This category of recipe will cover all the side dish recipes. This will include any recipe that you wouldn’t serve as a stand alone dish, but is not an appetizer, soup, or dessert.
Making Mashed Potatoes for more than four? Ditch the boiling water and give this recipe a try. I mean, why bother with dangerous vats of scalding water just because your mom did. It’s time to embrace the oven and let baked potatoes be the base of the most comforting side dish there is: mashed potatoes. … Read more
Whether its Thanksgiving or you just need to wow a crowd with a charcutier board, this cranberry sauce will get you where you’re going. It is light, tart, sweet, and full of flavor. This sauce is easy to make and is sure to set your dinner apart from the rest. Ingredients Everything you need for … Read more
the Grandma Brown’s baked beans factory in Mexico, NY closed for good a couple years ago, and I can’t think of anything more sad. 20 times better than Bush’s, Grandma Brown’s beans missing from my grocer’s shelves left a whole in my heart and an empty spot on my plate. But have no fear, this … Read more
These Greek Potatoes are Mediterranean inspired, but came to my attention by way of a gal from the Midwest reminiscing eating Greek Potatoes a diner. This dish is packed with lemon flavor and the unlikely combination of lemon and potato is absolutely delicious. The ingredients are simple and the cooking is easy. Throw it together, … Read more
When you’re entertaining, you want to spend time with your guests, not slave in the kitchen. Food that looks and tastes amazing while needing little effort to pull off is the sweet spot, and this asparagus and ricotta tart lives in the sweet spot. You can whip this together in less than 30 minutes and … Read more
Cheesy polenta creates a pillowed bed for delicious white beans and greens. The greens are nutty and earthy, with garlic and bright lemon, while the velvety polenta holds everything together with a butter and parmesan flavors. Ingredients The ingredients for this dish should be readily available at your local grocer. Polenta is often found near … Read more
Carbs and cheese, there’s nothing better… and this smoked macaroni and cheese recipe is proof. It’s gooey, golden, and delicious, while packing all the extra flavor that a little smoke adds. Crumbled Ritz crackers and blue cheese crumbles are layered over the macaroni and cheese, just waiting for you to dig in! Ingredients This is … Read more
In the south sweet cornbread is an abomination, but I don’t live in the south and I’m not tied to their traditions. And before anyone from the south picks a fight, lets take a second to recall the virtues of sweet and savory combinations! This recipe is sweet, like almost a cake sweet, but boy … Read more
Red Beans and Rice is the mother of cheap eats, but this recipe has so much flavor and texture that you’ll forget you’re saving money. This recipe shoots past it’s humble beginnings and lands richly on menus well suited for the pinky up aristocrats in the crowd. Ingredients There aren’t any curve balls in the … Read more
Of all the regional dishes of Upstate, NY, Utica Greens may be the youngest… In this form at least. Legend has it that this recipe was born from the resourcefulness of great depression cooks, but this recipe did not gain notoriety until it was introduced the the menu of the Chesterfield Restaurant (Permanently Closed) in … Read more