Easy Side Dishes

  • Creamy finely chopped coleslaw made with green cabbage, carrots, onion and buttermilk dressing

    Copycat Long John Silver’s Coleslaw

    April Lee Wiencek

    A Creamy, Sweet and Tangy Fast-Food Favorite This Copycat Long John Silver’s Coleslaw has finely chopped cabbage, carrots and onion tossed in a creamy buttermilk dressing. It has that sweet and tangy flavor and signature finely chopped texture people remember from the restaurant. My Long John Silver’s Love Story Years ago, I worked at a shoe store called Chens on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Two of the Polish girls I worked with, both named Agatha, ntroduced me to the chicken planks from Long John Silver’s. I am not a cooked-fish kind of gal, so the chicken planks were a…

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  • Ultimate Baked Sweet Potatoes with Savory Maple Butter

    April Lee Wiencek

    Crispy Salted Skins, Fluffy Centers, and a Sweet and Savory Compound Butter These Ultimate Baked Sweet Potatoes with Savory Maple Butter are a simple side dish that feels special enough for Thanksgiving and Christmas but is easy enough to serve with a weeknight dinner. The sweet potatoes are baked whole…

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  • Stuffing For Ham

    April Lee Wiencek

    A Sweet and Savory Hawaiian Bread Stuffing Made Especially for Holiday Ham This Stuffing for Ham is a rich, sweet and savory holiday side dish made with soft Hawaiian bread, smoky bacon, caramelized onions, celery and a savory ham broth. Eggs and a little heavy cream give it an almost…

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  • Mini Mac and Cheese

    April Lee Wiencek

    Creamy Homemade Mac and Cheese Made With Tiny Ditalini Pasta This Mini Mac and Cheese is one of those recipes that is just plain fun to eat. Instead of traditional elbow macaroni, I make it with ditalini pasta, those tiny little pasta tubes you often see floating around in soup.…

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