Another addition to my 12 Recipes of Christmas, and today’s recipe is….. Leek and Potato Bake. A rich offering of melt in your mouth cheesy potatoes baked with leek and heavy cream. Then topped with salt and pepper, and finally a touch of nutmeg. Yum, right?
A simple side dish is all you need at times, and lemon garlic green beans is most certainly a simple side dish.
I’m a fan of mixing textures, so along with the lemon and garlic in these beans, I added some toasted almonds, totally makes this dish for me.
Purple cauliflower rice is a really cool side dish. It’s a smart alternative to regular rice. One cup of white rice has 5.6 times more carbs than the same amount of cauliflower rice. Cauliflower rice is packed with vitamin C too, and purple cauliflower rice is really pretty!
Replacing regular rice with cauliflower rice is a great idea, especially for those with chronic diseases such as diabetes.
It has a great bite, much lighter than conventional rice and doesn’t leave you conked out on the sofa veering to the food coma zone.
Three cheers for purple cauliflower rice!
This is one of my tastebud crash dummies’ highly recommended side dishes – stewed sweet peppers. It’s a really simple dish. What you need most experience in, is waiting. Stewed sweet peppers take time to create, but the pay off is great. This side dish looks and tastes amazing.
Don’t you love a tasty potato salad? I can usually handle a small spoonful, but the recipe I am sharing with you today has called me back for more and more so many times.
Today’s recipe is lime laced brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts sautéd in grape seed oil, doused in lime juice and topped with lime scented ricotta – yum!
Brussels sprouts are all the rage right now. You will be hard pressed not to see them on a restaurant menu these days. My family and friends have caught the bug, and they have become mine and my niece’s alternative to fries. So I thought it time to post another brussels sprouts recipe.
Wilted red cabbage is an easy peasy side dish which can be added to almost any meal. It is beautifully vibrant and oh so tasty, and with the addition of peanuts, puts it high on the crunch scale.
Sometimes the simplest things make for the most enjoyable, and that’s exactly how I would describe these caprese skewers.
Bacon wrapped asparagus is a super easy vegetable dish. This dish is special but you can make it really special by drizzling the asparagus with truffle oil and salt crystals and splurge on some fancy applewood smoked bacon.
If you’re looking for a hearty salad with just four ingredient plus dressing, try this brussels sprouts salad. All you’ll need is brussels sprouts leaves, leaks, mushrooms and chorizo for the salad, and for the buttermilk dressing you’ll need, buttermilk, mayo, olive oil and freshly ground black pepper.
