Shrimp and Bacon salad
Shrimp. Bacon. Corn. Tomatoes. How can you resist this combination? ingredients: 5 strips of bacon 1 pound medium shrimp, cooked (rinsed, peeled, deveined of course) 1 cup corn… Read More »
Mini Broiled Vine Tomatoes
I love fresh Farmer’s Market tomatoes. Sweet and flavorful – these make a perfect little side dish, though I could just eat a bunch of them and call… Read More »
Lemon Broccoli Slaw
It’s Lemon Fest 2011! Day 3 – pucker up! ________________________ Sometimes I build entire meals around side dishes. This salad is fresh and crunchy and a great accompaniment… Read More »
Lomi Lomi Salmon
The first time I saw lomi salmon I thought it was salsa. A common mistake. I mean tomatoes, onions, green onions…What. There’s salmon in there? Yep… ingredients: 1/2… Read More »
Inari Somen
Inari is so versatile, you can fill it the traditional sushi way with rice or you can fill it with pork or stir fry, but I like it… Read More »
Pluot Salsa
The Baby LOVES pluots, and right now they are in season and plentiful. Since we go to the farmer’s market every week, I picked up a few ‘Black… Read More »
Sweet and Spicy Edamame
This is the simplest recipe and the best for a party appetizer – it just adds a little something extra to plain ol’ edamame. It’s not that spicy… Read More »
Homemade Croutons
More side dishes for the Fried Chicken Face Off. Again, wanting to keep the side dishes light – I made a quick romaine salad but wanted to kick… Read More »
Corn Salad
You know who the real winner of the Fried Chicken Face Off, was? The CORN SALAD. I wanted to make ‘light’ side dishes so as not to compete… Read More »
Twice Baked Potatoes
For Mother’s Day we had a ‘Rib Taste Test.’ Everyone brought ribs from different restaurants and we decided who’s cuisine reigned supreme. O.G. insisted that we cannot live… Read More »




