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Sides, Salads & Vegetables

Classic House Salad - An EASY side salad recipe to serve with your favorite entree or alongside the main course! Made with common ingredients that you likely have already, but it's flexible and adaptable so you can ADD anything else you have on hand! The simple vinaigrette is easy, light, and flavorful but your favorite salad dressing also works.

House Salad

Mediterranean Pasta Salad - Juicy tomatoes and cucumbers, black and green olives, crumbled feta, and tender pasta are tossed in a homemade balsamic vinaigrette! An EASY pasta salad recipe with Mediterranean-inspired ingredients that's ready in under 30 minutes! It makes a big batch and is perfect for potlucks, picnics, or planned leftovers.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Crunchy Peanut Chicken Salad - Crispy fried chicken with crunchy cabbage, carrots, peanuts, cilantro and the EASIEST and BEST homemade peanut sauce that coats every bite!! A salad that you'll CRAVE over and over!! 

Crunchy Peanut Chicken Salad

Spaghetti Pasta Salad - If you need a FAST and EASY hit for your next potluck, summer picnic, or barbeque, look no further than this spaghetti pasta salad recipe! Served chilled, it’s full of juicy cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, salty olives, plenty of Parmesan and feta cheese, and coated with tangy Italian dressing so it's bursting with FLAVOR!

Spaghetti Pasta Salad

Creamy Corn and Bacon Salad - This EASY creamy corn salad with crispy bacon, jalapeño peppers and green onions for extra flavor, and plenty of shredded cheese will be a few FAVORITE side dish! Perfect for your next picnic, potluck, barbecue, or summer holiday like the 4th of July or Labor Day and it's ready in 15 minutes!

Creamy Corn and Bacon Salad

Skillet Zucchini, Corn, and Peppers (Calabacitas) - An EASY Mexican-inspired recipe ready in 15 minutes with zucchini, corn, bell peppers, tomatoes, and green chiles!! HEALTHY, vegan, and naturally gluten-free! When there's an abundance of summer produce, this recipe is PERFECT!! 

Skillet Zucchini, Corn, and Peppers (Calabacitas)

Classic Macaroni Salad - This fast and easy pasta salad recipe with tender elbow macaroni, bell peppers, carrots, celery, ham, and a super creamy dressing is a family FAVORITE! You can make it up to a day in advance if you want to get ahead and serve it at your next casual get together, backyard barbecue, picnic, potluck, or weeknight family dinner! Everyone always wants seconds!

Macaroni Salad

Southwest Chicken Cobb Salad - A Southwestern spin on traditional Cobb salad complete with tender chicken, crispy bacon, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, black beans, corn, and avocado over a bed of Romaine lettuce! Topped with barbecue sauce and Ranch, there's so much FLAVOR and TEXTURE galore in every bite of this crispy, crunchy, EASY salad!

Southwest Chicken Cobb Salad

15-Minute Sheet Pan Chicken Fried Rice – Easy HEALTHIER “fried rice” that’s actually baked and not fried!! Full of authentic flavor and ready faster than you can call for takeout!! Perfect for busy weeknights and a family FAVORITE!!

15-Minute Sheet Pan Chicken Fried Rice

Grilled Sweet and Spicy Basil Chicken - EASY, amazing, PERFECTLY grilled chicken that's sweet-and-spicy with tons of FRESH basil flavor! Learn how to make the BEST grilled chicken and serve it with a side of lightly charred grilled vegetables! Perfect for summer barbecues, picnics, potlucks, and grilling season! 

Grilled Sweet and Spicy Basil Chicken

Dr Pepper Baked Beans - Not just any baked beans, these EASY baked beans with bacon, onions and peppers, also have Dr Pepper to give them FANTASTIC depth of flavor! Sweet-and-tangy, savory, hearty, and your NEW favorite baked beans recipe! Great side dish to serve at backyard barbecues, summer holidays, tailgating and game day parties, or anytime you need a comfort food recipe!

Dr Pepper Baked Beans

Chicken Egg Roll Bowls

Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Buddha Bowl

Pull Apart Stuffing Ring - You'll never guess the secret ingredient that not only makes this stuffing ring FAST and EASY, but also creates PERFECT texture! The stuffing is soft and tender, buttery and moist, not at all soggy, and seasoned to perfection with sage, thyme, rosemary, and parsley! A must-make side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and holiday entertaining! 

Pull Apart Stuffing Ring

Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sweet and Spicy Glaze - The air fryer makes these Brussels sprouts perfectly crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and the mildly spicy honey butter glaze makes them IRRESISTIBLE! An EASY side dish for busy weeknights, family dinners, or Thanksgiving that's ready FAST!

Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts

Sweet Potato Cornbread - Homemade cornbread just got better because it's jazzed up with mashed sweet potatoes, brown sugar, and pumpkin pie spice! Thanks to the natural moisture from sweet potatoes and the addition of buttermilk, it's so moist and flavorful! Whether you're looking for a fall-inspired comfort food recipe or a new Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish, this cornbread is EASY and will become a new family FAVORITE!

Sweet Potato Cornbread

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