Skip to Content

If you don’t know how to caramelize onions, you’re in the right place. Below you’re going to learn how to make easy caramelized onions and get cooking tips to avoid common mistakes. There is nothing quite like the taste of caramelized onions. Raw onions have a strong bite, but caramelizing them releases their sugars and …

Read More about How To Caramelize Onions – Tips for Success Every Time

If you love caramelized onions, you’ll be delighted with the 20 recipes using caramelized onions that are linked below. Each one of the dishes is enhanced by the sweet, mellow flavor of caramelized onions. Most people make caramelized onions in batches, because it takes about an hour to cook them. With large batches, sometimes it’s …

Read More about 20+ Recipes With Caramelized Onions & Best Ways to Use Them

This Southern coleslaw recipe is bright, colorful, and packed with flavor. It has a tart, sweet, and tangy dressing that pairs well with the crunchy, fresh vegetables that make up this quick and easy side dish. You only need a few ingredients to make this Southern-style coleslaw, which is a perfect addition to shrimp tacos and …

Read More about Southern Coleslaw Recipe – Quick and Easy Southern Style Slaw

This spicy rice recipe is a flavorful and satisfying side dish that’s perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re looking for a quick and easy weeknight recipe or a delicious side dish to bring to a potluck for Cinco de Mayo, this recipe is sure to impress. The spicy rice is made with jalapeño peppers, sweet …

Read More about Spicy Rice Recipe: Making a Zesty Mexican Side Dish at Home

Here is one of my latest cooking tips for the holidays – making your own homemade pumpkin puree. Pumpkin puree is a staple in Halloween and Thanksgiving cooking. From oatmeal to smoothies, to fudge and energy bites, this raw fresh pumpkin recipe adds an earthy flavor to all your fall recipes.   You can buy …

Read More about Homemade Pumpkin Puree – How to Make Fresh Pumpkin Puree

This Greek chopped salad has a summer time taste that pairs well with grilled meats or fish and it makes a really popular pot luck take along.  The salad is full of bite sized ingredients that are so pleasing to the eye. You’ll be transported to the Mediterranean with every bite! Keep reading to find …

Read More about How to Make a Colorful Greek Chopped Salad for Summer

The best mashed potatoes are not too airy, seasoned perfectly, lump free, and have just the right amount of butter. These cooking tips will show you how to make the perfect mashed potatoes every time. Nothing says comfort food to me like a bowl of creamy and fluffy mashed potatoes.  Combining this delicious side dish …

Read More about Perfect Mashed Potatoes Every Time – (Step by Step Tutorial) for Creamy Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

This recipe for honey glazed carrots is a quick & easy 15 minute side dish. Baby carrots combine with champagne vinegar and honey for a sweet healthy side dish recipe. Of you are looking for a lovely addition to your Thanksgiving buffet table this year, look no further.  I can’t believe how quickly this year …

Read More about Honey Glazed Carrots with Vanilla – Tasty Carrot Side Dish

This roasted carrots recipe is a family favorite. The Parmesan roast carrots are topped with grated cheese and Panko bread crumbs for a wonderful flavor and crunchy texture. Roasting carrots brings out their natural sweetness and I often cook them this way. It’s easy and a great way to get kids to eat vegetables they …

Read More about Roasted Carrots Recipe – Parmesan Roast Carrots with Panko

This roasted carrot salad with mushrooms, cranberries, and pecans is topped with feta cheese and dressed with a tangy balsamic dressing. Fall is a great time to serve salads that are made with roasted vegetables. I love having hearty salads as a lunchtime meal. Adding something extra to a normal garden salad gives you a …

Read More about Roasted Carrot Salad with Cranberries and Pecans – Hearty Fall Roast Veggie Salad

These roasted carrots and mushrooms dish is flavored with fresh thyme and roasted in the oven to bring out the naturally sweet flavor of the carrots. It’s scrumptious! Using fresh herbs for cooking recipes adds so much flavor. For today’s recipe, the fresh thyme is one of the stars! Don’t know how to cook veggies in the …

Read More about Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms with Thyme – Savory Roast Carrot Side Dish

What is not to love about zucchini? It is a super easy to grow vegetable, especially for beginning gardeners, is prolific, is low in calories and tastes great. But by the end of the growing season, as long as you prevent squash bugs, you are likely to have bucket loads of it. Your  neighbors will …

Read More about 25 Delicious Ways to Use Zucchini and Summer Squash

These roasted root vegetables use maple syrup and orange juice as well as cinnamon and ground cloves to give the dish a wonderful level of taste. I love to roast vegetables. Cooking them in the oven brings out their natural sweetness and adds a lovely flavor to them.  For another way to roast veggies, see …

Read More about Roasted Root Veggies with Maple Cinnamon

My daughter visited for the Christmas holidays this year and she is a vegan. We were planning on having ham for Christmas dinner, and she could not eat this, so I wanted some tasty side dishes that she could enjoy.   This recipe for Ziti Pasta with Asparagus and Mushrooms was her favorite.  She said “I …

Read More about Ziti Pasta with Asparagus & Mushrooms

These cream cheese appetizers with Tomato and spring onion were another big hit at my Christmas party this year. What I liked best easy appetizers like these, is that the mixture kept its consistency well and did not make the crackers soggy, so they could be made a little ahead of time.  The taste is …

Read More about Cream Cheese Appetizers with Tomato & spring onion