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Side Dishes

Healthy Light Side Dishes featuring whole ingredients

20+ Healthy Easter Side Dish Recipes

April 14, 2014 by Jeanette

20 Healthy Easter Side Dish Recipes © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Round out your Easter dinner spread with one or more of these Healthy Easter Side Dish Recipes. I can’t believe Easter is this coming week already so I’ve pulled out some of my favorite side dish recipes that would be perfect for celebrating this joyous occasion. Whether you’re entertaining a large crowd or celebrating with…

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Filed Under: Easter, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes Tagged With: Easter, healthy side dishes, Side Dishes, Spring side dishes

Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan Crust Recipe

April 10, 2014 by Jeanette 16 Comments

Parmesan Crusted Asparagus with Balsamic Vinegar

This Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan Crust is an easy, delicious and kid-friendly side dish. Asparagus is one of the easiest vegetables to prepare. Although you can buy a fancy asparagus steamer, there’s no need to if you simply roast them. Roasting vegetables is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to enjoy almost any…

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Filed Under: Easter, gluten-free, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: asparagus, easy recipe, Food Network, parmesan cheese, roasted vegetables, Sensational Sides

How To Cook Quinoa + Health Benefits {Video}

March 27, 2014 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Cooked Quinoa © Jeanette's Healthy Living

If you’ve never tried quinoa, now’s the time. Check out my How To Cook Quinoa video – quinoa is so easy to prepare and highly nutritious. I have a number of quinoa recipes on my blog, but I realized I don’t have a post devoted to how to cook quinoa. Recently, one reader asked what…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, Resources, side dishes, whole grain Tagged With: how to cook quinoa, how to make quinoa, quinoa, video

Asian Tomato Ginger Lime Salad Recipe

March 19, 2014 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Tomato Ginger Lime Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This simple Asian Tomato Ginger Lime Salad is a refreshing side accompaniment that will compliment just about any meal. Most times, fresh ingredients require so little adornment that you can simply eat them raw and slightly seasoned if desired. Last week, I made a Fresh Citrus Fruit Salad that demonstrated how beautiful yet simple it can…

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Filed Under: Asian, Clean Eating, dairy-free, gluten-free, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian salad, cherry tomatoes, Filipino food, ginger, lime

Filipino Garlic Fried Brown Rice Recipe

March 17, 2014 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Filipino Garlic Fried Rice © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Filipino Garlic Fried Brown Rice is a healthier version of a traditional breakfast food, although it would be great as a side dish for dinner as well. I had a Filipino friend in high school that I used to hang out with and one of my favorite memories was the time I stayed at…

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Filed Under: Asian, Breakfast, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, whole grain Tagged With: Asian breakfast foods, Filipino food, garlic fried rice

Roasted Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts with Prosciutto Recipe

March 3, 2014 by Jeanette 16 Comments

Roasted Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts with Prosciutto

This simple recipe for Roasted Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts with Proscuitto is perfect for an easy weeknight side dish. Made with antioxidant rich purple varieties of cauliflower and brussels sprouts, it’s a stunning addition to any meal. March is National Nutrition Month® 2014 and I’m celebrating with this antioxidant packed Roasted Purple Cauliflower and Purple Brussels…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, cruciferous vegetables, csa, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, Thanksgiving Tagged With: cruciferous vegetables, healthy living, humanely raised pork, National Nutrition Month, nitrate free meats, proscuitto, purple brussels sprouts, purple cauliflower

Slow Cooker Chipotle Style Black Beans Recipe

January 20, 2014 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Slow Cooker Chipotle Style Black Beans - so easy you can make this at home

These Slow Cooker Chipotle Style Black Beans make a great weeknight staple. Served over Cilantro Lime Brown Rice, on top of Huevos Rancheros, or in a burrito or taco, it’s a versatile recipe. All you need is some hot sauce if you like it spicy. My boys love Chipotle’s burritos and burrito bowls. My oldest…

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Filed Under: Beans/Legumes, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, healthy choices, Pantry Recipe, side dishes, Slow Cooker, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: Chipotle black beans, crockpot black beans, slow cooker black beans, vegan, vegetarian

Garlic Roasted Kale Recipe

January 6, 2014 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Garlic Roasted Kale © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Have you all tried kale chips before? Well, today’s Garlic Roasted Kale is a side dish variety of this popular snack. Over the holidays, my brother-in-law introduced our family to this easy, kid-friendly preparation for kale. For as long as I can remember, my husband’s sister, and her family have spent Christmas with our family….

