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Category: Side Dishes

  • Creamy Cheese Grits

    Creamy Cheese Grits

    Summary Grits are the perfect southern side dish because they are simple and inexpensive to make as well as incredibly versatile. Made from ground corn, grits can be flavored any way you’d like. This cheese grits recipe includes chicken broth, cream, cream cheese, and shredded cheese, and makes a side dish that can go with…

  • Broccoli Cheese & Rice Casserole

    Broccoli Cheese & Rice Casserole

    Most people love casseroles because they are simple and they usually involve fewer dishes which means less cleanup. What’s better than combining a few of your favorite ingredients into a single dish where the flavors get to spend lots of time mingling and getting acquainted? Combining a few of your favorite ingredients to make a…

  • Sautéed Beet Greens

    Sautéed Beet Greens

    One of the most fulfilling things as a cook is being able to use an ingredient in its entirety. Not wasting a single thing. These sautéed beet greens are simple to make, and they are a quick way to make a whole nother dish from those beets you’ve already got. Combined with a handful of…

  • Creamy Creole ‘Dirty’ Risotto

    Creamy Creole ‘Dirty’ Risotto

    What is now widely considered a popular side dish was, at its origin, rice combined with ground meats and other less desirable cuts to create a dish which aided survival. Pair historically bold Southern flavors with the delicate process of creating a ‘dirty’ risotto for a dish that’s good enough as a side or as…

  • Orange and Honey Soy Kale

    Orange and Honey Soy Kale

    I wasn’t always a fan of kale. For a long time, it was too harsh for me to eat as the lettuce for my salads. I didn’t like it braised like collard or mustard greens. I used it to blend into smoothies, but nothing else was working for me. Meanwhile the world around me was…

  • Four of my favorite ways to enjoy sweet potatoes

    Four of my favorite ways to enjoy sweet potatoes

    It’s sweet potato season! Literally. Fall (from late October to December) is peak season for the root vegetable that has become a popular substitute for its not-so-sweet potato cousins. Sweet potato fries. Hash. Gnocchi. If someone has made a dish using white, red, or yukon gold potatoes, chances are someone has also developed a recipe…