Side Dishes – Partners in Cooking

Delicious Quick Dill Pickles

This super easy recipe makes delicious refrigerator dill pickles that are ready to be enjoyed in only 24-48 hours! You can also use this recipe to pickle many other vegetables! They are so good! Ingredients: 9 Kirby cucumbers (smaller cucumbers have less water and will be crunchier) 2 cups water 2 cups white vinegar 2Continue reading “Delicious Quick Dill Pickles”

Effortless Roasted Asparagus

An effortless side dish that goes great with fish, steak, or chicken. Roasts in only 12 minutes! Ingredients: 1 bunch asparagus 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp olive oil Zest and juice from 1/2 lemon 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 2 tbsp grass-fed butter, cut into fourths Recipe: Line a bakingContinue reading “Effortless Roasted Asparagus”

Antipasto Salad

Keto, Low-Carb, Gluten-Free, Paleo Ingredients: Salad: 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped 4 ounces uncured hard salami, sliced 1 box cherry tomatoes, halved 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, roughly chopped 8 oz can sliced black olives, drained 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (substitute with nutritional yeast for Paleo) 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley Freshly ground black pepperContinue reading “Antipasto Salad”

Roasted Spaghetti Squash

Paleo, Low-Carb, Keto, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian This roasted spaghetti squash recipe is used as the base for many of my recipes. I love serving it as a pasta substitute for many delicious dishes such as, carbonara, chicken piccata, and lobster shrimp scampi. However, roasting the spaghetti squash gives it all the flavor it needs to beContinue reading “Roasted Spaghetti Squash”

Garlic Lemon Green Beans

Vegetarian, Paleo Ingredients: 2 12 ounce bags of trimmed green beans 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp grass-fed butter 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 tsp sea salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper 1 tsp fresh lemon juice Water and ice for ice bath Recipe: Steam green beans either in microwave orContinue reading “Garlic Lemon Green Beans”

Southwestern Black Bean and Corn Salad

Vegetarian, Paleo, Dairy-Free Ingredients: 2 cups fresh or frozen sweet corn 4 roma tomatoes, chopped 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 2 avocados, chopped 1/4 cup green onion, finely sliced 1/3 cup avocado oil 1/2 tsp Himalayan sea salt 1/4 tsp paprika 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp black pepperContinue reading “Southwestern Black Bean and Corn Salad”