Category: Sides

Marinated Onions

Marinated Onions

These creamy, pickled onions are perfect on Beef Dip or at the backyard barbeque. Start 1 – 2 days before company arrives.

Copy Cat In-N-Out Burger Sauce

Copy Cat In-N-Out Burger Sauce

California’s famous In-N-Out Burger Sauce is a nice addition to a loaded hamburger. Fire up the barbecue and serve burgers with buns or lettuce wraps.

Shrimp and Lobster Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter

Shrimp and Lobster Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter

Buy a really good quality ravioli from a specialty market and this dish comes together in minutes. Ravioli has been around since the 14th Century, served with tomato or cream sauces, broth or butter.

Baked Potatoes

Baked Potatoes

Baked potatoes and steak just seem to go together, bringing back fond memories of so many special occasions. There are serious debates about whether to dust with oil and salt/use aluminum foil or not. We simply place in the oven or over the grill and…

Mushrooms

Mushrooms

There are approximately 10,000 different types of mushrooms. Whether you sauté or add them to a dish, the possibilites are endless. Mushrooms have so much to offer, delicate Enoki with slim pin like stems to meaty sponge looking Morels. Grown up white or brown mushrooms…

Garlic Parmesan Cheese Toast

Garlic Parmesan Cheese Toast

It’s easy to see how the Italian version of garlic toast became so popular. Stale bread was toasted over the open fire, rubbed with a clove of garlic and drizzled with olive oil. There are many versions of garlic bread/toast, this is one of our…

Grilled Asparagus and Broccolini

Grilled Asparagus and Broccolini

  This is a bright fresh side dish, grilled for mere minutes. Broccolini is similar to broccoli, with long, thin stems. It’s similar in flavor to broccoli, but a little milder and sweeter.  

Parmesan Crisps

Parmesan Crisps

These are so good, as part of the antipasti tray or with a hot bowl of Tomato Soup. Super easy and 0 carbs. This recipe makes 12 crisps.

Potato Gratin

Potato Gratin

The best potatoes for Gratin are the starchy ones like Russet but any of them work when baked with cream, cheese and thyme. Dating back to the late 1700’s, in France you might see Gratin Dauphinoise on the menu instead of the more North American…

Tomato and Feta Salad

Tomato and Feta Salad

We love this salad as a side with beef or lamb. Feta cheese varies in flavor and saltiness. Greek feta has more intensity than French feta, and both are delicious.   I love many of Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa's recipes and have adapted many…