Salads

This was one of my favourites as a kid. You can add meat or not, the recipe is with. 

Prep Time: 20 minutes 

Bake Time: 45 – 1 hour 

Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 4129 total / 688 per serve

Looking for a different way to do corn? Look no further. I grew up in Indiana, home state of corn. You can use canned, frozen or fresh. I used frozen, cut it straight off the cob. 

Prep Time: 10 minutes 

Cook Time: 20-25 minutes Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 712 total / 119 per serve

I have been making my green beans this way for as long as I can remember. For this recipe, I used purple long beans, yellow wax beans and green beans. This could be a main dish or a side dish. It’s fairly easy and quick. You can do this with or without bacon, but the bacon is the entirety of the salt content. 

Prep Time: 20 - 30 minutes Cook Time: 20-30 min Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 3005 total / 500.8 per serve

Bacon fried in butter? Yes. A boatload of cheese? Yes. Delicious? Absolutely. Healthy? Not even close!

Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 20 min Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 4129 total / 688 per serve

This is a favourite side of mine and has been for years. I use ham but you could use bacon, if you prefer

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Makes: 2 servings

Calories: 308 total / 154 per serve

Calories: 4129 total / 688 per serve

Looking for a delicious side dish for your Mexican meal? This may not be super traditional but it is tasty and goes well with or in tacos!

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 30-45 min Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 546 total / 91 per serve

I had a fantastic harvest, this year, from my very own garden. I, personally, love roast veggies with herbs. This recipe could involve a variety of veggies, so don’t feel constrained by what I used. 

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 min Bake Time: 45 – 1 hour Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 771 total / 128.5 per serve

This soup is super (punny right?) creamy and cheesy. My mom used to make it when I was a kid. She particularly liked to have it with oyster crackers. If I ever get around to figuring out how to make oyster crackers, I’ll put that here. 

Looking for a hearty, delicious, one dish meal with almost no effort? Chili is a fall favourite for me. 

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 30-45 min Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 2640 total / 440 per serve

You can do this with or without the side-meat (bacon), though I strongly suggest you make it with the mushrooms as they add a certain level of umami.
Prep Time: 15 min     Cook Time: 1 hour

Makes: 6 Servings

Calories: 1641 total/ 273.5 (without meat

Calories: 2765 total/ 461 (with meat)

Three Sisters Stew is the epitome of Native American cooking. Squash/pumpkin are native to the United States. It’s called three sisters stew because the three crops were grown together, usually in the same row: corn, beans, squash. There are a great many versions of this stew, this is my version. 

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 45 – 1 hour Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 1279 total / 213 per serve

This is a delicious and creamy Italian soup; which is great for just about any season, but I particularly enjoy it in the fall. I tend to serve it with fresh homemade bread. 

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 45 – 1 hour Makes: 8 servings

Calories: 2339 total / 293 per serve