Our standard side dishes are:
White rice (because it only takes 15 minutes)
Brown rice (because it's yummy and healthy, but it takes a while and I usually don't prepare ahead enough)
Mixed Vegetables
Corn
Steamed Broccoli
Garlic Toast
When the kitchen is clean and I have time and am in a good mood I might be prevailed upon to make:
(all recipes will be up soon)
Yummy Green Beans
As many whole, frozen green beans as will feed my family for that meal
Sauteed in butter or olive oil and garlic and salt until tender
Sprinkled with fresh parmesan
**My kids can't eat enough of these. They love them.
Fried potatoes
Diced potatoes
Fried in olive oil until tender
Sprinkled with salt, pepper and garlic powder
Mashed potatoes
Peeled, quartered potatoes
Boiled until tender
Add butter, milk, salt to taste
**Someday I'll have to measure out how I make it. But I usually just eyeball it. This is a big hit with my family.
Cafe Rio Rice
6 cups cooked rice
8 tomatillos, whole
1/2 cup cilantro
4 cloves garlic, minced
2/3 Serrano pepper, minced
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 Tbsp chicken broth
4 Tbsp olive oil
Just cover tomatillos with water and boil in sauce pan. Add tomatillow and whole pepper to water adn boil until the tomatillos turn yellowish. Save water In blender, puree tomatillo, cilantro, garlic, pepper and onions. Add 4 Tbsp saved water. If available add 2 Tbsp chicken broth. In pan, cook sauce in olive oil until heated through. Mix with rice.
**It was a lot of work and kind of messy, but YUM! At least for me. As I recall the kids and husband didn't like it too much.
Funeral Potatoes
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3 Comments:
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Utahdoula had this to say:
I want to see the recipe for the Cafe Rio Rice! Some that we do that you don't have listed:
Sliced cucumbers & tomatoes
Corn on the cob
Green salad
French fries/tater tots/hash browns
Cut up melon (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon)
Baby carrots
Celery sticks
Breadish things (biscuits, breadmaker bread, corn bread, breadsticks)
Tortilla chips with mexican food
Canned pears
Applesauce
Instant mashed potatoes
Most of the fresh produce stuff is only in the summer and often comes from our garden. I can hardly wait!- May 3, 2007 at 7:33 PM
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Jamie had this to say:
Side dishes? Vegetables? Growing up with a mom who would put two side dishes and bread and butter on the table with every dinner, I don't know how I never inherited this gene. Very rarely do I make a side dish that isn't something frozen out of a bag unless it's a Sunday meal that HAS to have real mashed potatoes or someone is coming over. BTW- your green beans are YUMMY!
- May 4, 2007 at 6:13 AM
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Potato Cakes
2 cups potatoes, Mashed
2 tablespoons onions, Chopped
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oil
1 egg white, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
pepper
In a medium size bowl, combine potatoes, egg white, onion, flour, salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
When hot, put about 2 tablespoons potato mixture for each cake into skillet. Cook until well browned, then turn with a spatula and cook other side until brown.
Continue making cakes, keeping first ones warm.
Makes 6 Servings
M>- May 12, 2007 at 10:23 PM
