This all-from-scratch recipe for Fire Roasted Spaghetti Sauce is full of rich flavor and vibrant color. The recipe calls for fresh and healthy ingredients that combine to make the best spaghetti sauce ever! When I start seeing deals on in-season tomatoes, I’m reminded that it’s time to make Fire Roasted Spaghetti Sauce again. I look…
Side Dishes
Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing
This Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing brings that smooth and zesty flavor home to toss into your favorite green salad. It’s simple and quick to make with nearly universal appeal! Who doesn’t like the fresh, light salad that Olive Garden is famous for? Its Caesar-Italian flavor is totally guiltless and light. Even so, most of…
Simple Black Bean and Corn Salad
Simple Black Bean and Corn Salad is a fresh, colorful mix of black beans, corn, bell pepper, avocado and onion, in a light, tangy dressing that is healthy, delicious and easy to make. This colorful salad is full of flavors and texture that delight! It’s easy to make and super nutritious. Black beans are packed…
Authentic Guacamole
This Authentic Guacamole recipe is simple and delicious! It has that buttery, mild avocado flavor with a rich mix of herbs and spices—and it goes with everything! Guacamole is a Mexican food favorite that is simple to make at home. Whether you are using a traditional molcajete to make your guacamole or not, you can…
Easy Balsamic Salmon Salad
This Easy Balsamic Salmon Salad is the perfect meal for something a little light, simple to prepare, and full of flavor. Perfectly baked salmon is topped with a delicious dressing and then served atop a salad with the same delicious dressing. Looking for a healthy dinner option that will still fill you up? Salmon salad…
Easy Citrus Ceviche
Easy Citrus Ceviche is a simple and flavorful fish dish. Raw white fish is bathed in tropical juices and topped with cilantro and red onion. Simply delicious! My Easy Citrus Ceviche is a super simple and easy to make dish that sea-food lovers will adore. It’s great as a light dinner, or serves up beautifully…
Classic Coleslaw
This Classic Coleslaw is a side dish staple in our house. It’s the perfect complement to any summer barbecue or grilled meat dish. Crispy cabbage coated in the yummiest, tangy and creamy dressing—the perfect balance of texture and flavor! Coleslaw is completely overlooked if you ask me, especially since it goes so well with…
Mexican Street Corn Salad
This recipe packs all the yumminess of Mexican Street Corn into an easy to make salad. Serve it up as a side dish at your next barbecue or taco night because it’s muy sabroso! Mexican street corn, or eloté, is a popular treat in Mexico and growing in popularity in the states as well. It…
Parmesan Fried Zucchini
Parmesan Fried Zucchini is an easy to make, crisp, yummy appetizer with a nice mild, garden vegetable flavor. These are delicious dipped in marinara sauce! This recipe for Parmesan fried zucchini is a delicious way to prepare this incredible variety of squash. Working vegetables into your diet was never so tasty! These are crunchy and…
Easy Chimichurri Sauce
This easy to make Chimichurri Sauce is perfect to use as a marinade or to accompany beef and grilled meats. Full of fresh herbs and tangy vinegar, it brings a zesty flavor with a tiny hint of heat. What is Mary Poppins’s favorite steak sauce? Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim-chimi-churri! Okay, all joking aside, this distinctive, Argentine…
