November 14, 2016

Prepare Ahead Holiday Mashed Potatoes

Prepare Ahead Holiday Mashed Potatoes: make the mess the day before with these creamy make ahead mashed potatoes.

 

Prepare Ahead Holiday Mashed Potatoes by A Teaspoon of Home

The secret to a great Thanksgiving meal.

For me, nothing says Thanksgiving more than mashed potatoes! I remember one year my grandma was assigned to make potatoes. She used dehydrated potatoes, thinking no one would notice the difference. Boy was she wrong! She was banished from ever making potatoes again for Thanksgiving. I get it, it is laborious and requires a time and dirties lots of dishes, but totally a must for Thanksgiving!

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November 8, 2016

Delicious Sour Cream Potatoes

Sour Cream Potatoes: shredded potatoes, sour cream, cream of chicken and cheese.

Sour Cream Potatoes by A Teaspoon of Home

I have one favorite food. It’s slightly ridiculous, but sour cream potatoes are my absolute favorite! I could literally eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In fact, growing up on my birthday my mom would make two pans because I loved them so much. I don’t even know what it is about them that turn my taste buds on but this will always be one of my favorite dishes.

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October 31, 2016

Lime Cilantro Rice

 Lime Cilantro Rice: is the perfect accent to any Mexican meal.

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I feel like most Mexican food has a stand out flavor. I hate trying too hard to create sides that go with such a strong tasting main course. Hence the reason I created this lime cilantro rice. I don’t typically mix foods when I eat, but with Mexican food, I am always mixing. [Read more…]

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October 10, 2016

Garlic Parmesan Roasted Broccoli

Garlic Parmesan Roasted Broccoli is the perfect blend of flavors using a different cooking technique to make your favorite veggies.

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I love finding new ways to cook vegetables. It always seems like broccoli is served boiled or steamed at our house so when I found a different way to serve it I was thrilled. This Garlic Parmesan Roasted Broccoli is actually baked creating the perfect side dish.

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Garlic Parmesan Roasted Broccoli

Ingredients

  • 5 c broccoli florets
  • 3 T olive oil
  • 4 gloves of garlic, minced
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1/4 c Parmesan cheese
  • Juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray.
  3. Place broccoli florets in a single layer onto the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Add olive oil and garlic; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  5. Gently toss and combine.
  6. Place into oven and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until tender.
  7. Serve immediately, sprinkle with Parmesan and lemon juice.
  8. Recipe: Damn Delicious
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I think the best part of this recipe is that I tossed the broccoli in the little marinade and threw it in the oven. It was that easy! It came out smelling and tasting so delicious. Everyone ate it, which was huge because sometimes my littles don’t love broccoli.

This is the perfect and easiest side dish for any meal. Plus, if you are like us with endless dieting, you are always looking for a way to switch up the same old greens in your meals.

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September 22, 2016

Fruit Swords

A Teaspoon of HomeI would have never named these fruit swords until I had a little boy who turns everything into a sword; sticks, straws, wooden spoons. We have even been known to sword fight with blades of grass. I was a little worried about the sword fetish, until I started watching other boys my sons age doing the exact same thing. So when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade!

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Fruit Swords

Ingredients

  • Fruit of choice
  • Kabob sticks

Instructions

  1. Cut up fruit.
  2. Place on kabobs.
  3. Enjoy!
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Fruit swords have been a lifesaver in our home. Sometimes I can’t get my son to eat anything at all, but put some food on a sword and suddenly it disappears (IN HIS MOUTH!) I love fruit swords because I can guarantee an entire serving of fruit in one sitting. I don’t have to repeat or reintroduce them at another meal or worry that today was a fruitless day. Fruit swords have made eating healthy a delight.

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You can do them with any fruit or any way you’d like too. I’ve seen and done some that resemble the rainbow- I don’t typically have a rainbow colored selection of fruit every time I need to make swords. Sometimes it’s full of watermelon and other times it has grapes and cantaloupe. Needless to say, the type of fruit has never affected the success rate of it’s consumption. I never have empty swords.

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In fact, the last time I made them I was so excited to save some for breakfast the next day, only to find that my husband had eaten the entire plate of them. This treat is not just for kids!

I found my kabob sticks by the spices/utensil isle in the grocery store and there were large and extra large sizes. SAFETY WARNING: the larger sticks have sharper points and may be used as an actual weapon. My son doesn’t even like to play with the sticks after he’s done eating them because he had so much fun eating off his sword.

Try them today! You may be surprised just how many you go through and how the enjoyment expands to all ages.

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