Side Dishes

Beef & Broccoli with noodles or rice is one of our family’s go-to dishes for a quick, delicious and nutritious workday meal.

Freezer Biscuits. Perfectly flaky, buttery biscuits from previously formed and frozen dough. You’ll want to make extra biscuits every time now, to freeze some for later.

Garlic Parmesan Potato Latkes. As a terrific side dish or with a weekend brunch, nothing beats these flavourful crispy potato pancakes.

Lemon Herb Roasted Potatoes are cut into small potato nuggets to ensure crispy flavour in every bite. One of the most popular side dishes ever to be featured on this site and an all-out Pinterest hit.

Roasted Garlic Caesar Salad Dressing. The easy way, using a plain mayo base. Roasting the garlic brings out its natural sweetness and adds a more mellow garlic flavour for an exceptional caesar salad.

Penne Pasta Salad with Shrimp Chili & Lime. A deliciously simple pasta salad that’s terrific to serve with cold cuts, grilled, chicken  or fish, or as an ideal BBQ side dish.

Tomato Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas & Mint. This delicious version of tomato cucumber salad features the additional bright flavours of lime & mint plus the healthy addition of protein-rich chick peas.

Cheddar Chive Buttermilk Biscuits. Light flaky buttermilk biscuits with fragrant chives and melting pockets of cheddar cheese baked right in; terrific served with chili, soups or stews or as the start of delicious breakfast sandwiches.

Refrigerator Pickles. Made with our own recipe for lower salt Montreal Steak Spice! The quickest, easiest, crunchiest and maybe the most delicious refrigerator pickles you may ever try.

Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Lemon and Oregano. A tasty, warm grilled potato salad with plenty of bright fresh flavours in the dressing and finished with some crumbled feta cheese. Originally published June 2013. As regular readers will know, our family practically lives off the backyard grill in the summer months. With the season so …