Category: Side Dishes
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Oven-Baked French “Fries”
This came from Cooking Light, although I’ve seen the idea elsewhere. Basically, cut up the potatoes into the size French fry you want and soak in hot (or cold) water. Cooking Light says hot. Elsewhere has said cold. Soak for 10 minutes or so, then drain and dry with a towel (or paper towels). Mix…
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Taco Salad Recipe
When you cook taco meat, either serve a taco salad a few days later or freeze the leftover meat and then thaw and heat some night when you need a pretty easy dinner. Mix up some: Heat up: Serve in small bowls for garnishing at the table: You don’t really need any salad dressing for…
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Onions Stuffed with Breadcrumbs & Spinach
I went to a nice dinner party on Saturday at some friends’ house and offered to bring a side dish. I settled on Stuffed Onions from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food and they were really good! Huge, but good. Half was plenty for me with all the other good…
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Grapefruit and Avocado Salad Recipe
I liked this, from The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters. My kids were disappointed…but mainly because when they saw the pink grapefruit sections with avocado they somehow thought it was some sushi salad and then couldn’t get into eating grapefruit when they had thought it…
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Potatoes: $1.99/10 pound bag
The local grocery had a ten pound bag of potatoes on sale for $1.99 this weekend. Really, unless you’re a low-carb person, quite a good deal. I bought a bag and came and home and scrubbed and poked about 2/3 of the bag to bake. When they were done, I made twice baked potatoes for…