Side Dishes

I warned you in my last post that I’ve been overcome with some sort of winter squash obsession. It’s the season, I swear. Just yesterday, I went out to our garden to harvest all the leftover acorn and butternut squash that haven’t been picked yet. Oddly enough, we actually never planted any of these varieties, […]

Wow. If you love flavor, this is the recipe for you. There’s tons of it. It comes from the vinaigrette, which has some rather interesting ingredients in it. The broccoli rabe and the portobello mushrooms add some really nice texture, but really, I think this dish is more about the flavor. If you decide to […]

This side dish took me a bit by surprise. After looking at the recipe, I thought I was going to end up with roasted potatoes that were very similar to the roasted potatoes I’ve been eating my entire life. Interestingly enough, what I had created when they were finished cooking was something very sweet and […]

I’m not sure how I ever missed hearing about the hasselback potato. In my opinion, it’s nothing short of a miracle of nature. It’s tender, extremely flavorful and great at parties. Ever since I made my hasselback potatoes, I’ve wanted to continue on with something similar, but different. During my travels, I bumped into a […]

I have only two items on my culinary bucket list. They are to make homemade mayonnaise and to make homemade pasta. Today, I sort of completed the first one. Let me give you some back story. A few months ago, Laura and I started reading the ingredient lists on the backs of products we regularly […]

The goal of this recipe was to practice my blanching of vegetables. Blanching is something new for me, but after having a go at it, I can report to you that it’s really a simple process that truly does preserve color and tenderness. If you aren’t aware of what blanching is, please feel free to […]