Side dish and salad recipes for a crowd — the potluck-ready sides, fresh salads, and simple vegetables that round out every Longstreth family meal.
I Don’t Even Like Potato Salad. I LOVE This Potato Salad. Grandma’s potato salad is the only potato salad I will actually eat — and I am not exaggerating. For most of my life, I would skip the bowl at every cookout. The mayo-soaked, store-bought, suspiciously yellow stuff that shows up at picnics? Not my…
I Got Tired of Making Potatoes the Same Way — So Now I Make These Garlic and herb smashed potatoes are the side dish that ruined every other potato for me. Baby gold potatoes get boiled until fork-tender, smashed flat on a foil-lined sheet pan, and brushed with melted butter, minced garlic, crushed rosemary, salt,…
A Vegetable? Technically, Yes. World’s best green beans — and yes, that is the actual name of this recipe in our house. Four ingredients, one pot, about thirty minutes on the stove, and three cans of green beans turn into the sweet-savory side my family asks for every single time. Butter, brown sugar, soy sauce,…
Two Side Dishes. One Plate. Dinner Looks Like You Tried. Baked potatoes and roasted asparagus are the two lowest-effort side dishes I rotate through every single week, and together they turn a piece of grilled chicken into a dinner that looks like you tried way harder than you did. The whole production is about 15…
Soft. Buttery. Topped With Flaky Salt. Gone in Ten Minutes. Same day sourdough dinner rolls — soft, buttery, and topped with flaky sea salt — are the rolls that disappeared off our table the second I set them down. The recipe is Emily Christensen’s at Country Roads Sourdough, and they’re exactly what she promises: light,…
Easier Than Making a Salad. Seriously. These roasted green beans and carrots are the no-fuss sheet pan side I make when I want something other than a salad with our pasta — and honestly, they take even less effort. No chopping a head of lettuce, no whisking a dressing, no worrying about whether the cucumbers…
The Pizza Crust I Make Just for Him — and Now the Whole Family Wants It Whole wheat pizza crust started as my husband’s thing. He’s been on the Mediterranean diet and pizza night was the one thing I didn’t want him to miss out on — so I started making this whole wheat crust…
Some Recipes Come With the Pan Included Mama’s best baked beans are the only baked beans on my table — and they came to me over 30 years ago from my mother-in-law, along with the pot. When I was first married, she made the best baked beans I had ever tasted in my life. I…
Sweet, Savory, and Gone Before the Main Course I know what you are thinking. Pineapple casserole with cheese? Trust me — this pineapple casserole is one of those recipes that sounds absolutely wrong and tastes absolutely right. It has been on our Easter table for as long as I can remember, and every single year…
The Make-Ahead Side Dish That Saved Sunday Dinner Creamy baked mashed potatoes are the Sunday dinner side dish that does the heavy lifting for me — I make them the night before, slide the pan in the fridge, and pop them in the oven before church. Five pounds of russet potatoes get whipped with butter,…
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