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MissJones
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What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Can you share them? I will make rice and veggies, but that's getting boring and I want to spice up life a bit. any ideas?
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charon54
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Rebecca
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Potato stuffed spring rolls--get spring roll or wonton wrappers and make mashed potatoes, mix mashed potatoes, green onions, bacon bits, and shredded cheddar together, and put a heaping spoonful in the middle of the wonton wrapper. Roll it up, tucking the ends in, and lightly fry in oil. SOOO good, copycat of a Grand Lux recipe.
Pierogies, lightly fried in oil/butter with sauteed onions.
Fried onion straws--dredge thinly sliced onions in seasoned flour and fry.
Rice Pilaf--I use a recipe in my Betty Crocker cookbook.
Roasted baby potatoes with rosemary.
Potato croquettes-Use leftover mashed potatoes. Roll potato into little balls of potato. Roll in flour, beaten egg, and breadcrumbs, and pan fry.
Message edited 7/6/2007 8:07:51 AM.
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| Posted 7/6/07 8:05 AM |
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CK1028
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Kim
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Posted by MissJones
Can you share them? I will make rice and veggies, but that's getting boring and I want to spice up life a bit. any ideas?
I feel the same way. I make rice-a-roni, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes. I need something different too.
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| Posted 7/11/07 2:59 PM |
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melbalalala
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Melissa
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
I lOOVVEEE making roasted potatoes.
Cube up any type of potato.
Coat them in olive oil (ziploc bag works)
Put them "guts side" down in a metal baking dish. Sprinkle with your favorite spices (garlic, onion powder, black pepper, rosemary)
Cover with foil.
Bake at 450 for 25 minutes
Flip over the potatoes, remove the foil and bake for another 15-20.
The sides of the potatoes get so brown and crisp. YUM!
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| Posted 7/11/07 3:53 PM |
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july06bride
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Nicole
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Antipasto salad
Garlic potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Fried tomatoes
Asparagus with breadcrumbs
String beans with almonds
A pasta
Garlic bread
couscous
shrimp cocktail
broccoli cold- with lemon juice and garlic
chickpeas-toasted with paprika and a little parm. cheese
Kidney beans- over the rice
Bean salad-mix up whatever you like and then add celery, tomotoes, onions
**Avocado and tomato salad-we have this often- a little olive oil and lemon juice and salt as needed-sometimes we add cucumbers
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angnick
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Angela
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Posted by july06bride
Antipasto salad
Garlic potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Fried tomatoes
Asparagus with breadcrumbs
String beans with almonds
A pasta
Garlic bread
couscous
shrimp cocktail
broccoli cold- with lemon juice and garlic
chickpeas-toasted with paprika and a little parm. cheese
Kidney beans- over the rice
Bean salad-mix up whatever you like and then add celery, tomotoes, onions
**Avocado and tomato salad-we have this often- a little olive oil and lemon juice and salt as needed-sometimes we add cucumbers
how do you make couscous?
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| Posted 7/11/07 10:59 PM |
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spooks
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Sarah
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Couscous is very easy, but I find it messy b/c of the little grains
I think you just boil water and then stir in the couscous - not sure of the ratio
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| Posted 7/11/07 11:09 PM |
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Kidsaplenty
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Stephanie
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Brussel sprouts
Sweet potato fries
Baked/mashed/roasted potatoes
Sauteed broccoli with garlic
Roasted corn
steamed mixed vegetables
Rice pilaf
Buttered egg noodles
Risotto
Rice and kidney beans
pasta salad
macaroni salad
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| Posted 7/12/07 7:56 PM |
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LightUpOurLife
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Bonnie-Jean
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Posted by angnick
how do you make couscous?
They sell it in containers in the store in I think the pasta aisle. They have regular and flavored. I get the whole wheat.
I've added a little lemon juice, olive oil, peppers, artichoke hearts and tomatoes. Just stir it all together and it is real good. DH loves it.
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| Posted 7/12/07 10:28 PM |
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july06bride
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Posted by BJandDan
Posted by angnick
how do you make couscous?
They sell it in containers in the store in I think the pasta aisle. They have regular and flavored. I get the whole wheat.
I've added a little lemon juice, olive oil, peppers, artichoke hearts and tomatoes. Just stir it all together and it is real good. DH loves it.
this is what I do too
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lkrpaul
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Laura
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
A lot of times I'll just have steamed veggies as a side. I'll do rice pilaf, risotto or rice savory sometimes. I also have a spinach casserole recipe I looooove (if you want the recipe). Sometimes just for fun I'll make some stovetop stuffing cuz DH loves it. I'll make basked or boiled patatoes too.
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| Posted 7/17/07 2:54 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Ginger
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Noodles
Rice
Mac & Cheese
Egg Noodles
Scallop Potatos
Mashed Potatos
French Fries
Onion Rings
Corn
Peas
Carrots
Green Beans
Snap Peas
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Beets
Applesauce
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| Posted 7/17/07 7:00 PM |
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cj7305
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
I usually do one veggie & one starch:
Veggies:
Steamed/boiled brocolli w/ butter/garlic
peas (Leisure baby peas are our fave)
grilled asparagus (EVOO, garlic S & P)
Spinach w/ oil & garlic
Creamed spinach
Corn
Grilled vidalia onions
zucchini
Starch:
Rice (all different kinds-brown, white, onion fried, flavored rices, etc)
Pasta w/ butter & garlic
Wide Egg Noodles " "
potatoes (boiled, oven roasted, french fried, mashed)
stuffing
mac & cheese
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| Posted 7/17/07 8:42 PM |
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bikramaddict
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Re: What side dishes do you make with dinner?
Posted by spooks
Couscous is very easy, but I find it messy b/c of the little grains
I think you just boil water and then stir in the couscous - not sure of the ratio
4 cups of water to one cup of cous cous...though if you like it a little less fluffy i'd go with 3 - 3 1/2 cups H2O
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