We call this wild rice "stuffing" in my house. Really, it's a classic wild rice casserole made in the traditional Minnesota way complete with pork sausage, water chestnuts, and egg. I use canned wild ...
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Perfect Mashed Cauliflower
This mashed cauliflower recipe makes the most perfect, creamy, flavorful batch of mashed cauliflower you'll ever make. All in one pot, this recipe will be a favorite your family asks for again and ...
How to Make the Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Did you grow up on cranberry sauce from the can, like me? Until I was an adult, I thought cranberry sauce came shaped like a tin can and had ridges in it. To be honest, I most likely had homemade ...
easy PEAsy Crunchy Pea Salad
A delicious salad bursting with fresh green peas and crisp bacon and topped with a lovely, creamy dressing. Like our cauliflower salad, this pea salad recipe will be your family's favorite picnic ...
CrockPot Baked Beans (with bacon)
Everyone has their favorite recipe for baked beans...this is mine. Sweet and savory beans with bacon and a bit of herb to create the yummiest, most satisfying beans ever! The best part...you can make ...
Homemade Egg Fried Rice (with tips and tricks to get it right every time!)
If you need a fast, easy meal idea that your family will cheer for with wild abandon you need to learn how to make fried rice. And it IS an art. To be truthful, even mastering fried rice at home ...
the BEST Deviled Egg Potato Salad with Bacon
This deviled egg potato salad recipe has all the tangy, creamy flavors of deviled eggs in a classic potato salad. Spicy, creamy, tangy, and even a bit sweet, this is truly the BEST potato salad EVER ...
Whiskey Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Baby carrots in a sweet brown sugar and whiskey glaze are the BEST side dish. Super easy to make (grab my favorite cast iron pan!) and the bourbon adds a subtle lift to the traditional glazed carrots ...
Swedish Toast Skagen (Shrimp Toast)
Disclosure: This Toast Skagen is sponsored by Pepperidge Farm in conjunction with Blog Meets Brand and I have been compensated for my participation. All opinions are my own, always and forever. Find ...
Roasted Corn Salad Recipe
This easy roasted corn salad recipe will remind you of your favorite Mexican sweet corn. Full of summer flavor, creamy cheese, and roasted corn...served warm OR cold, this is an easy recipe your whole ...
easy Baked Homemade French Fries
You are totally freaking right now about the prospect of making french fries at home, aren't you? Saaahhhhppp! These homemade french fries are not worth the freak out! Easy and baked. In the oven. Not ...
Quick Pickled Veggies
One of my favorite little bites on the dishes I get when I go to my fave restaurants are the pickled onions, radishes, or other veggies. My favorite salads have pickled beets or pickled red onions. ...
Crockpot Creamed Corn
This Crockpot Creamed Corn from Alice Seuffert is first in our recipe series of Timeless Traditions. This series honors the recipes that hold special places in our lives and mean more than just ...
Watermelon Red Onion salad
This watermelon red onion salads is one of those healthy watermelon recipes that is so fast and easy and GOOD, you won't believe it. This summer salad is easy for picnics and fast side dishes. The ...
Cucumber Onion Salad
Everything about this cucumber onion salad recipe is classic and comfy. Who knows how many decades ago this recipe was first created, and by whom. It's been around so long that nobody even knows. ...
the BEST Cauliflower Potato Salad
Why not a potato salad made with cauliflower instead of potatoes? It takes absolutely no more time than potatoes, has way less carbs, and just as tasty. A traditional potato salad recipe made ...
Bacon Radish Salad Recipe
I'm scared of radish recipes. No, I'm scared of radishes. Their little red bulbs and green tops scare the pants off me. There are very few ways that I like to eat them but I like looking at radishes, ...
Ramp & Goat Cheese Bites
Holy Ramps! These little spring savories have my tastebuds wrapped around their garlicy-oniony little bulbs. It only takes a few of them sauteed up in a bit of butter and set atop a Breton Gluten ...
The BEST mashed potatoes (tips, tricks, & recipe)
Here's the trick: Boil your Russet potatoes with the skin ON. Boil your potatoes whole, with the skin on. Pour off the hot water and replace with ice cold water before peeling (so you don't burn ...
Irish Colcannon With Bacon (And Leftover Colcannon Cakes)
Our contributor Haley is always full of fantastic, cheap recipes and deliciousness! We are always amazed at the dishes she can pull off with such little cash. Head over to her site Cheap Recipe ...
easy baked veggie fries
This how to for baked veggie fries has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, we only work with brands we think are great, and only share recipes we ...
Homemade Tater Tots
Perfect for using on Tater Tot Hotdish, Alice, from Dining with Alice, is back again to share her homemade tater tots. She is the kitchen star for the local Twin Cities Live T.V. show and rightfully ...
Poached Pears
We are so very, very excited to welcome another new contributor here at NellieBellie. Alice, from Dining with Alice, is a real-life friend from here in Minnesota. She's a genius in the kitchen and a ...
Sweet and Creamy Classic Coleslaw Recipe
Coleslaw. The stuff picnics are made of. Or destroyed by. I have had my share of absolutely horrid coleslaws over the course of my many summers. But I'm the first to say that a good ...
Roasted Buffalo Cauliflower
Because sometimes the simplest recipes are actually the best, and this buffalo roasted cauliflower is an example of one, we almost felt silly putting this recipe up for you all, because it is so ...
Steak and Mushroom Pretzel Loaf
Although paid by Tastefully Simple for this post, we like them and use them and are more than happy to tell our readers about them too! Oh gosh, that photo STILL makes my mouth water! This little ...
Healthier green bean casserole
Green bean casserole is a holiday must-have alongside brown sugar glazed carrots and your favorite stuffing. The mixture of beans, mushrooms, onions, and delicious creaminess is an expected part of ...
Philly cheesesteak skewers
Grilling season is coming upon us! We are so insanely excited for the chance to get outdoors and enjoy the sun after a winter that seems to never end! We're going walking, and hiking, and ...
