As the weather gets warm each year, a crisp cold salad feels supremely refreshing. At our house this spring/summer of 2022, we owned the tradition of the Wedge Salad. Serving this many times and looking forward expanding it’s possibilities each time with the changing seasons. Typically iceberg lettuce is not our go to for salads,…
Tag: Side Dishes
Roasted Delicata Squash w/Apple & Fennel Slaw
This is the mother of all fall side dishes. The abundance of squash and apples this year is something to celebrate and we definitely celebrated with this meal! Where I appreciate experimenting with different applications for the same ingredient – there are some moments when you don’t mess with the tried and true. In the…
Roasted Cauliflower Nachos
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. If I believe that to be true – then our necessity was needing to eat dinner and the invention began with wanting cauliflower and seeing a half full jar of queso sauce and the idea of cauliflower nachos was born. I fully know that I’m not…
Roasted Cauliflower with Carrot Puree
When I first started cooking on my own (I’m not going to say how long ago that was), butter was my best friend! Don’t worry – butter and I are still BFF’s in the kitchen, but it feels natural to expand to other fats as well. Where the standard meat and potato meal (with butter)…
Charcuterie Board
Here I go – jumping on the proverbial bandwagon of the popular meat and cheese plate. These have been around forever and I have made my fair share over time, but have always been hesitant to post about them because of the sheer volume of combinations that can be built can be a bit intimidating….
Citrus and Burrata Salad
This salad is what I think of whenever I see Burratta cheese. Burratta is one of my favorite, if not the best cheese in the world! I know that’s a bold statement, especially from someone originally native to Wisconsin, who grew up on standard cheddar and American cheese. If you haven’t had burratta, find yourself…
Leek and Potato Soup
I may say this every time I make soup, but here it is again… I’m not a huge soup person. I love the aroma that a delicate, layered broth sends throughout the home, but soup is still not my go- to in most circumstances. It is not the same for Eric – he loves soups…
Seared Cauliflower with Corn
It happens every spring/summer – Everything is Growing! Everything turns green! We plant our Herbs (and this year some veggies/greens, too)! It has been a nice spring, warm, wet and still a decent amount of sun. Now I was told quite a while ago, by a wise man with a green thumb (that would be…
Ponzu Cucumber Salad
There is a fun dynamic on certain foods in my house. There are some no-one likes (eggplant – I want to, but even I don’t.) There are lots we all like (chicken, tacos, Eggs Benedict – this list could go on). But then there are those that some like, some don’t like and some like,…
Three Bean Vinegrette Salad
Lunches during the workday can be a challenge for me…I don’t want to order in and I don’t want the same thing every day, but at 6:30 in the morning, if I haven’t planned ahead, it is going to be one of those two options. That is why I like this recipe. The salad is…
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