Here’s a side dish sure to please, sauteed shredded sweet potatoes with onions and toasted walnuts. It cooks up quickly and is ready in no time. I’m always trying to find new ways to prepare vegetables and this one with shredded sweet potatoes intrigued me. The Tampa Bay Times taste section had this recipe as…
Vegetarian
Pressure Cooker Mushroom Risotto
Ever since MaryJo received an electric pressure cooker for Christmas, I’ve been trying different recipes to use it for. When I saw this pressure cooker mushroom risotto recipe, I had to try it. The Minneapolis Star Tribune had in their Taste section a recipe adapted from Lorna Sass who has a couple cookbooks featuring pressure…
Creamy Potato Leek Soup
Creamy potato leek soup is healthy comfort food. Perfect for a winter meal or as a first course. MaryJo picked up a package of leeks from our neighborhood market. The leeks came three to a package and cost about $3.00. I had just the day before watched an episode of Diners Drive-ins and Dives on…
Pressure Cooker Warm Potato Salad
Pressure cooker warm potato salad is a side dish that will pair well with meats, poultry, or fish. The flavor is fantastic and when cooked in a pressure cooker, takes minutes to make. Pressure cookers are all the rage now because they cook things so fast and the technology today makes them so easy to…
Caramelized Onion Crostini With Mushrooms
‘Tis the season for parties and celebration so I made a caramelized onion crostini with mushrooms because you can never have too many appetizer recipes. Lately, I’ve been making caramelized onions a lot, simply because they are easy and secondly, they add so much flavor. They are perfect with meats, and great when mixed in…
Jalapeno Potatoes Au Gratin
Kick up your side dish and try jalapeno potatoes au gratin. Just a little spice from the jalapeno adds a lot of flavor. Here’s a twist on traditional potatoes au gratin where you use gruyere cheese, this one uses queso cheese which is Mexican crumbling cheese. This cheese is quite mild, but once you mix…
Cranberry-Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Put the finishing touches on Thanksgiving dinner by making cranberry-orange glazed sweet potatoes. These are super flavorful and will go with everything on your plate. I was going through our huge box of recipes the other day and came across this old, forgotten recipe for glazed sweet potatoes. This one came from Mary Jo’s sister…
Mom’s Corn Pudding Recipe
This recipe post is a take on my Mom’s corn pudding recipe which I’ve put a couple of my own spins on. It’s still easy to make, but the flavor has been amped up considerably. With Thanksgiving Day only a week and a half away, I thought I’d throw out a couple of recipes for…
Make-Ahead Mashed Potato Casserole
Thanksgiving day can be a real hassle preparing all the sides, but this make-ahead mashed potato casserole can take some of your troubles away. Prep this mashed potato casserole the day before, put it in the fridge, then stick it in the oven for 45 minutes on Thanksgiving day, and enjoy a perfect potato dish for…
Kale Fennel Salad with Orange-Balsamic Dressing
Here’s a kale fennel salad that’s perfect to accompany a hearty fall meal. It has loads of flavor from the orange acidity, the crunch of the fennel and sweetness of dried cherries. After you made the White Pizza Sauce in my last recipe post, you were probably wondering what to do with the rest of…