Category Archives: Sides

Mom’s Potato Salad

There is no use beating around the bush, I know I am going to step on some toes so I am going to come right out and say it. There is only one way to make potato salad and that is the way my mom makes it. Ah, every bite tastes like childhood, summer, Little...

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Roasted Garlic and Lemon Couscous

I am going to be on the level here, I don’t know if this is the correct way to make couscous. Up until a few months ago I had never even tried coucous. I do know that this is the way my family likes it and so this is the way I will continue to...

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Macaroni and Cheese – Lighter

My husband loves comfort food. Simple, homey flavors are the way to that mans heart. Unfortunately homey flavors aren’t the only thing that knows the way to that mans heart, so do cholesterol and fat. That’s the problem with his beloved comfort food is that, in most of the recipes, if some butter is good...

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Frijoles a la Charra

These beans are the stuff that Mexican food dreams are made of…or is that Antonio Banderas wearing nothing but a tortilla? Seriously though, as a busy mother on a budget I can make a big pot of these one night and eat off of them for quite a while. Things that come to mind when...

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