Side Dish

Roasted sweet potatoes on parchment paper.

Easy Roasted Sweet Potatoes

I’ve never had much success cooking sweet potatoes, but thought I’d try again to add some more colour to a vegetable rotation that leans green.

Closeup of heads of green cabbage by Shelley Pauls on Unsplash.

Culinary Legacy In Action: Homemade Sauerkraut

I’ve been talking about culinary legacy recently and decided to move from musing to making by attempting something I’ve never

Pearl Couscous Salad

I love a hearty salad and pearl couscous (also called Israeli) is just filling enough for a light lunch or side dish.

Roasted potato wedges on a white plate by Markus Winkler on Unsplash.

Baked Potato Wedges

Baked potato wedges are an easy side dish, requiring just a few basic ingredients: potatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Mango, cubed on a blue and white plate by Desirae Hayes-Vitor on Unsplash.

Mango Chutney

An easy mango chutney using frozen mango.

Jicamas on a wooden board by Lamai Prasitsuwan on Vecteezy.

A jicama is a tuber and it’s the same basic colour as a potato, but that’s where the similarities end. Where potatoes have thin skin and starchy flesh, jicamas have thick, fibrous skin and lighter, juicier flesh, closer in texture to an apple.