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Cooking Light, how to roast kale, roasted kale

16 Clean Eating Holiday Side Dish Recipes

December 19, 2013 by Jeanette 14 Comments

Clean Eating Holiday Side Dishes © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Today, I’m sharing 16 Clean Eating Holiday Side Dishes, just in time for planning your holiday menus. Round out your Holiday menus with two or more of these healthier side dishes. Naturally vibrant in color, they’ll light(en) up any holiday table. I can’t believe Christmas is already here! To help you plan your Holiday Menu,…

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Filed Under: Christmas, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, vegetables Tagged With: christmas, clean eating, clean eating recipes, healthy entertaining, healthy side dish recipes, Holiday side dish recipes

Garlicky Cheesy Broccoli Gratin Recipe

December 12, 2013 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Garlicky Cheesy Broccoli Gratin © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Garlicky Cheesy Broccoli Gratin is a clean-eating and so much more flavorful version of a classic childhood dish. I don’t know who invented Broccoli and Cheese Sauce, but I’m sure it had something to do with trying to get kids to eat their vegetables by just covering everyone up with a brightly colored creamy…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, cruciferous vegetables, Easter, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: gluten-free gratin, gluten-free panko bread crumbs, healthy broccoli and cheese sauce recipe, nutritional yeast

Mashed Stokes Purple Sweet Potatoes Recipe

November 25, 2013 by Jeanette 26 Comments

Stokes Sweet Potato Mash © Jeanette's Healthy Living

These Mashed Stokes Purple Sweet Potatoes are a nice twist on traditional mashed sweet potato. Whipped with coconut milk, these sweet potatoes are dairy-free and vegan. Recently, I’ve been trying to diversify the varieties of vegetables that my family and I eat. It’s easy to get into a rut and make the same vegetables every…

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Filed Under: healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: dairy-free Thanksgiving side dish, Stokes Purple Sweet Potato, vegan sweet potatoes

16 Clean Eating Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

November 21, 2013 by Jeanette 26 Comments

Clean Eating Thanksgiving Side Dishes © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Today, I’m sharing 16 Clean Eating Thanksgiving Side Dishes that have graced my family’s table, all made with fresh whole foods. Round out your Thanksgiving menu with a few healthier side dishes to make room for pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so today I’m sharing some Clean Eating Thanksgiving Side Dish recipes…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving Tagged With: clean eating, clean eating holiday recipes, gluten-free Thanksgiving recipes, gluten-free Thanksgiving side dishes, healthy Thanksgiving side dish recipes

Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin Recipe

November 20, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin is a nice addition to any holiday table, made lighter by the addition of vegetable stock and Greek yogurt. Dried mushrooms bump up the flavor profile in this recipe. Sponsored by Pacific Foods. As the weather turns cooler and holiday menus are planned, rich comfort foods seem to make more…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Clean Eating, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Sponsored Post, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy gratin recipe, healthy holiday side dish recipe, thanksgiving, turnips

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cornbread Recipe

November 13, 2013 by Jeanette 33 Comments

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cornbread

This Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cornbread is easy to make, and goes perfectly with a bowl of hot chili, or crumbled up for homemade stuffing. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so if you’re looking for a gluten-free cornbread recipe for your favorite stuffing recipe, you’ve come to the right place. My recipe uses a combination of…

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Filed Under: Breads, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, Special Diets, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: coconut oil, dairy-free cornbread recipe, gluten free cornbread recipe

Roasted Garlic Cauliflower and Potatoes Recipe

November 7, 2013 by Jeanette 24 Comments

Roasted Rainbow Cauliflower and Potatoes

This recipe for Roasted Rainbow Cauliflower Potatoes and Garlic is an easy side dish that can be made any night of the week. Made with purple, green and golden cauliflower, it’s elegant enough for company as a holiday side dish. I’ve been making these Roasted Garlic Cauliflower and Potatoes ever since my brother-in-law introduced them…

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Filed Under: cruciferous vegetables, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, side dishes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: diversity of foods, golden cauliflower, green cauliflower, healthy Thanksgiving side dish, how to roast cauliflower, purple cauliflower, roasted cauliflower, Whole Foods

