A unique take on a potato salad…no mayonnaise needed. Instead, I replaced the mayonnaise with oil and fresh herbs!…
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Traditional Italian Tomato Salad
What’s the perfect salad on a hot summer day? My traditional Italian tomato salad with fresh tomatoes, sweet onions, the crunch from the celery and cucumber.
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Spinach with Garlic – A Super Easy Side Dish
Ever wonder why ordering spinach in a restaurant is so expensive? Let me explain using my spinach with garlic recipe as an example.
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Fennel with Oranges and Red Onion Salad
YUM…simple and easy, a fennel salad with oranges, red onion and a homemade dressing! If you haven’t ever tried fennel, you have no idea what you are missing out on!
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Roasted Potatoes with a Secret Twist
Roasted potatoes, with yams, sweet potatoes and baking potatoes, tossed with an oldie but a goodie seasoning pack will become your family favorite side dish…I promise you!
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Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Salad
Fall is in the air making it the perfect time to combine two of my favorites, butternut squash and pomegranates! My inspiration for this butternut squash salad recipe came from a magazine where they made a salad and used a tahini dressing…a tahini dressing…loved this idea and knew I had to make it.
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Patty’s Simple Roasted Okra Recipe
Do you know what Okra is? I have found, here is California, most are not familiar with this vegetable. When I started asking friends if they had okra, responses I heard were: “it’s something fried, right?”, “it’s slimy, isn’t it?” and “it’s something you find in the south”.
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Baked Butternut Squash Zig Zags
Recently I was introduced to Trader Joes (I am not sponsored by them, nor do they pay for advertising) Butternut Squash Zig Zags. The idea of having butternut squash, cleaned, cut and ready for use was very appealing to me.
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Cole Slaw with No Mayonnaise
I love when it’s summer time as I come out of hibernation and start experimenting with side dishes and easy entertaining recipes. This recipe for cole slaw uses Ramen noodles (don’t judge me) and no mayonnaise! I did make another recipe for a no mayonnaise cole slaw that you may enjoy as well, click here to see that cole slaw recipe!
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Quinoa with Grilled Vegetables – Paul Martins
I love quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah), I have shared a few quinoa recipes here on my blog with you like healthy quinoa salad, roasted vegetable salad with quinoa and my quinoa and black rice cakes (one of my first posts ever). Today I am sharing a new quinoa recipe combining two of my favorites, quinoa and grilled vegetables. I was inspired to creating this recipe because of a visit to Paul Martin’s in Westlake Village, the manager, Paul, brought out the dish which I fell in love with…click here to read my review on Paul Martin’s.
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