Cauliflower Fried Rice is a delicious and easy way to get more vegetables into yourself and your family. I know I don’t eat enough vegetables into my diet, and am trying to find creative ways to sneak them into our dinners. The small pieces of cauliflower perfectly absorb the cooking flavors. Gone are the days of…
Side Dish Recipes
Sweet Pepper Salad Recipe
When summer comes into full swing, my garden usually is overflowing with tomatoes and various sweet peppers. I love growing Hungarian Sweet Paprika Peppers, usually because it’s harder to find them fresh in stores. Red Bell peppers are readily available, and I use these peppers interchangeably. I’m always on the search for bell pepper recipes….
Honey Roasted Carrots with Soy Sauce
There are so many different variations on how to enjoy Roasted Carrots, a side dish dinner favorite. We tend to eat a lot of meat and vegetables for dinner, and you can never have too many easy side dish recipes. And Honey Soy is a perfect accompaniment for Roast Carrots. How to Make Honey Roasted…
Easy Thai Cauliflower Rice Recipe
Cauliflower Rice recipes are all the rage now, and are a side dish packed with flavor. You won’t miss the carbs on your plate! It’s gluten free, low carb, pescatarian and paleo. But you’d never know it was any anything else but delicious! If you’ve never made a Cauliflower Rice recipe, you might be surprised…
Korean Carrot Salad Recipe
Russian Korean Carrot Salad Recipe called morkovcha (Морковь по-корейски) is popular salad and side dish across Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet states. Simple to make, a healthy salad that your whole family will love. This Carrot Salad recipe isn’t a true Korean Carrot Salad recipe, but a Russian variation from ethnic Koreans who lived in…
Easy Butter Braised Cabbage
I love eating Braised Cabbage, a classic comfort food popular in Russian and across Europe. A hearty low carb side dish, lots of flavor, and easy to make. Braised Cabbage (Тушеная капуста) is an inexpensive meal, and very healthy for you with Vitamin K and Vitamin C. Sometimes I think cabbage gets an undeserved bad…
Shuba Salad with Salmon
This is my favorite way to eat Shuba Salad with Salmon (Шуба с лососем), a classic Russian salad (also called Herring Under a Fur Coat – Селедка под шубой). Served at celebrations and special events like New Years, Christmas, and even weddings. A layered salad that eats like a meal, and so easy to make. Traditionally Shuba Salad…
Mimosa Salad (Mimoza Salata)
There are many ways to make a Russian classic Mimosa Salad (Салат Мимоза). It’s a layered salad found on the table during celebrations, especially Easter or even Christmas or New Years. Like most Russian salads, there is a lot of mayonnaise! It’s similar to Shuba Salad or Herring Under Fur Coat, as both are layered, have…
Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes
Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes is an easy side with authentic flavor for your next roast dinner. Don’t eat plain boring roasted potatoes, try this flavor explosion instead! Who doesn’t like roasted potatoes? Truthfully, I’m not a huge fan of traditional roast potatoes, but this Moroccan Crispy Roasted Potatoes recipe is delicious! I love Middle Eastern spices,…
Roasted Asparagus Recipe
It’s so easy to make this Garlic Roasted Asparagus recipe, you’ll wonder why you ever made it any other way. As a kid I remember eating boiled asparagus, sloppy and chewy. It was not a pretty sight. What does Asparagus taste like? It’s always hard to describe a taste of something, especially when it’s so…
Sauteed Brussel Sprouts
Sauteed Brussel Sprouts with Chorizo and Balsamic Glaze is one of my favorite side dishes during the holidays and I used to hate Brussel sprouts! Maybe it’s because when you think of Brussel Sprouts, you might think of a plain steamed tasteless side dish that your mother made you eat as a child. Thank goodness…
Potato Bake with French Onion Soup
Everyone loves an easy recipe, especially if it tastes amazing! Potato Bake with French Onion Soup are so easy to make and full of flavor, and only uses 4 ingredients! If you love potato, then this is the perfect side dish. Potatoes are such a staple in our western diet, from Garlic mashed Potatoes, Pan Fried Potatoes to…
Mizeria – Creamy Cucumber Salad
Everyone loves a good salad, and this Sour Cream Cucumber Salad will not disappoint! Mum always made this salad using fresh cucumbers picked from the garden. This recipe is of Polish origin called Mizeria, which literally translates to misery. It’s a delicious but basic poor man’s salad with using only sour cream and cucumbers. Some…
Broccoli Salad with Bacon
This Creamy Broccoli Salad with Bacon & Cheese is one of my favorite summertime salads. An easy way to jam pack vegetables to your families diet. A salad that almost eats like a meal. The only other salad I know that packs this many vegetables is my Greek Salad recipe. There are many versions of…
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe
This Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe is my favorite way to eat mashed potatoes. Everyone loves mash when they’re done well. There’s nothing worse than lumpy, tasteless mashed potatoes. Actually, I think everyone loves a good potato side dish recipe. Oven Roasted Potato Wedges, Scalloped Potatoes, French Onion Potatoes, Potato Salad, Chinese Roasted Potatoes, Duck…
