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Hi,
I was wondering if you would share your top 5:
Veg. side dish & Fruit side dishes or whatever sides that you serve with your meals.
I can think of (or whatever is on sale  ) meat dish but I am getting bored with my side dishes.
I will list mine later!
Thanks and God bless,
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Excellent! I am bored to tears with our usual sides.
Rice-boring
pasta-boring
potatos-boring
green beans-semi-boring, depending on if they are fresh or canned
corn-boring
someone wake me when dinner is over, please 
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couscous with curry and sometimes pine nuts or veggies
brown rice
sliced peaches
broiled asparagus with greek seasoning
greek potatoes (very fattening but yummy - dice potatoes, toss with butter parmesan cheese and greek seasoning and bake
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5athome wrote:
broiled asparagus with greek seasoning
greek potatoes (very fattening but yummy - dice potatoes, toss with butter parmesan cheese and greek seasoning and bake |
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Can you describe this Greek seasoning? Sounds good.
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Our sides are usually salad. This time of year, when not much is in season, I usually buy spring greens and add a handful of dried cranberries or cherries, feta cheese, toasted and/or sugared nuts, and/or hard-boiled eggs.
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Fresh cranberry sauce (buy extra at Christmas to freeze--sorry it's too late now )
Brown or white rice
Tossed salad
Fruit salad
Corn or Peas or Fresh cooked carrots
These are our top 5 but not very inspiring. To round out our top 10 I'd add Carrot, Apple and Raisin slaw, Caramel Apple Salad, Tator tots, Baked beans and Sliced Oranges
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Fried potatos with bacon
Onion potatos(slice, add butter and dry Lipton Onion soup mix, bake)
Corn with cream and sugar
Cheesy baked carrots
Stuffing
My kids LOVE frozen broccoli, especially with melted cheese!
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Simple pilaf
Buttered egg noodles
Cornbread
Haricorts verts (green beans) with slivered almonds
Succotash (love the frozen organic from Trader Joe's)
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My kids gobble up nearly any veggie cooked using the steam/saute method described in How to Cook without a Book by Pam Anderson.
Real Deal Rice Pilaf by Emeril.
Roasted veggies, with olive oil, salt and pepper, especially brussels sprouts
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Favorite side dishes:
Broccoli- prepared in the microwave and seasoned with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.
Green beans- boiled until crisp tender, then sauteed in a little olive oil and butter and seasoned with some soy sauce and salt and pepper to taste.
baked sweet potatoes- with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon.
rice pilaf
roasted vegetables -broccoli, carrots, cauliflower and squash seasoned with soy sauce, salt and pepper.
mash potatoes
roasted potatoes or roasted sweet potatoes
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Up until recently, my side dishes were always the same, and very boring. Green salad. Frozen veggies (broccoli, green beans, corn, mixed vegetables) cooked in a little bit of water in the microwave. Sometimes rice or cornbread. Very infrequently, baked potatoes.
Newer additions that my kids love:
* Cornbread casserole (yum!)
* Green beans sauteed in a pan with olive oil and lots of garlic
* Garlicky mashed red skin potatoes
* Roasted potatoes (cut up and lightly covered in olive oil and garlic and herb seasoning before cooking)
* White rice cooked with powdered chicken bouillon in the water (it's a bit like rice-a-roni that way)
I'm beginning to think that I can add garlic to anything and my family will like it. 
I will add that in the summer, fresh fruit salad is always a hit!
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Patty,
Would you be willing describe this method to us?
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Roasted red potatoes (toss with olive oil, salt, pepper and Provencal seasoning and/or parmesan cheese, then bake at 450 for 20 minutes)
Roasted brussels sprouts (same as above, minus the seasoning and cheese -- just salt (and pepper if you want) will do. You do need to check these and move them around on the pan a bit during cooking to prevent them from burning)
Couscous
Green beans
Rice with plain yogurt and salt
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Roasted Cauliflower-
Break cauliflower into florets and toss with some olive oil and salt.
I try to use as little oil as possible.
Spread on a cookie sheet--lining it with parchment or foil makes clean up a breeze.
Pop in a 400 oven for 15 minutes. Turn cauliflower to cause even browning--carmelizing. Keep cooking so browning is even. Sometimes about 30 minutes total.
4 of us can go through a head of cauliflower in a meal, fortunately it was on sale tonight.
It is even good cold but I love cauliflower-raw, soup, steamed, sauteed, in a pasta sauce with garlic and mozarella ( Moosewood cookbook)...
Raw veggies and fruit at lunch and dinner. Ranch dressing is a favorite dip for the veggies and vanilla yogurt with a cinnamon sprinkle is good for the fruit.
Cream ( actually pureed veggetable) soup with croutons or dried bread crisps.
I use up left over vegetables (careful with brocolli and green beans) in a chicken or veg. broth topped with croutons as a first course. I have been know to sneak in some tofu and a few dried beans to boost protein.
DD#2 cannot pick out the cooked vegetables and she will eat almost anything with a bit of grated Roamno cheese. Everyone gets their vegetables and we spend more time at the table.
Baked butternut squash.
Pierce the skin and place on a cookie sheet. Bake until soft. Cool a bit. Skin and seed. Mash with a bit of salt and butter if you wish. I make this ahead and reheat in a double boiler or in a buttered casserole dish--depending on how I am cooking the rest of the dinner.
Baked Acorn Squash halves with brown sugar and butter in the cavity.
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Patty,
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Sure. Assuming four servings, basically you put your veggie and about 1/3 cup of water, 1 TBSP of fat (butter or olive oil) and a bit of salt in a covered skillet and bring that to a boil. Cover the skillet and steam the veggies until they are just tender. Then remove the lid, add seasonings and continue to cook until all the water evaporates, and then saute for 1-2 minutes.
Along with the cooking techique the author gives suggestions for veggie and spice combinations. Broccoli, garlic and red pepper flakes; broccoli, garlic, ginger and orange zest; brussels sprouts and dijon mustard; carrots with nutmeg.
How to Cook without a Book has been a great cookbook for me. I've really loved it and I use it all the time.
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Thanks, Patty. It sound similar to what I've done with the garlicky green beans, but I haven't added water to do the steaming. I'll have to try it this week.
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Ooh, these sound good. Will you share recipes, Gwen?
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I can't envision this, but it sounds interesting. Would you mind elaborating?
By the way, can you tell that this is a really helpful thread for me? My dinner repertoire could use some expanding.
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teachingmom wrote:
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I can't envision this, but it sounds interesting. Would you mind elaborating?
By the way, can you tell that this is a really helpful thread for me? My dinner repertoire could use some expanding. |
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My husband is half Lebanese and yogurt with rice is a staple there. It sounds weird, but tastes really good. It actually works as its own meal if you add spices. Perfect comfort food when you're not feeling well and nothing else will stay down. To the extent I use it as a side dish it is usually with some kind of middle-eastern meat-based main dish.
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Like Theresa I'm getting bored with some of ours, too, and also could use new ideas.
Rice
Mashed potatoes (whenever we have anything I can possibly make gravy from)
Refried beans (since we have Mexican quite a bit, refried beans are a staple side and I've just strated making my own again instead of doing canned)
Twice-baked potatoes - yummy, always a hit
Garlic green beans (like grandma used to make)
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