Side Dishes

Friends, these roasted sweet potato wedges are about to end soggy, limp, disappointing sweet potatoes forever. Shatteringly crispy edges, fluffy centers, blistered and caramelized, ready in about 35 minutes. Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges I’ve made plenty of sad, floppy sweet potato wedges over the years, the kind that never quite crisp up no matter how…

Friends, these roasted green beans are about to end mushy, gray, overcooked, boring green beans forever. Blistered, caramelized, garlicky, tender-crisp, ready in barely 20 minutes. Oven Roasted Green Beans I’ve eaten plenty of sad, limp green beans over the years, the kind that get boiled or steamed into gray, flavorless mush. That’s genuinely never happening…

Friends, these garlic mashed potatoes are about to end gluey, bland, lumpy mashed potatoes forever. Fluffy, buttery, deeply garlicky, and genuinely silky in every single bite. Garlic Mashed Potatoes I’ve made plenty of gummy, gluey mashed potatoes in my time, the kind that taste like wallpaper paste no matter how much butter you add. That’s…

Friends, this homemade mac and cheese is about to end grainy, bland, boxed mac and cheese forever. Ultra velvety, deeply cheesy, glossy sauce clinging to every single noodle. Homemade Mac and Cheese I used to think boxed mac and cheese was just a convenient shortcut, close enough to the real thing to not bother making…

Friends, this roasted asparagus is about to end mushy, overcooked, sad green vegetables forever. Tender-crisp stalks, blistered tips, garlicky butter in every single bite, ready in barely 15 minutes. Garlic Butter Roasted Asparagus I’ve eaten plenty of gray, waterlogged asparagus over the years, the kind that’s been boiled or steamed into something limp and flavorless….