Side dish and salad recipes for a crowd — the potluck-ready sides, fresh salads, and simple vegetables that round out every Longstreth family meal.
Two Cans and a Handful of Nuts. That Is the Whole Secret. This cranberry apple salad is my mother-in-law’s, and it was a fixture on our Thanksgiving and Christmas tables for as long as I can remember. It is sweet, it is tart, it is warm, and it is made from two cans and a…
Nobody Agrees on the Name. Everybody Goes Back for Seconds. Funeral potatoes, church lady potatoes, hashbrown casserole — I do not care what you call it, and honestly nobody at my table ever has. This is the dish that has been showing up on dining tables for generations, and there is a very good reason…
Every Mama Needs a Side Salad the Whole Crowd Gets Excited About This spinach strawberry salad is the one side my whole crowd actually gets excited about — and it comes together in under five minutes. It is just two main ingredients, a bag of baby spinach and a big bowl of fresh sliced strawberries,…
The Side Dish That Disappears First This herb lemon rice is proof that sometimes it’s not the main dish everybody remembers — it’s the side that disappears first. It’s bright, aromatic, and so flavorful, and the best part is I make the whole thing right in my rice cooker. I dump in the rice, butter,…
The Version I Made So My Husband Could Have It Too This greek yogurt chicken salad is the lighter, no-mayo version of my curried chicken salad — the one I make so my husband can eat it too. He’s been eating Mediterranean-diet style for a couple of years now, and it’s genuinely changed his health,…
No Offense to Grandma, But This One Raises the Bar This curried chicken salad is the one that finally bumped my old standby off the menu. It’s got tender chicken, crisp apple, toasted pecans, a handful of craisins, and just enough curry powder to make people stop and ask what’s in it. I started making…
Step Away From the Store-Bought Tub Homemade coleslaw is one of those things people assume is a project, and I am here to tell you it takes about five minutes and one bag of slaw mix. I dump everything into a bowl, give it a good stir, let it chill, and that is it —…
We Never Actually Made These Over a Campfire Campfire potatoes are thin-sliced potatoes, sweet onion, and a couple pats of butter sealed up in a little foil packet and baked until everything is tender and buttery — and here is my confession: I have never once made them over an actual campfire. Growing up, my…
Four Ingredients, Free Willy 2, and a Loaf Jason Looks Forward To Every Week This whole wheat sourdough bread is the loaf I bake about once a week so Jason has a wholesome whole grain option for his Mediterranean diet — and somehow, in the process, I ended up with a sourdough starter named Free…
I Have Not Bought Bread From the Store in Months This sourdough sandwich bread is the loaf that broke our store-bought bread habit clean in half. Soft, airy, just-tangy-enough, with a beautiful crusty exterior from a hot steamed oven — and my kids actually prefer it to anything that comes in a plastic bag. I…
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