side dishes | feasting with friends

Indulgent Mac n’ Cheese

April 24, 2016 by Nancy

I’ll admit it (again…) that I love mac n’ cheese. Love it to a fault. Love it to my too tight jeans and back. There’s just something about the ooey gooey cheesiness wrapped around a hunk of pasta that pulls me in for bite after bite after bite. Back in January 2014, I wrote a post about the adventures in macaroni and cheese in our home… a search for the perfect mac n’ cheese. (That post can be found, here.) […]

Categories: Casseroles & Other Mixed Dishes, Pasta Dishes, Sauteed Eats, Sides • Tags: cheese sauce, grown up macaroni and cheese, indulgent mac n cheese, Macaroni and cheese, Pasta Dishes, side dishes

A Peek & Eggplant Capanota

March 7, 2014 by Nancy

It’s here again – Fiesta Friday – Yippee! I’m back at The Novice Gardener, joining Angie yet again. I have been so indecisive over what to bring along this week. Recipes I planned to post, just were not up to par. Instead of pastitsio I ended up with pastitsi-oh-oh and my gumbo was gum-NO! Thank heavens for pizza So, something different today. A peek in my life plus a healthy, side-dish appropriate, Eggplant Caponata to feed the group. Due to […]

Categories: Appetizers, Fiesta Friday, Non-food, Sauteed Eats, Sides • Tags: Eggplant, Eggplant caponata, feasting with friends, Fiesta Friday, Fiesta Friday #6, Roasted Eggplant, side dishes

Skinny-Mini Scalloped Potatoes

February 28, 2014 by Nancy

It’s here again – Fiesta Friday – Yippee! Angie at The Novice Gardener is such a wonderful host, and she’s having all of us back for another week. I have been so indecisive over what to bring along this week. I’ve decided to step back, and take a look at what has been popular at feasting with friends. One of my top posts [#2 all-time] from this blog has been my Weeknight, Lower-Calorie Scalloped Potatoes. Pinterest certainly helped boost it’s […]

Categories: Fiesta Friday, Sauteed Eats, Sides • Tags: buffet sides, feasting with friends, Fiesta Friday, Fiesta Friday #5, mini scalloped potatoes, potato recipes, side dishes, skinny scalloped potatoes, weeknight scalloped potatoes

Cooking 101: Roasted Asparagus

December 11, 2013 by Nancy

A dizzying array of complications have kept me from posting lately. Most have now calmed down…thank goodness. After the Thanksgiving standards, I’m back to a regular menu. A recent dinner was a family favorite – Chicken Parmesan and Roasted Asparagus. Roasted asparagus is so, so much tastier than the typical steaming methods. If I’m not preparing asparagus on the grill, roasting is my next choice. I do prefer asparagus when it’s in season. There’s nothing like perfect, skinny stalks fresh from […]

Categories: Sauteed Eats, Sides, Vegetables • Tags: Asparagus, How to prepare asparagus, Roasted asparagus, side dishes, Storing & cooking asparagus