What's Thanksgiving without a bowl of colorful, sweet-tart cranberry sauce on the table? This Three Ingredient Cranberry Sauce balances fresh, tart cranberries with orange and maple syrup AND requires only 10 minutes to make! Do you make your own cranberry sauce for holiday meals?? If you've never tried your hand at this holiday classic, you've been missing out! It's quick, easy, beautiful, and tastes so much better than store-bought varieties, in my humble opinion. And if the canned ...
Side Dish
Avocado Potato and Veggie Salad
Avocado Potato and Veggie Salad is a mayo-free & green veggie packed alternative to traditional potato salad. Gold potatoes, asparagus, green beans, and peas are tossed in a creamy avocado and lemon dressing and fresh herbs. There aren't too many foods I don't like, but oddly enough, mayo-laden potato salads happen to be one dish I've never cared for. I say oddly enough because potatoes are one of my favorite foods, so what gives? All that mayo (and don't get me started on people who ...
Braised Red Cabbage
Braised red cabbage is a simple, old-fashioned side dish. Red cabbage is simmered in butter and apple cider vinegar for a 5 ingredient vegetable that's easy, healthy, and beautiful! Something about Braised Red Cabbage seems so old-fashioned to me. Maybe because it reminds me of the dinner scene from "A Christmas Story", where the mother coaxes her youngest into eating his dinner by encouraging him to eat like a little piggy. The kid (Randy!) proceeds to shove his face into his plate of ...
Radish & Pine Nut Salad
Radish & Pine Nut Salad is a fresh salad recipe that pairs crisp radishes & toasted pine nuts with a bright, citrus-y vinaigrette. Radishes, radishes...what to do with a bunch of radishes? That's what I was asking myself as I browsed the organic produce section at our new fancy, shmancy grocery store. The display of radishes just stood out to me, something about that pop of bright reddish pink (or is it pinkish red?) against all that green. I struggled for a minute there in ...