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli
Parmesan Roasted Broccoli & Pine Nuts will be one of the most delicious roasted broccoli side dishes that you will ever make. It’s my kid’s favourite way to eat broccoli. Personally I hate boiled and steamed broccoli, it’s on equal footing with boiled peas. We often eat Butter Fried Peas as a side dish, and my Roasted…
Fried Eggplant
Fried Eggplant Slices (Жареные баклажаны) is a simple and rustic dish from my childhood. We had a large backyard garden and we had rows of vegetables growing, including eggplants. It was usually in the late summer that mom would make the different eggplant recipes. How Do You Eat Eggplant? Some people don’t know how to…
Greek Salad Recipe – Summer Classic
Everyone loves a traditional Greek Salad recipe (known as Horiatiki in Greece), a staple of Greek cuisine! It’s so easy to make! It’s an essential summer salad for a backyard Bbq or a Potluck meal. No vegetable salad tastes better in the summertime, especially when using vegetables from your own garden. How to make Greek Salad…
Summer Mango Salsa Recipe
When mango season is in full swing, I love making various mango recipes, to use up all the boxes mangoes that I have bought! I can’t help my self, I love mangoes! Then I need to get creative to use up all the fruit that I bought. I even make a sweet Mango Chili Sauce. Mangoes are known…
Chipotle Guacamole Recipe
So many ways to make a perfect and easy Chipotle Guacamole Recipe. Some require more time and effort, but I’ve always been a fan of easy and delicious. Guacamole is a natural accompaniment to dip with your nacho chips and salsa. Where did Guacamole originate? Guacamole, sometimes referred to as ‘guac’ originate with the Aztecs….
How to Make Bruschetta
Want to know how to make Tomato Bruschetta? It’s an easy appetizer to make, especially during tomato season! That’s when the very tastiest, red ripe tomatoes are available in stores, gardens and farmer’s markets. It’s not to say you can’t enjoy winter tomatoes, but it’s just not the same. How to make Bruschetta with Tomatoes…
Classic Herring Under a Fur Coat
Selyodka Pod Shuboy (Селедка под шубой) literally translates to Herring Under a Fur Coat or Shuba Salad (шуба). It’s a much loved Russian meal especially popular during New Year celebrations. A Russian shuba is a warm winter fur coat worn in Russia for hundreds of years. Herring Under a Fur Coat consists of layered potato, herring,…
Stove Top Stuffing Recipe
Everyone will love this Easy Stove Top Stuffing recipe, especially the cook. No one wants to spend extra time in the kitchen unnecessarily. It’s the perfect side dish with Oven Roasted Turkey, or even a Juicy Roast Chicken dinner. How is Stovetop Stuffing Made? This isn’t the type of stuffing that you traditionally stuff inside the…
Crispy Leaf Roasted Duck Fat Potatoes
Duck fat potatoes with fresh rosemary and salt flakes are full of flavor, a new take on roasted potatoes. Perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving or a holiday feast. Crispy Leaf Roasted Duck Fat Potatoes recipe is based on a Donna Hay classic. It’s become a Christmas favorite at our house. A new way to enjoy flavorful…
Roasted Broccoli with Garlic and Soy Sauce
This Oven Roasted Broccoli with Garlic and Soy Sauce is an easy and delicious side dish that I make for my family all the time (and the kids love it)! Chinese style side dish, oven roasted, flavorful and packed full of vitamins. The is the best broccoli side dish you’ll ever have. Personally I hate boiled…
Chinese Crispy Roast Potatoes
Chinese Crispy Roast Potatoes in a Master Stock are the most flavourful, crispy potatoes I’ve ever eaten. Have you ever heard of Chinese Roast Potatoes, and what is a Master Stock? To explain Crispy Roast Potatoes in a Master Stock, I’ll start with the Master Stock. What is Chinese Master Stock? I think Wikipedia defines it…
Easy Juniper Berry Gravy
Easy Gravy Without Drippings flavored with Juniper Berries, isn’t just some fancy gravy that you find at Whole Foods. It’s an easy gravy recipe that I make on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Especially when I make a Deep Fried Turkey, I don’t have fat drippings, so this recipe works perfectly. Some people don’t like the fat…
Butter Fried Green Peas
I love eating Fried Green Peas, sautéed in butter. In comparison, boiled peas on a plate is one of the most uninspiring foods I can think of. It makes me think of bland hospital food on a tray. Mushy peas, baby food, canned peas, peas in a soup, and that’s about your repertoire of pea recipes….
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Salt and Pepper Shrimp is a favourite dish found at many western Chinese restaurants. It’s a quick and delicious, and perfect appetizer or snack to eat with Sriracha Mayo. Sometimes I dip it into Sweet Mango Chilli Sauce or Sweet Chili Sauce. My brother asked me for this recipe, as he recently ordered it in a restaurant and loved…
Herb Roasted Potato Wedges
Herb Roasted Potato Wedges is the perfect recipe to use all your fresh herbs from your garden. Baked and not fried, with so much flavour. That’s one of the great benefits of having a small garden is the fresh herbs that seem to grow everywhere. Truthfully, I tend to plant them absolutely everywhere. Have you…
