This homemade Instant Pot Applesauce recipe is easy and makes a great snack or side dish that the whole family loves! If you think making homemade applesauce is difficult, I'm here to tell you that it absolutely is not. Especially if you make this Instant Pot Applesauce recipe! And wow! The ...
Side Dishes
Cucumber Peach Salsa Recipe
This Cucumber Peach Salsa is a breeze to make and can be a snack, appetizer, or the perfect way to elevate your dinner! Whether you have a garden that is producing more cucumbers than you can deal with or you have to go to the grocery store to pick some up, you absolutey should make this Cucumber ...
Perfect Rice Pilaf with Vegetables
Rice Pilaf is an easy side dish that goes with just about anything you're having for dinner! Anytime I have an opportunity to add extra vegetables into a dish, I do it. That's why I've always added extra veggies into my rice pilaf. Most of the time rice pilaf is made with diced onion, but I ...
Roasted Tomatoes Recipe
This Roasted Tomatoes Recipe shows you how oven roasting your tomatoes brings out their natural sweetness and makes them irresistible! Summa summa summa time! It's officially here!! I'm just a liiiitle bit excited for my favorite season. Okay; I'm really excited. The best part? THE ...
Cucumber Salad with Green Grapes and Avocado
Cucumber Salad takes a new spin by adding sweet green grapes, creamy avocado, and fresh mint. This is refreshing and delicious! Heads up! This Cucumber Salad with Green Grapes and Avocado recipe was originally published in 2014. An updated photo was added June 2018. Text has not been changed. ...
Shaved Vegetable Salad with a Tangy Dill Dressing
This Shaved Vegetable Salad is a light and delicious salad that works well as a dinner side dish or to bring to your summer barbecues! In a sea of sameness, this Shaved Vegetable Salad gets points for standing out. At most of your summer barbecues you'll find pasta salads, you'll find potato ...
White Bean Salad Recipe
White Bean Salad is the perfect answer to what to make for a quick dinner side dish or your next potluck picnic! Heads up! This post was first published May 2014. Updates were made May 2018. Enjoy! Last week, we were supposed to attend a family picnic for Meghan's school. In a bit of a ...
How To Cook Quinoa and Quinoa Recipes Your Family Will Love
This article will show you how to cook quinoa so it has a perfect, fluffy texture and you can use it in many different quinoa recipes! The other day I got a message from a friend who was making my Sweet Potato Black Bean burgers. They call for cooked quinoa, and she wasn't sure how to cook ...
Sweet Potato Recipes You’ll Love
Who loves sweet potatoes as much as I do? If you do, then you're going to LOVE this collection of sweet potato recipes! Before I get to the recipes, let's talk about WHY you should be eating sweet potatoes. Okay, they taste good. So we've got that going for us. But what about nutrition? Oh, ...
Coconut Oil Roasted Beets (AKA Vegetable Candy!)
If you're wondering how to cook beets to make them taste like vegetable candy, you need to know that roasted beets are the BEST. Read on! This post was first published Sept. 2015. Recipe card was updated 2018. So, yes. I put both the words beets and candy in the title of this post. Candy ...
Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan
You won't find a more addicting broccoli recipe than this Roasted Broccoli with Parmesan! Get ready to fall in love with broccoli! Do you have a food happy place? I have a few, but one of them is definitely with a big bowl of roasted vegetables in front of me. Is that weird? I can't ...
Lemony Broccoli Salad
This Lemony Broccoli Salad is the perfect way to detox and restart after you've indulged a little too much! Heads up! I originally published the recipe for this Lemony Broccoli Salad in January 2013. Photographs have been updated. It's okay if you feel like you need to hit the restart ...