Vegetable Side Dish Recipes

Advantages: healthy, hearty, delicious
Disadvantages: none

...nice meal with a great vegetable side dish, it's not only great for your taste buds, but also for your health. Here is an amazing brocolli side dish recipe the whole family will love, mine does! INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of vegetable broth 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 teaspoon of ginger 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes 1/4 cup sugar 2 handfulls of broccoli, chopped 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch HOW ...
...oil until broccoli is tender. Add the vegetable broth mixture to the broccoli. Add the cornstarch, stirring well to avoid any clumps. Allow it to cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or until sauce thickens Great with rice. Serve and enjoy! ... Read review

Advantages: A tasty twist on Brussel sprouts, and they are healthy
Disadvantages: none

Brussel Sprouts are often overlooked when choosing a veggie. Here is a wonderful recipe, and it's not the same old same old boiled Brussel Sprouts. As a mattter of fact my recipe was in our local newspaper Holiday recipe section some years back. This recipe is very simple to make, and really takes no time at all to make. 1 bag frozen Brussel Sprouts ( thawed) Depending on family size, you can use a second bag as well. 1 large onion 3 tbsp. butter ...
...optional ) Cut onion in half, then cut each half into thin slices. In a skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add the onion, cook until tender and translucent, about ten minutes. Add the Brussel Sprouts, salt and pepper. Stir, then reduce heat, cover and cook. Stirring occasionally, until Brussel Sprouts are tender, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately. Serves four. This dish will go with any type of meat. And it is a change from plain boiled brussel ... Read review

Advantages: good for vegetarians
Disadvantages: none

One of my favorite side dish is my Mom's mixed vegetables. All you need is sweet green peas, whole kernel corn (in can), carrots cubed bout 1/4 of an inch, mushroom buttons (you could buy the pieces, when you buy the buttons make sure to slice each in 1/4s), you could also add hard boiled quail eggs removed from the shells, chopped onions and garlic, salt and pepper and lots of butter. Heat the pan, when it is already hot put about 2tbsp of oil ...
...burned. Add the garlic and onions and sauté it. Then add the carrots, green peas, mushroom buttons and corn. Mix them all together under a low fire. There would be little amount of water on the bottom of the pan, make a crater and add the salt and pepper. You could taste your mixed vegetables' right saltiness through the small amount of soup at the bottom of the pan. IF you like to sweeten it more you could add little sugar. Then add the quail eggs. ... Read review

Advantages: Simple and very tasty
Disadvantages: None

Yum, yum...this is a recipe my mom has made for years, so of course I had to add it to my recipe box. I love it, and it has many healthy items in it as well! This is another favorite among the picks at our holiday dinners and gatherings. I find this particular recipe to be great for summer, to be used with a picnic or barbeque. You will need the following ingredients: 2 heads of fresh broccoli 1/2 lb. of bacon 3/4 cup of sliced almonds 1/2 cup ...
...cup raisins 1 cup mayonnaise Place your bacon in a deep skillet and brown on medium to high heat. Let this cool and then crumble it. Cut your broccoli into bite-sized pieces and combine with your bacon, raisins, almonds, and mix well. You then need to prepare the yummy dressing. Mix the mayo, sugar, vinegar, and stir until smooth. Stir this into the salad, then chill and serve. There is nothing like eating your veggies in this manner! Enjoy... ... Read review

Advantages: HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS
Disadvantages: COSTLY & TIME CONSUMING

...THE LID . ALLOW THE VEGETABLE TO COOK ON LOW FLAME 7 ) AFTER 10 MINUTES REMOVE THE LID & STIR THE VEGETABLES AGAIN . THAN AGAIN COVER THE KADAI & ALLOW IT TO COOK ON LOW FLAME. 8) THAN AFTER 10 MINUTES REMOVE THE LID FROM KADAI & CHECK THE CONSISTENCY OF THE VEGETABLE . IF IT IS NOT SEMI LIQUID ALLOW IT COOK ON MEDIUM FLAME FOR FEW MORE MINUTES. THAN REMOVE THE VEG FROM FLAME & ADD GARAM MASALA TO IT . 9 ) CREAMY SPINACH VEG IS READY FOR SERVICE ... Read review

Advantages OVER 150 RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BARBECUE OR GRILL OPTION, EASILY AVAILABLE
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.... The fresh basil sauce added on to the flavor. Unlike pesto sauce, which is quite rich and made with parmesan and pine nuts, this fresh-tasting sauce is just made with lots of basil, lemon juice and olive oil and goes perfectly well with salmon. This was a perfect treat for us. The book is great for vegetarians as well. There are 13 scrumptious recipes, which involve lots of vegetables and various kinds of cheese. ₪₪ SIDE DISHES: More mouth-watering recipes in this section. They make great side dishes to almost all the main courses given in the book. These are again divided into three sections: barbecue vegetables, salads and accompaniments and barbecue breads, with 8 to 10 recipes in each section. I haven't tried any of these but the pictures along with the recipes look quite tempting. ₪₪ DESSERTS AND DRINKS... Read review

Advantages Easy to Navigate Loads of Recipes Efficient Search
Disadvantages Very Few

...,again plenty of recipes for all kinds of "rabbit crunching" salads. Recipes for sauces are plentiful,as are suggestions for main courses. There are plenty of recipes for vegetables and vegetable dishes-great for vegatarians- and for side dishes. Other sections you can search include Breads,Low Calorie meals, Beverages and Desserts. Let us suppose you want to search for Indian breads. You can opt to have 20,50 or 100 search results and the chances are the results will be up on your computer screen in less than 10 seconds. Thats Google speed isnt it ! For anyone with a modicum of interest in food and a lover of interesting recipes, I would thoroughly recommend going over to this American site. It must be one of the best sites of its type on the world wide web and comes highly recommended from me. Thanks for reading and rating !... Read review