Ghoulish “Bloody Brains” Roasted Cauliflower and Beet Hummus Recipe

October 31, 2013 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Roasted Caulflower and Beet Hummus © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This combination of Roasted Cauliflower and Beet Hummus is ghoulishly delicious, and a great way to enjoy fall vegetables in season. Today, I’m having a little fun with my vegetables. It’s Halloween and there have been lots of fun Halloween sweet treats floating around on Pinterest. So, I challenged myself to come up with something…

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Filed Under: cruciferous vegetables, csa, dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, healthy choices, sauces, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: beet hummus, csa, farmer's market, Food Network Fall Fest, healthy Halloween recipe, how to roast cauliflower, pesticides in food, the dirty dozen fruits and vegetables

Lentil Kale Whole Grain Beet Winter Squash Mushroom Salad

October 16, 2013 by Jeanette 24 Comments

Superfoods Salad

This Lentil Kale Whole Grain Beet Winter Squash Mushroom Salad is packed with nutrient-dense Superfoods. I made this Superfood Salad yesterday for my Women’s Bible Study group – it’s packed with seasonal, local, nutrient dense whole foods, free of pesticides, and rich in healthy fats. My CSA Box has been brimming with beets, butternut squash,…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, main courses, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: beets, Black lentils, butternut squash, forbidden black rice, French green lentils, kale, nutrient dense foods, pomegranate arils, pomegranate seeds, roasted beets, superfoods, whole sorghum, winter squash

Cucumber Tomato Pepper Salad with Extra-Aged Goat Cheese Recipe

September 18, 2013 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Cucumber Tomato Aged Goat Cheese Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Cucumber Tomato Pepper Salad with Extra-Aged Goat Cheese uses the best of summer’s bounty at their peak. Savor the rest of summer with this salad, made extra special with some crumbled artisan cheese. This week marks the end of summer and I’m going to miss all the farm-fresh produce we’ve been getting all summer…

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Filed Under: salads, side dishes, vegetarian Tagged With: csa, farmer's market, Sartori cheese, summer salad

Star Anise Ginger Pickled Beets Recipe {+ Kimchi Pickled Beets}

September 4, 2013 by Jeanette 16 Comments

Star Anise Ginger Pickled Beets

These Star Anise Ginger Pickled Beets with an Asian twist make a fun topping for salads. I’ve been obsessed with quick pickles this summer. Pickling is a great way to turn almost any fruit or vegetable into something special. Chinese Pickled Watermelon Rinds and Miso Gochujang Cucumber Pickles tossed with cold soba noodles becomes lunch….

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Filed Under: Asian, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: beet recipes, csa, farmer's market, Food Network, kimchi pickled beets, pickling beets, quick pickled beet recipes, star anise, Summerfest

Creamy Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese Recipe {Gluten-Free}

August 26, 2013 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Creamy Smoked Gouda Macaroni and Cheese is a lightened up version with Greek yogurt and a secret ingredient. Ever since I took a bite of Chef Plum’s Gouda Macaroni and Cheese with Smoked Avocado Salsa at the Culinary Exploration Workshop, and then again, at his Dinner Underground in Newtown, CT, I’ve been thinking about…

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Filed Under: Cooking For Cancer, Dinner, Easter, gluten-free, healthy choices, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, side dishes, vegetarian Tagged With: Chobani yogurt, gluten-free macaroni and cheese, Greek yogurt, healthier macaroni and cheese recipe, low fat macaroni and cheese recipe, nutritional yeast, smoked avocado

Soba Noodles with Miso Gochujang Cucumber Pickles Recipe

August 23, 2013 by Jeanette 32 Comments

Soba Noodles with Miso Gochujang Pickles © Jeanette's Healthy Living

These Miso Gochujang Cucumber Pickles take almost no time to make and are perfect for a quick meal. The natural juice from the pickles makes a flavorful sauce that is delicious tossed with soba noodles as a cold noodle salad. The other day after I got home from a meeting, I opened the refrigerator and…

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Filed Under: Asian, dairy-free, Dinner, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, salads, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: csa, cucumbers, farmer's market, gochujang, miso, quick Asian pickles, quick cucumber pickle recipe

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