Side Dish Recipes

How To Cook Broccoli In A Microwave

how to cook broccoli in a microwave

If you’ve been cooking broccoli by boiling it in a pot of water or steaming it on top of boiling water, you must try cooking broccoli in a microwave.   Once you try cooking broccoli in a microwave, you’ll never go back by using that cumbersome pot of water. Cooking broccoli in a microwave is...

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Quinoa Recipe With Dried Cranberries

how to make quinoa with dried cranberries

This yummy quinoa recipe is similar to quinoa with raisins, except this recipe uses dried cranberries instead of raisins!  The dried cranberries will cook together with quinoa and become soft and a bit sour.  The hint of sourness in those cranberries goes perfectly with quinoa and makes it a very memorable side dish.  Best...

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Garlic Sugar Snap Peas Recipe

garlic sugar snap peas

Garlic sugar snap peas is a very easy side dish recipe.  To make garlic sugar snap peas, all you need to do is to pan fry the sugar snap peas with a little bit of oil, then add minced garlic, salt and pepper at the end. For best results, make sure you don’t overcook...

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How To Cook Beet Greens

how to cook beet greens recipe

If you are wondering if you can eat beet greens, be assured that the beet leaves are perfectly edible.  The beet greens are very healthy, tasty and good for you. Like other leafy greens, beet greens are full of vitamins, so please don’t throw them out!   Cooking beet greens is very quick and easy. ...

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Easy Oven Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

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Roasted cauliflower is my favorite way of eating cauliflower.  Roasting really brings out the great flavor out of vegetables, and cauliflower is no exception.  Many people who think they don’t like cauliflower end up really liking roasted cauliflower! Roasted cauliflower recipe is really easy to make.  All you need to do is separate the...

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How To Cook Buckwheat Kasha – Russian Grechka Recipe

buckwheat kasha in a bowl

Buckwheat is a very popular grain in Russia.  Buckwheat is very healthy – much healthier than rice, and it makes a very tasty side dish.  In the US, buckwheat is sold in the Ethnic isle of the large supermarkets, and I’ve also seen buckwheat in Whole Foods. In Russian, buckwheat is called “grechnevaya kasha”...

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How To Make Baked Potato In A Microwave

microwave baked potato

Microwave baked potato is the ultimate baked potato shortcut! Everybody loves baked potatoes, but who has time to bake them in the oven?  Baking a potato in the oven takes the whole hour! Thankfully, there is a quick and easy way to make baked potatoes – in a microwave!  To make baked potato in...

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Perfect Mashed Potatoes Recipe

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Have you given up on making mashed potatoes because you just can’t get them right no matter what you do?  Do your mashed potatoes always turn out gummy, lumpy, tasteless or just plain not good?  Look no further – even you will be able to make perfect mashed potatoes when you follow this foolproof...

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How To Cook Quinoa In A Rice Cooker

how to cook quinoa in a rice cooker

I always use the rice cooker to cook quinoa.  Even though cooking quinoa in a pot on the stove is pretty easy, I like the rice cooker much better because there is no need to watch it – just press the button and forget about it until it’s time to eat.  Rice cooker will...

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How To Cook Collard Greens The Healthy Way

cooked collard greens

All traditional collard green recipes advise boiling collard greens in a pot of water.  Boiling collard greens reduces their health benefits – most of the vitamins and nutrients end up in a water that turns green and gets drained away.   In addition, many classic collard green recipes add bacon or ham to collard greens...

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