The perfect back up recipes for the star of your meal. Delicious potatoes and other vegetables that kids and adults will both love to eat.
Side Dishes
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The Side of the Summer These Summer Mashed Potatoes are a perfect end of summer side dish. Butter, dill, cheese, and a blend of herbs and spices create the savory potato delight your guests will obsess over. There are lots of opportunities to customize this dish to your taste, whether it’s adding some sweetness, a spicy kick, or even more crispy goodness. These potatoes will be the perfect accompaniment for any protein you serve. There is a full, printable and Pinterest-able recipe card at the end of this post, but first I have a few tips you’ll want to check…
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Veggies Kids Will Love If you grow a garden then you know what it is like to have a plethora of zucchini on hand in the late summer. This Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake is not only easy, but delicious and freezes well. Made with mozzarella, parmesan, or any cheese of your choice it is a savory crowd pleaser. It can be a great vegetarian dish or you can add crumbled, cooked Italian sausage for a meaty meal. There is a full, printable recipe card at the end of this post along with a Pinterest Button on the card so you…
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A Light Summer Delight Summer Linguine Salad is a perfect Summer Salad. Made with Al Dente Linguine, a special McCormick seasoning, and crisp, fresh veggies, this salad sits overnight making it even better the next day. This is the perfect side dish for all your summer parties. Family Recipes Are The Best My Aunt Nita makes some of my favorite appetizer recipes ever. This linguine salad is a recipe she has been making since the 1980s! I donĂ©t make it too often and I am not sure why. Every summer I have such a taste for it so I make…
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A Tasty Revival These Beefy Baked Beans are a throwback from the 1970s. They’re easy to make “homemade” using a few fresh ingredients and canned beans. This cuts down on cook time but gives an all day baked flavor perfect for parties and potlucks. Serve with hot dogs for a beanie weenie meal. Family Recipes This recipe is another recipe gifted to me from Mr. Tipsy’s Mom. Years ago when she was sick and before she died, she gave me her “holy bible” of recipes she wrote and collected from her friends and family. This is one of the many…
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Your New Favorite Ingredient Given how much time I’ve devoted to bread dumplings, both personally and professionally, I decided it was time for me to release my Easy Czech Inspired Bread Dumplings recipe. For years I have been eating Czech Bread Dumplings with a lot of my roasted meats, especially the ones that have lots of delicious gravy. Some of those recipes are linked below. I have had them homemade by Czech friends as well as a couple of brands that come frozen. For a short time I created recipes for a Czech Bread Dumpling Company. This company was based…
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A Tasty Topping These Grilled Marinated Sweet Peppers are the perfect topping to your Italian Beef and Italian Sausage Sandwiches. Char these on your grill, then place in a covered bowl to soften the skins so they easily peel from the pepper. Marinated in a sweet vinegar and olive oil with some oregano, salt, and sugar these peppers will be the perfect topping to all your summer sandwiches. The full, written recipe is at the end of this post but there are some pictures and paragraphs before the recipe to offer clarification. Burn Baby Burn The peppers literally burn on…
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Bring it Everywhere This Potluck Party Pasta Salad is sure to be a hit at all your gatherings. It’s made with very simple and accessible ingredients such as grape tomatoes, red onion, provolone cheese, and some cucumbers and bell peppers. The secret ingredient in this recipe is that the dressing is made with two packs of Good Seasons, Italian Dressing. I make the Good Seasons slightly different then the package directions which I cover in the full and printable recipe below. All of these ingredients combined make a crave worthy pasta salad that everyone is going to DEMAND you make…
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Tasty Gold I came up with this Mini Mac and Cheese idea after watching my favorite You Tube Vloggers, The Tim Tracker. The Trackers are Tim and Jenn and they Vlog (video blog) all things Orlando including Disney. They had this meal at a Star Wars attraction and it just looked so good to me, I had to make my own recipe. This Mini Mac and Cheese recipe is made with Ditalini Pasta, which is normally a pasta for soups. It just happens to be delicious in this recipe. Additionally, I willl show you how to make a simple cheese…
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