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22 recipes

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Whipped Sweet Potatoes

Super awesome whipped sweet potatoes with dill and creme fraiche. The perfect foil for that juicy steak you know you want to have.

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Buttermilk Coleslaw

A picnic classic, coleslaw. When done well, it’s sublime, when done poorly it’s watery and gross.

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Sauteed Mushrooms

A steakhouse standby, sauteed mushrooms. Earthy, tons of umami, a bit of acid to bring it in balance, the perfect side for steak.

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Cauliflower Puree

Healthy? Nah. Just amazing deliciousness. Serve with your favorite protein.

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Fregola Sarda with Fava Beans and Asparagus

It’s springtime in southern california, which means fava beans! This side salad is a nice way to serve them as a component in a yummy pasta dish.

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Brussels Sprouts with Carrots

A simple side that goes with just about every protein under the sun. It’s even good for you!

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Guacamole

Guacamole is a concert of fat (avocado), acid (lime), and salt (kosher). Get those three things in balance, and you have perfection. Don’t and gloppy green goop. Overall, keep it simple.

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Oven Roasted Asparagus

A fun way to serve asparagus that looks fancy, but is actually not.

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Roasted Carrots with Spring Onions

Rabbits get it right, carrots are awesome. You’ll understand when you make this. It’s a dead simple side dish that is good enough to make you forget your main course.

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Roasted Cauliflower

Cauliflower? On it’s own? Oh yeah!

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Pan Roasted Broccoli and Radishes

Time to unboring your broccoli. Inspired by that random stuff that needed to be used in the crisper: radishes from some salad, broccoli from some vague thought of eating healthy. So what to do? combine them into a side! Result? Success!

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Butternut Squash, Mushrooms, and Farro

WARNING WIP A nice side dish for something wintery, like roast pork

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Not so Dirty Rice

To really make dirty rice, add chicken livers.

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Roasted Carrots ala Gjelna

Had this the other day at Gjelna. It was great. The cookbook version, with a couple tweaks, is pretty great too.

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Mexican Rice

Sometimes beans and rice can be nice

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Creamed Spinach

If your going to have steak, you need a side

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Brussel Sprouts ala dell’anima

Once upon a time, I hated brussels sprouts. Then i tried these. I never went back.

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Creamed Onions

Old fashioned onion goodness. Strangely delicious. Your holiday table will thank you.

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Green Beans with Melted Shallots

A play on green bean almondine. Slowly cooking the shallots in the butter makes a great tasting sauce for the green beans with the acid from the lemon juice cutting the fat. Almonds provide the traditional crunch. Great side for a hunk of meat.

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Mashed Potatoes

When in doubt.

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Sage and Sausage Dressing

Alton Brown scared me away from stuffing. So now i make dressing. This one is derived from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats; long name, food god.

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Wild Rice with Mushrooms

A simple side for lazy times