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Side Dish Recipes

Skillet Mushrooms with Butter and Thyme

Skillet Mushrooms with Butter and Thyme

So I have to admit that my fiance’s low-carb game is strong. He’s started eating more carbs again (like these rosemary and garlic biscuits I recently made), but we still limit them during dinner. The whole meat and veggie thing has actually become something we 

Quinoa with Garlic and Mushrooms

Quinoa with Garlic and Mushrooms

Have you ever had quinoa? Have you ever tried to spell quinoa? I just did both of these things for the first time this week! As a side for our Saturday steak night, I made a mushroom and garlic quinoa that I absolutely loved. I’d 

Roasted Lemon Pepper Green Beans

Roasted Lemon Pepper Green Beans

There are few things I like better than quick and easy vegetable recipes. When the weather warms up, I’m much more open to eating veggies with my meal and my favorite are definitely green beans. They are so easy! Sometimes I buy the kind you 

Cheesy Potatoes

Cheesy Potatoes

In my last post I shared a Sweet Chicken Wing Recipe that I learned from my mom. These cheesy potatoes usually accompanied those wings. If I ever make one, I usually end up making the other. Once you read the ingredients of these potatoes, you