Caesar Salad is everyone’s favorite but sometimes it needs a kick in the butt! Â This not too spicy version will give ya a nice little change up from your everyday caesar! How to kick up your everyday caesar salad? Â Add a little chipotle to the dressing and toss a bit more into the crunchy croutons!…
Side dish recipes
We love our flavorful side dishes at Laughing Spatula! Sides dishes don’t get the credit they should- sure, they’re not the main course, but they can still pack a punch with flavor and enhancing your meal. Be it a wedge salad platter, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Garlic and Cheese Stuffed Bread, or Easy One Rise Dinner Rolls, we have your side dishes covered. The in laws will LOVE you for bringing a Laughing Spatula side dish recipe!
Side dishes can highlight a perfect meal! Let us show you how to make easy and delicious side dish recipes.
Spinach Power Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette
This beautiful and fresh Spinach Salad is a powerhouse of good taste and will leave you feeling like a million bucks!  Fresh and easy ingredients tossed together in a quick Honey Lime Vinaigrette. The power of spinach!  It is considered a ‘super food’ and and a great way to get your healthy greens in, especially for those of us who are…
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch!  You get the whole flavor of roasted sweet potatoes in this dish! Nothing brings out the flavor of veggies like roasting them- they get an earthy flavor that is meant to be.  You can actually taste the sweet potatoes in your sweet potato casserole which is what makes this dish a…
Cheesy Potato Casserole
This Cheese Potato Casserole is a fabulous side dish for any event! From BBQ’s, to Thanksgiving, this is a seriously tasty dish that will surely call for seconds! Cheesy, creamy and CRUNCHY Potato Casserole! Â Check out that crunch guys…and the cheese! And did I mention you can MAKE THIS AHEAD! Â Super perfect holiday…
Twice Baked Potato Cups
Twice Baked Potato Cups! Â A new twist on an old idea….makes them look all fancy and stuff. Who doesn’t love Twice Baked Potatoes? Â They are a vehicle for just about anything. Â I went pretty standard on this recipe. Â Sour cream, butta, butta and mo butta, bacon and cheese. After whipping these up I…
Corn and Avocado Salad with Lime Honey Vinaigrette
I can’t get enough of this stuff! This Corn and Avocado Salad with Lime Honey Vinaigrette is just delicious- fresh, crunchy, and super flavorful. I first made this to go with my Grilled Mahi but found it’s just as yummy on it’s own.  We serve it with simple grilled chicken and it’s fabulous with Fajitas. …
Lemony Orzo Pasta with Asparagus
We love to cook with orzo around here!  It’s a great change up from rice and cooks in half the time.  Perfect for quick skillet dinners and it’s a great canvas for a host of flavors! Need a quick and easy side dish?  Than Orzo is your friend! Sounds like an old Italian name doesn’t it?…
Double Crunch Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
These Crunchy Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside!  Baked, not fried for a healthy french fry fix! Another recipe using pre-browned Panko Crumbs.  First there was Panko Crusted Salmon, followed by Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips and now…well now we have, Double Crunch Oven Baked Sweet Potato…
Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Feta
Crisp Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Feta, all tossed together in a simple vinaigrette!  This dish is the first one to go when I serve it at BBQ parties! If I could go back in time, I would have watched my diet a little more.  Less cheese, less wine, less cheese, less wine, less cheese, less…
4 Healthy Vinaigrettes!
These 4 Healthy Vinaigrettes will keep you out of the salad dressing aisle at the grocery store! Â Super easy to make with tons of flavor. Â Not to mention incredibly affordable compared to store dressings ! 4 Healthy Vinaigrettes….10 ways to lose 10 pounds…. 8 ways to improve your love life….15 ways to keep from going…
Fresh Corn Salad!
A summer staple! All you need is fresh corn, peppers, maybe some onions…a little sour cream and you have a crunchy yummy summer salad! I used Polano and Red Pepper but you could substitute most anything. Avacodo would be nice too! I’m keeping this commentary simple…just like this salad! Ingredients 6 ears of shucked fresh corn 1 Poblano pepper…
BLT Pasta Salad
Crisp, refreshing and easy! This recipe calls for store bought Ranch Dressing…yes, I said it, ‘Redneck Ranch’. Personally, I am not a huge fan of Ranch,  (because I am so cultured an’ stuff),  but in this recipe it works. I bought the higher end brand in the cold food section, I paid more, so I am sure it is…
Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts
So easy and so yummy! You can apply this same technique to most veggies that you love. Brussel Sprouts are a trending food these days and I had not had them for years but they are just popping up everywhere! Come to find out the husband loves them…go figure. You think after 30 years you…
Asparagus and Gruyere Tart
I have a blog fan…I do, I do, I really really do! His name is Rob and I work with him at the big old coffee shop in Seattle. He is in close second to my mom in regards to how many recipes he tries of mine….and his partner calls me the “Spatula Lady”, which I kinda like 🙂…
