Green Beans with Bacon

Green Beans with Bacon

This is an easy and delicious way to serve up fresh green beans. While it’s commonly said that bacon makes anything better, this combination is exceptionally good.

Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

This holiday classic recipe comes together quickly and easily. It’s often a family favorite at holiday dinners. This is based on the classic French’s recipe, with a few tweaks of my own.

Fried Cabbage with Bacon

Fried Cabbage with Bacon

This Southern classic goes with a wide variety of main dishes. The bacon and onion bring in a savory side while the cabbage brings in the sweetness.

Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini Fritters

When you have zucchini coming out of your ears, here is another delicious way to prepare it. These are delicious and mostly healthy despite a little oil for frying.

Asparagus with Tomato Vinaigrette

Asparagus with Tomato Vinaigrette

We love Asparagus, and this is a delicious way to prepare it. Asparagus has a sweet, rich and earthy flavor and this vinaigrette brings a bright counter point to that.

Cream Style Corn

Cream Style Corn

If you like Cream Style Corn, you don’t have to buy it in a can from the store. You can make a more delicious version from scratch using canned corn or frozen corn. This version has more flavor than store bought, and it makes enough 

Boeskool

Boeskool

This is a favorite dish of mine from childhood. Made with potatoes and cabbage it is a type of an old Dutch dish called stamppot which is generally potatoes mashed with vegetables. This is traditionally served with mettwurst or some other smoked sausage, but my 

Smashed Red Potatoes

Smashed Red Potatoes

Here’s another delicious and unique way to serve potatoes for dinner. These potatoes would go good with BBQ or with a fancy prime rib. You can adjust the cooking time, depending on how crispy you would like them to get.

Holiday Dressing (or Stuffing)

Holiday Dressing (or Stuffing)

Down South, they call this dressing. Up north they call this stuffing. Since I smoke one turkey and deep fry the other turkey, I no longer stuff a bird so we call it dressing. I like to make it from scratch; the stuff from the 

Holiday Sweet Potatoes

Holiday Sweet Potatoes

Mmmmmm, sweet potatoes, with those melted marshmallows over the top. While it’s not everybody’s favorite and a little goes a long ways, no holiday table is complete without these sweet potatoes.