Category: side dish

  • Here is a vegetarian side dish for your Memorial Day dinner. Here is what you need: Coleslaw mix (14 oz.) Mayo Trader Joe’s seasoning salt or celery seed and dry mustard Salt and pepper Apple cider vinegar Sugar I used coconut sugar instead of refined sugar in my dressing. Have a magical day, Traci

  • Sauteed Mexican Spiced Kale (GF, V, DF, W30, Vegan)

    I love chopped up kale.  Aldi carries an already chopped up bag of kale for $3 or so which makes eating this powerhouse veggie so much easier. So what is kale?  Kale is part of the cabbage family. It has a lot of nutritional benefits. Here are some of the vitamins and minerals that kale…

  • Roasted Honeynut  Squash (GF, DF, Paleo, W30)

    Yes, you read that right.  Honeynut squash is a butternut squash’s little brother/ sister.  It’s delicious and depending on how you top it, it can be also eaten if you are following the Paleo or Whole 30 diet. So where did I find this beauty?  When I was at Trader Joe’s, they had the honeynut…

  • Gluten Free Mac and Cheese – Blog Post #24

    I hadn’t eaten Mac and cheese in almost 9 months. I used to love it. Then I went gluten free. It took me awhile to be able to find a gluten free pasta that I liked. Finally I found the Aldi’s G Free elbow macaroni.  It’s made of quinoa, brown rice, white rice, and corn…

  • Pressure Cooker Rice (GF) – Blog Post #14

    One of our favorite side dishes is plain rice with butter and salt. Hubby and the Wee One especially love it. I actually love brown rice more than white rice.  However Hubby and the Wee One love white rice.  So we make more white rice than brown rice. The ratio of dry rice to water/…

  • Potato Casserole – Blog Post #5

    I decided to create a new potato casserole for our Sunday dinner.  My mother-in-law told me that she loved it as she scooped up a second helping of the casserole.  So I think it’s a winner in my book.

  • Cauliflower “Mac” and Cheese (Gluten Free)

    Last week I didn’t share a recipe with you.  I was still trying to figure out the new gluten free diet I’ve been on the last two weeks.

  • Potato Pancakes

    I’m going to try to post a new recipe every Tuesday.  At least that is my goal.  Let’s hope I can reach the target. It all depends on what happens in my life.  As you know life happens.

  • Corn Casserole (Day 23)

    Welcome to Day 23 of 31 Days of Slow Cooking. Jump to recipe Yesterday we got early to finish the rest of the Donut trail.  We were successful this time.

  • Honey Ginger Carrots

    These carrots are made using the same process as my brown sugar carrots.  However, I changed the recipe just a little bit because we were eating an Asian main dish.