• Cauliflower, Broccoli and Bacon Salad is an easy side dish perfect for any time of year. Fancy enough for a big family dinner yet simple enough for a weeknight meal. It goes with just about anything! A sweet and creamy dressing compliments savoury bacon and cheese in this salad that pleases everyone!

    Cauliflower, Broccoli and Bacon Salad

    Cauliflower, Broccoli & Bacon Salad is a classic. One of those salads you can serve year round. I love that it's so universal, it's perfect for any and every season. A winner at big family dinners and easy enough to serve during the week. Our family, serves it with practically everything and it's been kicking around our family dinners for decades!

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  • French Onion Rice is an easy recipe combining basmati rice with beef bouillon and onion soup mix. It's the perfect side to roasted chicken or just go ahead and eat it by itself, it's that good. Take it from this self-proclaimed rice hater, this rice is perfection, so good in fact, I've made it multiple times with week.

    French Onion Rice

    I can honestly say, I've never truly been a fan of rice. It's just never been my thing. I truly believe it's from overuse, you see, my mom loved rice, or maybe it was my Dad and she was cooking it for him. But, after years of rice at least once a week, I'm over it. That was until, I added a package of onion soup mix to my rice. And like that French Onion Rice was born and I'm a huge fan.

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  • Homemade Greek Seasoning & Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables, together, will rock your side dish world! A spice blend loaded with greek flavours that can be used in multiple ways, but as a marinade on roasted vegetables is my favourite! I highly recommend this easy side dish recipe. Marinating overnight packs maximum flavour, then roast or grill your vegetables until slightly charred for the best vegetable dish out there.

    Homemade Greek Seasoning & Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables

    I am a huge fan of greek food. I want it all, souvlaki, pita bread, lemon potatoes, dolmades, and feta cheese. Oh and spanakopita, I could live on that flaky cheese pie, alone. Don't even get me started on the desserts. Let's just say, it's one of the most flavour-packed types of cuisine out there. Years ago, I bought a greek dressing mix from Epicure and I used it on everything. Then I ran out, had to come up with my own Homemade Greek Seasoning and I'd put my seasoning up against Epicure's any day!

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  • A simple Lemon Garlic Pasta that comes together about as fast as it takes to boil the spaghetti! Don't be fooled by how easy this recipe is, the flavour is beyond indulgent and will impress even the toughest critic. Garlic, lemon and parmesan meld together in a perfect sauce to pair with hot spaghetti, spinach and roasted almonds. A perfect weeknight side dish or a meatless Monday meal!

    Lemon Garlic Pasta with Parmesan

    This pasta is perfection! With just a few simple ingredients regular ol' spaghetti transforms into heaven on a plate. Seriously, it's to die for! Yes, I know that sounds a little over the top, but give this a try and tell me I'm wrong. I bet you won't. It's an easy side dish, lunch dish, main dish. Heck, I'd eat this Lemon Garlic Pasta with Parmesan for breakfast, if there was ever any leftovers, it's a real problem. If you like leftover pasta, and really who doesn't, go ahead and double the recipe now.

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  • Smashed Butternut Squash with Sage is an easy side dish with a surprise twist. Roasted and smashed with the addition of sage and lemon, brings this winter vegetable out of the cold and right into spring.

    Smashed Butternut Squash with Sage

    In my 20s, when I bought my first house, I would get home from work and watch hours of cooking shows. My girlfriends would be watching Sex and the City and I'd be watching Anthony Sedlak from the Main on the Canadian Food Network. It's here that I came across this recipe for Smashed Butternut Squash with Sage. I had been watching an episode of the Main and the chef was making some sort of chicken and a few other things, but what stood out was the butternut squash.

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