Category: Sides

  • Baja Potato Salad

    Lisa and I are both big potato salad fans, as long as they’re not super-mayo affairs.  We needed to come up with a side dish to bring to a BBQ this weekend, and this recipe from The Border Cookbook seemed like a nice twist on the standard summer potato salad.  A vinegar and oil dressing […]

  • Lemon-Pepper Chicken over Garlicky Spinach & Sauteed Marjoram Carrots

    We received our latest CSA shipment today, and an internet search returned a few promising recipes that would utilize our fresh veggies and wouldn’t require any trips to the grocery store. The Lemon-Pepper Chicken over Garlicky Spinach recipe is slightly modified from this one on RecipeZaar, and the carrot dish comes from Quick From Scratch […]

  • Kefta Kebabs and Cauliflower with Taratur Sauce

    Two new dishes for us tonight: baked cauliflower with a delicious tahini sauce, and ground turkey meatballs with a pomegranate syrup. We had originally planned to make this cauliflower dish (from Lebanese Cuisine) as part of the Lebanese feast last weekend, but there was already way too much food, and so we made an excuse […]

  • Broccoli with Turmeric and Tomatoes

    We’re always looking for new ways to use up the last of our veggies from the CSA box; this recipe from Quick from Scratch Herbs and Spices was easily adaptable to what we had left: broccoli and leeks! It comes from the “Spices” half of the book, and features Turmeric, which we’ve never really had […]

  • Roasted Beet Salad with Orange and Cumin

    I had saved off this recipe I ran across on 64 sq ft kitchen, and when the CSA box came with a load of beets, I knew exactly how I was going to prepare them. Beets are roasted in a packet with shallots and cumin, and then tossed in a light citrus vinaigrette. The only […]