Category: Side Dishes
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This post was originally posted in July 2010. I have been going through my previous posts to see which ones need to have a photograph added or the photograph updated. This post need the picture to be updated. When we had this side dish for dinner last night, I decided to snap a new picture…
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This DOES NOT have pineapple or ham in it because that is not what makes it Hawaiian. When I looked for a different type of macaroni salad, I found this recipe for Hawaiian macaroni salad. According to the blog, I got the original recipe from the macaroni salad is part of the Hawaiian plate lunch.
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I’m all about easy veggie side dishes. We usually microwave the veggies for about 4 minutes, add a little bit of butter and salt, and then microwave for another minute to melt the butter. That method gets old, though. So I came up with an easy skillet green bean recipe using onions and bacon. When…
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As I have said in previous blogs, there are two food items that I seem to not to be able to make in the traditional manner. Those are hard boiled eggs and mashed potatoes. On Thanksgiving eve, I tried to make the mashed potatoes and then had to call my mother-in-law to ask her to…
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This is one of my family’s favorite side dishes. When I make them, I get a yeah. The Wee One especially loves it when I serve corn, peas, or mixed veggies because he will mix them with the noodles. His dad also mixes his veggies with his rice and noodles, so he comes upon it…
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I told my family I was going to do this challenge. They are very supportive of my taking on this challenge. In fact, Hubby decided to surprise me by changing the area where the crock pot is located. He didn’t like how it was in the back of the counter. The meat on the cutting…
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When we eat pasta dishes at our house, the three of us enjoy eating garlic bread with our dinner. The Wee One refuses to eat garlic bread. That means extra garlic bread for the rest of us. The other day I decided to make garlic bread using hoagie buns from Sam’s Club. The result was…
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The Imaginative One could live on chocolate, popcorn, and French Fries. I’ve started baking my French Fries. He loves them and will eat any fries left on the tray. The first hundred times (maybe not that much), it would take the fries a long time to bake which doesn’t help when I have to get…
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I’m so proud of myself. Today we were given a chance to go apple picking at one of our fellow church member’s houses. We could take as much as we wanted, which is totally cool. The Imaginative One is a fussy eater but loves his apples and applesauce. So I jumped at the chance. We…
