Thanksgiving side dishes/8 recipes

Cheesy, oozy and juicy casserole. A delicious way to use up the eggplant without putting too many calories on you.

Finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon and a drizzle of high-quality extra virgin olive oil. Delicious.

Sauteed onions and mushrooms are tossed with penne, fresh arugula, and parmesan. An easy yet tasty meal is on one plate within less than 30 minutes. Using whole wheat penne makes it even healthier.

Peri-peri is a spicy marinade usually used with chicken that is very popular in Britain.

The combination of parmesan, paprika, and fresh thyme or/and rosemary makes the roasted potatoes cheesy, tasty and full of flavor. You can always toss a few freshly minced garlic with the potatoes or simply sprinkle some garlic powder. A quick, easy and delicious dish that everyone loves.

An easy yet tasty way to cook chicken breasts. The apricot-almond stuffing added some sweet fruitiness and nuttiness, and the yogurt-apricot sauce went deliciously well with stuffed chicken breast, lots of juiciness and yumminess in this dish. Serve it with rice or crusty bread to complete the meal.

Crisp bacon, pan-seared scallops on a bed of tatsoi. Quick, easy and tasty!

Enjoy the decadence of this rich classic lightened up. This simple and easy French onion soup lets you enjoy without the guilt. Use any leftover bread you might have, it's extra filling using some toasty whole-wheat grain filled bread and it gives a nutritional boost.

This recipe is easy, cheap, nutritious, and my four kids (age 1,2,4, and 5) all eat 2 or 3 of them each time I make it. The first time I made it, I had to double the recipe in a hurry because everyone ate so much. It's even good without sauce.

Italian pasta Carbonara for two using 6 simple ingredients and perfectly sized for two servings. Best of all this can be served in about 20 minutes.

This salad is subtle and very refreshing. There are a variety of textures-chewy cold noodles (bean thread noodles, some call them cellophane noodles 'cause when you boil them they become clear), crunchy sesame seeds, and crunchy cucumber slices. Sugar salt, and vinegar combine harmoniously, each understated but very much present.

Oven baked salmon with dill recipe bakes in rice topped tomatoes and mushrooms for an easy weekday main dish recipe.

Moist, fluffy and savory scones are a great accompaniment along with your main course or a handy and tasty snack.

A rich soup with layers of earthy warm flavors. Maitake mushrooms (hen of the woods) are believed to have numerous medicinal properties and taste great.

This savory dish that can easily be made with a crockpot will be your family's favorite chili this winter!

Grilled new potato, crunchy green beans, feta and olives are tossed with red wine vinaigrette, sprinkling some fresh oregano on top. A light and tasty salad for summer.