Quick and easy kid friendly spring side dishes recipes

Hasselback Potatoes

We love these sliced, baked potatoes with cheese and bacon. We bake the potatoes and cool them ahead of time so they’re easy to quickly prepare.…

Katiuska's Flavoured Rice

This is my favourite rice recipe. It is flavoured with chicken stock, bacon, bacon fat, leeks and onions. Full of flavour. Delicious!

Grandma's Cheese Macaroni Casserole

Creamy southern style Macaroni and Cheese with a crunchy cracker topping. Great make ahead dish for events and…

Yellow Garlic Rice and Broccoli

I make this all the time for a quick and easy side dish. Alternately, this can be a main dish by adding 1 lb. of chicken, beef, or pork. my…

Crockpot Baked Potatoes

Technically these are not "baked" as in oven-baked. But this method yields surprisingly close results to the traditional baked potato. I had strong…

Grilled Asparagus

Garlic Herbed Sweet Potatoes

TRY THIS AT EASTER - it is a signature dish! It is sweet and savory with fresh herbs, dairy products and chicken broth. This is a North…

Potato Salad Recipe: My Italian Potato Salad Recipe

Remember that seen in the movie Goodfella’s where they open the movie at a picnic and Pauly is sitting there…

Three Green Circus Stir-fry

This is quick. This is delicious. This is chock full of vitamins and minerals This can be a main dish or a super easy side!

Noodles with Ginger and Cilantro

Here is a simple noodle dish that goes well with most Asian dishes. It can also be served as a snack for two…

Corn Pie for Lazy Cooks

I LOVE corn pie. But I don't always have time to do it like grandma used to make it. This won't win any awards but it is a very acceptable corn…

GOBI MANCHURIAN/CAULIFLOWER MANCHURIAN

Gobi Manchurian- a popular Indo Chineese dish can be served as a snack or an appetizer when prepared dry. The…

Ricotta Gnocchi in Lemon Butter Sauce

Everything tastes better with butter — even the smallest addition has the ability to make a dish truly sing.…

Miso Horny Gourmet Reduction

;-). This recipe was created to complement a roast pork recipe I have. I was amazed at how well the simple ingredients turned the Sunday pork…

Cole Slaw

A really good and easy recipe from an old recipe book of my grandmother's. I'll update with a photo when I have one. It looks like traditional…