Z3.5: Sides & Veggies

This is a combination of a few recipes I found. Love the fact that these are low carb and tasty!

This is a wonderful potato casserole from the southeast part of France. Works great on a buffet too if you like room temp potatoes or have a chafing dish. For the LOWEST glycemic index, make this dish the day before you serve it.

These have been the most popular mashed potatoes at my table. People don't often remark about the mashed potatoes. They usually save the raves for dessert. This potato dish is a major hit.

Puff Pastry Cocktail Cheese Straws are the perfect party appetizer! One that goes great with strolling drinks. Drink in one hand, cheese straw in the other. 

Two things I love about living mid-South: fried green tomatoes, and tomato pie.

If your family is open to going beyond that marshmallow sweet potato concoction this will surely be a HIT!

Popular with the northern Irish this is a lovely, easy mashed potato dish. This dish is served year-round and is simple to make.

Potatoes can be dangerous to your weight if eaten too often or too much in one sitting. The good news is if you make the dish early in the day or the day before and refrigerate it they become what is called resistant carbs. That means they digest slower in your system so your blood sugar does not spike nearly as much.

Orzo is a wonderful, tiny pasta. This is the most requested side dish recipe I get from dinner guests–but watch your portion size. Enjoy!

Potatoes Brabant are super-easy to make in an air fryer. The dusting of grated Parmesan cheese helps keep the glycemic uptake down so your blood sugar won’t spike.

Caramelizing onions makes the natural sugars in the onion come to the forefront. No more bold onion taste. Just dreamy flavor.

This is perfect for a buffet table. Everyone will rave about your contribution. If you want to keep the portions lower, consider serving this with a smaller spoon.

Cooking does not have to be complicated. In this recipe Chef Josh shows us how to make a simple and delicious puree using butternut squash. Easy. Decadent. Delicious.

You know you’re going to eat them sometime. Potatoes that is. I just hope you’ll only do it on special occasions.

Making avocado toast is a very free-form exercise. You can build it the way you want to; that's what makes it so easy - and delicious!

The smaller the potato the less glycemic uptake it produces. That means your blood sugar doesn’t shoot up as fast or as far. That said, all potatoes do have a significant amount of carbs.

This peach relish tastes a bit on the Indian-side. I had mine with salmon but you could serve it over chicken or pork, too. Plus it tastes fancy enough for company.

I don’t eat potatoes very often but these are worth the splurge a few times a year. The yellow potatoes they are made from in my recipe are lower in carbohydrates than a Russet potato, so that’s a bonus, too.

Easy and delicious roasted red potatoes, with onions and balsamic vinegar! These are great on a buffet served hot or room temp. I use them for cocktail parties too.

When I was a kid my father traveled a lot. When he was gone, sometimes my mom would let us just fry up some hamburger meat and add a can of Campbell’s baked beans. We called it bean hash. I loved it.