Rice, Side Dish, Tomato on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Part two of last night’s delicious grilled shrimp taco dinner. This is pretty much my go-to black beans and rice recipe. I’m almost always guaranteed to have all the ingredients in my pantry and it’s simple, good and always a great side dish for Mexican night. And be warned…this recipe makes a ton!
Black Beans and [...]
Posted in Ethnic, Fish, Side Dish, Tried and True, Vegetable, tagged cajun, Fish, peppers, polenta, Seafood, tilapia on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am always hearing the question, “What can I do with tilapia?” One of our all-time favorite tilapia preparations is this Cajun tilapia. For a while I kept this Cajun seasoning in the pantry and even gave it out as a Christmas gift in mason jars a couple years ago.
So I was looking for a [...]
Posted in Potato, Side Dish, Tried and True, tagged potatoes, roasting, Side Dish on May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This twist on roasted potatoes makes a perfect side item with grilled meats. We served these alongside grilled ribeyes and roasted asparagus when we had friends over on Friday night. I originally saw this recipe on Pioneer Woman Cooks and tons of food bloggers have made it as well. I’ve made these potatoes a few [...]
Posted in Big Green Egg, Dizzy Pig, Healthy, Potato, Side Dish, tagged Big Green Egg, Dizzy Pig, sweet potatoes on April 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What to do when you’re “over” the traditional method of preparing things – like baked sweet potatoes – and feeling uninspired? Challenge the husband to come up with something on the grill. Brandon whipped these grilled sweet potato slices up as a side dish last week and they turned out great! I would describe them [...]
Posted in Basics, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged Basics, onions on March 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last Saturday we hosted a baby shower for our friends Cristen and Graham (see the awesome cake I made them in the post below). The theme was a cookout – too bad it was freezing, rainy and ended up snowing three inches the next morning! We decided to stick with the cookout theme and everyone [...]
