Sides RECIPES

Thanksgiving Recipes: Cornbread-Sausage Stuffing

There’s just something about stuffing. I rarely, if ever, eat it except during the holidays. So, when it comes into fashion around Thanksgiving, I make sure to get my fill of this delicious, savory concoction. One of the best stuffing recipes I’ve ever tasted is from a former SacFoodie, Alison Colarossi. She shared this recipe […]

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

While my roommates and I were watching scary movies and carving pumpkins this weekend I came up with the idea to make roasted pumpkins seeds.  I had never done it before, but I had heard so many delicious and nutritious things about pumpkin seeds that I thought I would take a stab at it.  Luckily […]

Dungeness Crab Cakes and Saffron Aioli

Serves 6 Crab cakes 2 lb. whole Dungeness crab or 10 to 12 oz. cleaned crabmeat 3 oz. fresh scallops 1/2 tsp. sea salt Fresh ground white pepper, to taste 1/2 cup heavy cream 2 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 tsp. chopped cilantro Pinch cayenne pepper 1/4 cup grapeseed oil Aioli 1 egg yolk 2 tsp. […]

Gourmet Mac ‘N’ Cheese

Mac ‘n’ cheese is hands down the ultimate comfort food; it will make this girl happy any day of the year.  Back in college, the Kraft blue box could have substantiated its own pyramid level in my diet.  Then, one day, I spread my wings and reached for Annie’s Homegrown brand:  I honestly felt like […]

Loving the Farmers’ Market

A few weeks ago, fellow SacFoodie Kris and I joined members of the San Francisco Professional Food Society on a tour of the Sacramento Farmers’ Market at 6th and X (you know, the one under the freeway). I’m embarrassed to say that I had yet to go to that particular market as I often hit up Downtown […]