Side Dish

Light, creamy mashed potatoes made with butter, warm cream and five ingredients in one pan.

Thin potato slices baked slowly in a seasoned cream sauce, with smoked paprika instead of cheese.

Elbow macaroni in a three cheese sauce under buttered white breadcrumbs, baked until the edges bubble.

Long grain white rice cooked at a one to one ratio for four minutes, then fluffed into separate grains.

Elbow macaroni cooked in its own starchy water, then stirred with milk and real cheddar.

Sweetcorn wrapped in foil with butter, then finished unwrapped so the kernels pick up a char.

Sliced mushrooms tossed with garlic and oil, cooked in one layer so they brown instead of steaming.

Crisp salted skin and a floury, steamy middle, with no foil and no big oven.

Cold watermelon, salty feta, cucumber and mint in a bright lime honey dressing.

Quick garlic butter green beans, blanched until crisp-tender then tossed in melted butter and garlic.