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Steam your broccoli perfectly every time! Seasoned with salt, pepper, and a big squeeze of lemon juice, it's a delicious healthy side dish. Add grass-fed butter and serve!

Spring, summer, autumn, or winter, this Low-Carb & Gluten-Free Italian-Style Sautéed Summer Squash goes with everything! It can be served with fish, beef, or chicken and will elevate any meal. My husband hates, loathes, and detests summer squash, yet eats every scrap of this. I call it Italian Sticks, and he doesn't know the difference. It's a big hit with my family whenever I serve it and that says a lot!

Low-Carb Gluten-Free Red Pepper Bean Medley is a welcome addition to any meal. You can even get the kids involved by having them trim and halve the beans. Green beans and wax beans can be found year round in your local grocery so it makes choosing a veggie side dish a snap (pun intended). As an added bonus, you almost never have to argue with kids to eat their beans!

Stuffed cabbage is a perennial favorite, but it's time-consuming and labor intensive. Here's a recipe that gives you all the flavor of stuffed cabbage at breakneck speed. Do use very lean ground beef for this recipe–it saves you the time needed to drain off the grease.

This Italian Salad with Seasoned Mozzarella Cheese is the perfect addition to any chicken, beef, or vegetarian meal. Because you use the tomatoes as a pretty garnish on the plate, this salad presents beautifully. You can use a large serving bowl, but this salad begs for a plated presentation. Enjoy!