Roasted red potatoes and onions are an easy side dish for any occasion and lets up the flavor by adding some Bacon to the mix. Simple spices make this a tasty recipe. Good side dishes make good meals. That’s why roasted red potatoes with onions and bacon works. Same as your ordinary roasted potatoes but…
Side dishes
Bacon Swiss Chard Potatoes au Gratin
The garden is going nuts, and there are vegetables and greens to use, so last week I made this bacon, Swiss chard, and potatoes au gratin dish. It was terrific with the fresh lake trout I caught in Lake Superior the day before, and fresh garden broccoli sauteed with garlic. The summer has been busy,…
Smoked Salmon (Lox) Deviled Eggs
Smoked Salmon (Lox) Deviled Eggs is styled after the classic lox and bagel combo of smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onion, capers, and dill. This combination is perfectly balanced to make an excellent appetizer. Mary Jo and I are staying with our daughter Amy for the summer and Amy has chickens! 5 laying chickens as…
Roasted Potato Appetizer with Chive Sauce
Potatoes as an appetizer? You Betcha! A roasted potato appetizer with chive sauce. This is bite-sized pieces of perfectly roasted baby potatoes with a low-calorie yogurt-based chive sauce. The two go together like peas and carrots! My friend Manny was the inspiration for this when he recently brought over some of his home grown…
Roasted Cruciferous Vegetables – How To Cook Healthy
Roasted cruciferous vegetables are a great side dish and this roasting method makes them delicious. Just pick whichever veggie you’d like to eat. The Holidays came and went and the New Year is in full swing. If you are like me, it is really easy to overeat during the festivities. I’m not much of…
Red Wine Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Thanksgiving Day. One of the three best days of the year. Time for some red wine cranberry sauce. This is much like the cranberry zinfandel conserve I posted a couple years ago with a few twists. I thought I should update that post since it was before the printable recipe and before DSLR camera….
Homemade Spicy Salsa Roja
Homemade spicy salsa Roja. I go for the natural goodness and simplicity of plain, fresh ingredients. It’s so easy to prepare this salsa. I must be on a spicy food kick. Maybe it has to do with spending the last 5 months in Minnesota, where their idea of spicy food is pepperjack cheese. Oooh, that’s…
Grilled Green Tomatoes
Ah…summertime is the time for fresh tomatoes. If you are growing your own tomatoes, you maybe have gotten some ripe ones, but have a lot that are still green, especially in the northern climates. Why not just grab some of the unripened orbs and treat yourself to some yummy grilled green tomatoes! They are really…