Side Dish

Taste of Home Holiday: Latkes

December 12, 2011 Hanukkah
Taste of Home Holiday: Latkes

The editorial staff at Taste of Home is filled with the holiday spirit and sharing their favorite holiday memories, recipes, and crafts. Rachel Abrahms, Digital Coordinator, tasteofhome.com, shares her recipe for a delicious Hanukah tradition. Happy Hanukah! Or, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanuka – which ever you prefer. There might be four different ways to spell Hanukah [...]

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Homemade Stuffing

November 15, 2011 Holiday
Homemade Stuffing

My Dad calls it “soggy bread,” my sister calls it “mush,” but I call it “heaven.” No matter what you call it, Thanksgiving stuffing is one of my favorite parts about this enormous holiday feast. The secret to this time-honored tradition is balance, the perfect blend of spices, bread crumbs, aromatics, and liquid. It needs [...]

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Thanksgiving: Green Bean Casserole

November 2, 2011 Autumn
Thanksgiving: Green Bean Casserole

Like Texas, you don’t mess with Thanksgiving. There are certain recipes and traditions that must be upheld each and every year or the entire holiday can be thrown off.  Every table must have a beautiful golden turkey, mounds of mashed potatoes, a vat of gravy, tart cranberries, savory stuffing, and a dish of creamy green [...]

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State Fair: Homemade Potato Chips

August 18, 2011 Side Dish
State Fair: Homemade Potato Chips

You can smell it right when you walk through the Midway, that intense salty, savory smell that only comes from fried potato chips. A line, 10 people deep, winds it’s way in front of a rather small stand – it’s bright red sign prominent to passers by. Kettle Chips! It says in clear white, flashing [...]

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State Fair: Tater Tots and Fries

August 16, 2011 Side Dish
State Fair: Tater Tots and Fries

Everyone loves a good French fry – pipping hot and right out of the fryer, sprinkled with a shower of sea salt. With each bite, your mouth fills with that classic salty taste – urging you to take another. I often find myself cramming as many fries into my mouth as possible, consumed by the [...]

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State Fair: Fresh Roasted Corn on the Cob

August 10, 2011 Side Dish
State Fair: Fresh Roasted Corn on the Cob

The cream puff isn’t the only crown jewel at the Wisconsin State Fair.  Fresh, buttery corn also draws fans from miles around. The ears turn slowly over a spit, the plump kernels turning a deep, golden yellow – the sweet, smoky scent filling the air. State Fair goers line-up for blocks, hungry to get their [...]

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Crop Share Recipe: Cabbage

August 2, 2011 Side Dish
Crop Share Recipe: Cabbage

This blog post is part of a summer series, focusing on how to prepare and cook produce from a crop share. As a first time Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) member, Danielle Calkins, Assistant Editor-Digital for the Home & Garden team, will be testing out fresh recipes bi-weekly as she picks up her crops. You can [...]

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Crop Share Recipe: Kale

July 5, 2011 Side Dish
Crop Share Recipe: Kale

This blog post is part of a summer series, focusing on how to prepare and cook produce from a crop share. As a first time Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) member, Danielle Calkins, assistant editor-digital for the Home & Garden team, will be testing out fresh recipes bi-weekly as she picks up her crops. You can [...]

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No-Cook 4th of July Side Dishes

June 29, 2011 July 4th
No-Cook 4th of July Side Dishes

You may have fireworks, face paint, burgers, and a sno-cone machine, but the 4th of July isn’t complete without a buffet of delicious side dishes. Putting together the perfect menu for the 4th can be stressful. You’re juggling so many variables: weather, the outdoors, number of guests, and the deisre to want to be apart [...]

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Perfect Thanksgiving Stuffing

November 16, 2010 Side Dish
Perfect Thanksgiving Stuffing

Other than cranberries, Thanksgiving stuffing is by far one of my favorite things about the holidays. I love how with a few simple ingredients you can transform some dry bread into light, fluffy, flavorful dish. I especially love it when I find tender pieces of apple or raisins in my stuffing. It adds a hint [...]

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