Side Dish Recipes

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe

November 27, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe

  Mashed potatoes are generally known as a dish that doesn’t reheat well.  When you make mashed potatoes the most common way – by mashing them with hot milk and butter – they taste great while still hot, but not so great the next day.  This make-ahead mashed potatoes recipe makes the potatoes that...

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Roasted Potato Halves Recipe

June 14, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
Roasted Potato Halves Recipe

Roasted potato halves is a great tasting side dish.  It is very easy to make oven roasted potato halves.  All you need is the potatoes, oil and the oven to roast the potatoes in! Ingredients For The Roasted Potato Halves Recipe: 6 medium potatoes 1 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper to taste You...

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Roasted Broccoli Recipe

November 3, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Roasted Broccoli Recipe

Roasted broccoli is my favorite way of cooking broccoli.  Roasting the broccoli brings out the best flavor in this vegetable.  Even broccoli haters often gobble up roasted broccoli. There are 3 things that make roasted broccoli so flavorful: 1) Roasting itself 2) Extra-virgin olive oil 3) Salt Ingredients For Roasted Broccoli Recipe: 1 head...

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Yellow Rice Recipe

September 16, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
Yellow Rice Recipe

Yellow rice is made from the usual white rice.  Yellow rice side dish gets its yellow color from the spice turmeric. Yellow rice looks impressive, but it is extremely easy to make! Ingredients For Yellow Rice Recipe: 2 cups of white rice 3 cups of water 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2...

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How To Cook Corn On The Cob In A Microwave

August 21, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cook Corn On The Cob In A Microwave

The easiest way to cook corn on the cob is to use a microwave.  When you cook corn on the cob in a microwave, you don’t have to deal with a big heavy pot of water, don’t have to wait for the water to boil and don’t have to pour out the boiling water...

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Fried Red Onions Recipe

August 7, 2009
By Melanie Mendelson
Fried Red Onions Recipe

Many recipes start with frying onions and then adding other ingredients, but if you really like sauteed onions, you can make it as a stand-alone side dish!   If you are always sneaking the onions from the frying pan, this recipe is for you :) Ingredients For Fried Red Onions: Red onions Oil Salt to...

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Roasted Small New Potatoes Recipe

August 2, 2009
By Melanie Mendelson
Roasted Small New Potatoes Recipe

Small potatoes (a.k.a. “baby potatoes” & “new potatoes”) are about 1.5 inches in diameter.  Small potatoes are very easy to prepare, since you don’t have to peel them!  The skin of small new potatoes is very thin and edible. Roasted Small New Potatoes Recipe Ingredients: A bag of small potatoes Olive oil Salt and...

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Russian Sweet Bell Peppers And Onions Recipe

July 31, 2009
By Melanie Mendelson
Russian Sweet Bell Peppers And Onions Recipe

This is a Russian recipe of an appetizer made with sauteed bell peppers and onions.  It tastes best when served cold. Ingredients For Russian Sweet Bell Peppers And Onions Recipe: 5 bell peppers 3 onions 3 tbsp oil 1/2 cup ketchup 1 tsp salt 4 tsp sugar 2 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp vinegar...

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How To Cook Perfect Rice In A Rice Cooker

July 29, 2009
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cook Perfect Rice In A Rice Cooker

The laziest way to cook perfect rice is to use a rice cooker!  Put rice, water and salt in a rice cooker, press the button and walk away :)  Rice cooker will do all the work in cooking the perfect rice for you. The Ratio Of Rice And Water In A Rice Cooker For...

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Fried Potatoes Recipe

July 21, 2008
By Melanie Mendelson
Fried Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients: 7 medium potatoes 2 tbsp oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions: Peel the potatoes.  Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise, then slice into very thin slices (as thin as you can). Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.  Add the potatoes.  Don’t stir them for 4 minutes, or until...

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