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Side dishes

Roasted Veggies Side Dish

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The absolute yummy-est way to use up the leftover veggies. Use anything you have on hand – just slice them thinner if they take longer to cook(carrots), and leave whole if they cook really quickly(asparagus). Ingredients: mushrooms, quartered asparagus, 3 inch sticks cherry tomatoes, whole bell peppers, assorted colors, cut into 2″ chunks Extra Virgin [...]

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Showing-off Potato Salad

You know those times when you have to bring something along to a BBQ or Pot Luck?  Well, M. Cook, you’re not the only one who all of the sudden becomes the gourmet chef.  How could I possibly bring my 5-ingredient-wonder to a food fest, when my personal character is being judged on such?  THIS [...]

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Roasted Greek Potatoes (Lemony!!)

Greek food – its my new thing!  I was worried about Greek potatoes because I had assumed it would take a ton of olive oil, but these are not bad at all.  We served a family of 5 with only 1/4 cup of EVOO. And they were absolutely DIVINE!!  All the credit on this one [...]

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Thai Inspired Potato Wedges

Have you caught on yet to my love affair with Thai ClubHouse seasoning?  Subtlety has never been my strong suit.  1 Tbsp Thai CH All in One Seasoning 1 egg white, beaten (1/8 cup egg whites) 1 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 4 baking potatoes, halved lengthwise, and cut into 4 wedges, for a total [...]

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When adding milk to soup

Okay, this happens to me about 70% of the time, because I’m a very efficient cook. (read: impatient) The only way (that I know of) to keep milk from curdling your soup is to heat it up first. Like the old fashioned pudding recipes: pour a bit into the milk, swoosh it around, then pour [...]

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Storing Salad Ingredients

Some things I always have on hand for my salads: In the freezer: – walnut pieces – almond slices – sunflower seeds – blueberries – cranberries – coconut In the pantry: – mandarin oranges – poppy seeds In the fridge, on occassion: – “fun” cheeses (freshly shredded parmesan, crumbled feta, tex mex prepared shredded cheese) [...]

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Sesame Mandarin Salad

I just tossed this together this afternoon – it was delish! spring mix salad 3 Tbsp cooked, crumbled bacon bits (I use prepared, store bought from Kraft) 2 Tbsp Renee’s Sesame Asian Vinaigrette 1 small can of mandarin oranges, drained 3 Tbsp sliced almonds – I’m still undecided whether I like the bacon bits in [...]

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Blueberry Feta Salad

This is one of those good experiments. – 1/2 cup blueberries fresh or frozen – 8oz fresh baby spinach – 1/4 cup of crumbled feta cheese (unseasoned) – 1/4 cup walnut pieces – 2 Tbsp raspberry vinaigrette

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