

100th Post! Summer Sides: Pasta Salad with Fresh Mozzarella, Pepperoncini Peppers, Kumato Tomatoes,
That's right, folks. This is Minneapple Eats' 100th post! When I started this blog last summer (we're almost at ME's 1-year anniversary,...


Summer Sides: Curry Quinoa Salad with Granny Smith Apples & Walnuts
When it's summer and all you want to do is grill, you have to get your side dish game on track. My two favorite things to grill this...


Summer Sides: Herby Dijon & Balsamic Potato Salad
Growing up, I generally detested anything to do with traditional picnic food. Hot dogs, burgers, mayo-laden potato and macaroni salads,...


Fresh from the Garden: Lazy Summer Tomato Dip
Fresh summer tomatoes are the best. Last summer I hit the jackpot and was asked to pick my cousin's tomatoes while they were on vacation...


Super Simple Sides: All-Spice Sweet Potato & French Lentil Salad with Feta Cheese
You know when you pin something on Pinterest and you have to immediately make it? That's how I felt about this jerk chicken recipe. I'm...


Meatless Monday: Kimchi Fried Rice
Considering the relative ease with which this dish was concocted, I almost didn't consider posting it on the blog. It felt so thrown...


Say Yes to the Dress-ing: Spinach Salad with Honeycrisp Apples, Pepitas, WI Cheddar & Sweet Basi
I'm not gonna lie. This salad is all about the dressing. Apples, cheese and pepitas are great, obviously. This sweet basil dressing sure...


Spectacular Sides: Sweet 'n' Spicy Plantains & Black Beans
During a trip to San Francisco a few years back, we had some awesome Latin take out with a side dish that consisted solely of fried...


Spectacular Sides: Smoky Miso Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Bonito Flakes & Black Sesame Seeds
A few posts back, I mentioned finding uses for the tub of miso I bought to make that Roasted Vegetable Miso Soup with Broken Brown Rice...


Turkey Day: Not-So-Traditional Grape Salad #GrapeGate
Obviously I had to include SOMETHING referencing the NY Times' great grape salad snafu of 2014! Minnesota got not-so-nice when it was...