Toasted Hazelnut and Carrot Stir-fry

A quick side dish for your weeknight meals.

Spring Couscous with Asparagus and Mandarin Oranges

The combination of crisp green asparagus tips, peas and comforting couscous makes a wonderful entree or room-temperature salad.

Garlicked Spinach and Mushrooms

This spinach side dish uses a combination of portobello, shiitake and button mushrooms, but you can use just one kind.

Homemade Pickled Vegetables

Homemade Pickled Vegetables is a version of chow-chow or mixed pickles. It's more healthful than commercial preparations, which are usually loaded with salt and sugar.

Roasted Winter Vegetables

Try these super low-fat vegetables as a side dish or serve them over basmati rice or on noodles for an entree.

Braised Collard Greens

Instead of ham hocks and pork fat, these collard greens are made with tempeh or smoked soy bacon.

South Florida Yellow Rice

Aromatic basmati or jasmine rice takes on a brilliant hue with the addition of turmeric.

brown sugar lima beans

mix together bake at 350 for about an hour

Scalloped Sweet and White Potatoes

Can't decide between white potatoes and sweet? Have both in this creamy gratin.

Pureed Celery Root

Sometimes some of the strangest looking vegetables are the best tasting. One if these is celery root, or celeriac. Try this as a side with…

Marinated Vidalia Onions

Serve these marinated onions with any meat dish for lots of added flavor.

Cheese Grits with Caramelized Vidalias and Country Ham

Cheese grits, vidalia onions and country ham unite in this delicious dish.

Vidalia Black-Eyed Pea Cakes

This Vidalia onion cakes make a great side dish or appetizer.

Rice and Cornbread Dressing

In  Large container crumble baked cornbread and combine cooked rice. Cook giblets in salted water adding 1 onion, celery leaves,and the raw carrot to cooking…

Vinita’s Chili

In  large pot put in hamburger, which has been crumbled up. Add one large can tomato juice and use that empty can to fill with…