This quick and easy Dirty Rice recipe makes a filling side dish or it can be served as a main dish too! This Dirty Rice recipe was originally posted on Dine & Dish October 2010. Photos and some text were updated April 2021. I have a confession to make. Let me tell ‘ya…if I didn’t…
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Easy Baked Shrimp Over Butternut Squash Risotto
This post is sponsored by Alexia Foods. Learn how the new Alexia Premium Vegetable Sides are changing the way we do dinner and enjoy this Easy Baked Shrimp over Butternut Squash Risotto recipe. The Thanksgiving holiday is over and I’m sure many of you are like me and craving some healthy “re-set” foods. Let’s just…
Fall Vegetable Risotto Recipe
A flavorful Fall Vegetable Risotto recipe inspired by a dish served at the Chef’s Table aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship. I was thinking back this week to many of the most memorable dinners out I’ve had, and I discovered they almost all have included risotto of some kind. Apparently, I have a great fondness…
Side Dish: Pasta with Avocado Cream Sauce Recipe
A simple pasta side dish tossed in a tasty California Avocado Cream Sauce. I struggle BIG TIME with side dishes. I can plan the main dish or dessert, but the side dish is often a second, absentminded thought at our dinner table. I can open up and heat a can of green beans, toss a salad together, or…
Easy Black Beans and Rice Recipe
This easy Black Beans and Rice Recipe is full of flavor thanks to Bush’s Black Beans in Mild Chili Sauce. Eat it alone, as burrito bowl or filling for a tortilla wrap. Do you ever think about what your last meal request would be? I’ve eaten some incredible food in my lifetime, but I think for my very…
Cheesy Bacon Brussels Sprouts Recipe
Do you think you don’t like Brussels Sprouts? Think again! This Cheesy Bacon Brussels Sprouts Recipe will change your mind! Three out of four of my kids are really good eaters. Then there’s Ella. She is definitely my pickiest eater, by far, of the four. The strange thing is, what she chooses to be picky…
Happy Accidents {Recipe: Jelly Glazed Baby Carrots}
A traditional cocktail meatball glaze is introduced to cooked baby carrots in this recipe for Grimmway Farms Jelly Glazed Baby Carrots! You all have tried those famous grape jelly and chili sauce glazed cocktail meatballs, right? They seem to be quite the popular appetizer, especially at parties this time of year. I honestly first couldn’t…
A Collection of Mushroom Recipes
Thank you all so much for sharing your favorite mushroom recipes over the past 2 weeks. With your help, we were able to bring awareness to The Mushroom Industry’s initiative to “Go Pink” for breast cancer awareness! As you know from my earlier post featuring my Creamy Mushroom and 3 Bean Soup, this is…
Keep it Simple Date Night
Thank you to Bumble Bee SuperFresh™ for sponsoring this article. Find the new Bumble Bee SuperFresh™ entrées in your area by visiting: http://bumblebeesuperfresh.com/buy” My husband and I both love to cook… and not to brag or anything, but we’re pretty good at it. In fact, it becomes a bit of a problem when we…
Marinated Grilled Mushrooms
I’m sharing a perfectly simple grilled side dish over on The Mushroom Channel blog today! Click HERE to get the recipe for Marinated Grilled Mushrooms — a must have side dish for the summer grilling season!