Category: Side Dish

Instant Pot Gluten-Free Feta Pasta

A deliciously yummy gluten-free pasta dish that is easy to make, and uses only a handful of ingredients, and comes together in under 40 minutes. It’s loaded with Mediterranean flavor and is the perfect pasta comfort meal that includes delicious Greek feta cheese, garlic infused olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes and colorful cherry tomatoes. […]

Roasted Vegetables Bacon & Sweet Peppers with White Cheddar Cheese Sauce

An easy recipe for oven roasted crusiferous vegetables and sweet peppers. There’s smoked bacon and an easy to prepare homemade white cheddar cheese sauce. Cheese sauce is like a warm blanket of creamy goodness that adds a tangy flavor to anything you drizzle it over. Kitchens Tips – Making A Good Cheese Sauce Keep the […]

Crisp Gnocchi With Brussels Sprouts & Brown Butter

Most of us love our butter and jam for biscuits, toast, and pancakes among others. Now without the jam, take that same butter and melt it in a sauce pan until it foams, sputters, and browns into a nutty, toasty silky aroma. The French call browned butter “beurre noisette” or “hazelnut butter,” because of that […]

Roasted Brussels sprouts with Sweet Peppers & Bacon

Eating all the colours of the rainbow when it comes to fruits and vegetables can help boost your brain health and reduce your risk of heart disease. Eating lots of colors may lower your risk of missing out on all vital nutrients, says Deanna Minich, functional nutritionist at the University of Western States in Portland, […]

Red Cabbage Vegetable Root Slaw with a Honey Hibiscus Vinaigrette

This is no ordinary coleslaw, as it has color, more than a typical green cabbage and orange carrot coleslaw. There are yellow carrots, golden beets, green onions and cilantro, along with red apples, and the zest of a blood orange. We tossed the typical mayonnaise dressing for a Honey Hibiscus Vinaigrette. Read More Here About […]

Fried Rice Pilaf with Peas Carrots & Almonds

Fried rice pilaf with peas, carrots, and almonds is a delicious and hearty dish that combines the flavors and textures of rice, vegetables, and nuts. The dish starts with cooking rice both white basmati and long grain brown rice in a flavorful chicken broth, which is then fried with a medley of vegetables like sweet […]

Roasted Cheesy Asparagus

Asparagus is nutritionally dense and very easy to cook. The vegetable is loaded with micronutrients and is very low in calories, fat, and sodium. According to a study published in the Journal of Metabolites, asparagus contains vitamins B, K, and E, as well as zinc, magnesium, iron, potassium, and fiber. The growth rate of asparagus […]

Parmesan Roasted Broccoli & Cauliflower

This is a one skillet recipe. It contains deliciously yummy smoked bacon, parmesan cheese, broccoli and cauliflower. Hold on though, the smoked bacon with parmesan, including lemon juice, garlic and Italian herbs add great flavor that make this dish palatable to eat those cruciferous vegetables. Cruciferous vegetables are rich in nutrients, including carotenoids, like beta-carotene, […]

Sautéd Blood Orange Slices with Homemade Cranberry Sauce

The blood orange is a variety of orange with crimson, almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of a plant compound called anthocyanins. These plant compounds begin accumulating in the vesicles at the edges of the segments, and at the blossom end of the fruit, and continue accumulating in […]

Bacon & Cheddar Cheese Spaghetti Squash Bake

This quick and easy spaghetti squash recipe is bursting with flavor. It can be prepared as a side dish or a main dish as it contains bacon. Spaghetti squash is available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors including ivory, yellow and orange. The yellow squash being the most common to find at market […]