Sides RECIPES

Great-Grandmother Murphy’s Potato Salad

There are potato salads, and there are potato salads. This is, undoubtedly, the latter. It is italicized and underscored, highlighted and bolded. It’s the type of potato salad that would wear white to another potato salad’s wedding, knowing full well how awesome it is and blithely unconcerned with how insignificant other side dishes may feel […]

Quick & Healthy Greek Potato Salad

I selected this non-traditional potato salad recipe for the SacFoodies potluck because it’s a healthy and delicious twist on a classic potato salad (and it also happens to be one of my favorite client recipes). It’s made with creamy non-fat Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise so you can have seconds with no guilt. Fellow SacFoodie […]

The Big Game: Food and Bar Guide!

The SacFoodies love the big game, not only for the football, beer and awesome commercials, but for the delicious array of food! Who doesn’t love the abundance of chips, dips, hot wings, cheeses, and other yummy finger foods present at game-watching parties? We’ve compiled a list of our favorite snack foods (with recipes!) for this […]

Oven-roasted Brussels Sprouts

Stinky, boring, or even worse, healthy. Poor brussels sprouts – they get such a bad rap! When I found myself perusing the grocery store aisle on Thanksgiving morning after receiving a last-minute request for an extra dinner side dish, this often over-looked veggie came to the rescue for me.  After witnessing this quick and beyond-easy […]

Thanksgiving Recipes: Autumn Vegetable Succotash

One of the best side dishes is this colorful fall medley of vegetables, sautéed in butter and lightly flavored with fresh sage. My mother-in-law makes this wonderful succotash every Thanksgiving – and my only complaint is that there are rarely any leftovers to partake of post-feast! She found this recipe ages ago in Martha Stewart […]