Side Dish

Main Dish, Side Dish

Honey and Garlic Shrimp

In my mission to avoid grocery shopping for another day but still wanting to cook something delicious, fast, and easy I found this gem. I’ll admit I had my doubts since there are only a few ingredients but I was not disappointed. Ingredients Instant Rice, 2 servings 2 cups frozen Broccoli 1/3 cup honey 1/4 […]

Main Dish, Side Dish, Uncategorized

Homemade Creamy Ranch

Ingredients 1/2 cup real mayo 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 tsp garlic salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (more or less to taste) dash of minced garlic Instructions Mix all items together in a bowl or salad dressing shaker (available below). Rule of thumb is to use the buttermilk expiration date as the […]

Side Dish

Oven Roasted Vegetables

This vegetable mix has great flavor and requires hardly any prep work. Be creative and add other vegetables that you like to personalize the dish. Ingredients 6 ounces of petite carrots 1 sweet onion 1 red or yellow pepper 1 green pepper or 6 ounces of green beans 2 Tablespoons freshly minced garlic cloves 1/4 […]

Side Dish

Ramen Noodle Salad

Ready in minutes and always delicious this salad is great with any meal. Not only is it tasty, but easily made in advance! Ingredients 1 head Nappa Cabbage (or lettuce) chopped 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 1/4 cup slivered almonds 1 package of Ramen noodles crumbled 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup white […]

Side Dish

Green Jell-O Salad

As odd as this recipe may look it has been one of my long time favorites passed down from my Grandma. It’s simple to make and stands out in a line of dishes. It’s great when you need a semi-quick dish but don’t want to spend a lot of money on something super fancy. Ingredients […]

Breakfast, Main Dish, Side Dish

Bakin’ Bacon

There are so many ways to cook bacon but when you hate doing dishes as much as I do there is on go to method with easy clean up – baking. Ingredients Bacon Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees (I used the convection setting to speed up the process) 2. Put aluminum foil in […]

Side Dish

Basic Baked Potato

Sounds simple, just a basic baked potato. I promise they are not all created equally! If I had to guess I’d say the aluminum foil wrapped potato is the most common. However, at some point in time I stumbled across a cooking method that made the outside of the potato crispy and delicious and haven’t […]

Side Dish

Pecan Kiwi Salad

Salad. Another one of those things I find I don’t eat all that often. It’s not that I don’t like them, I just prefer a hamburger. So when I find a good side salad that isn’t just a standard ranch salad that I actually like, it’s kind of a big deal. Ingredients Lettuce (or any […]