Category: Side Dishes
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A New Chard Recipe
Again, hardly any costs associated. I grow chard and spent maybe $2 on the packet of seed. I keep cutting and it keeps growing. I cannot imagine how many dishes I’ve gotten from the HALF packet of seeds I planted, and I’ve shared with neighbors as well. Where I live, I can grow chard nearly…
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Swiss Chard
I’m growing some rainbow colored chard growing in the garden. I think it’s called Bright Lights but my gardening blog is so far out of date I didn’t note it down! Suffice it to say, it grows fairly easily around here from seed and I just keep cutting and cooking it. I like it and…
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Cucumber Salad with Soy Sauce, Ginger and Garlic
Tonight we had my nephew join us for dinner so I did a die-hard vegetarian dinner. It’s a nice challenge because otherwise it’s too easy to slip into old habits. The menu was: Sweet and Sour TofuBean Sprouts and GarlicSteamed RiceChilled Cucumber Salad All the other recipes are posted previously so I linked to them.
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Cabbage, Corn, and Red Pepper Salad
I always like to try at least one new recipe when I’m having people over. Since I always have plenty of food, if something flops we’ll still eat well. I need not have worried last night. This salad from Pam Anderson’s Perfect Recipes for Having People Over was delicious! I put a bit less corn…
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Spinach Salad with Scallops, Bacon, and Cider Vinaigrette
I’d about given up on Cooking Light recipes but they may have won me back with this one. Both my girls loved it and it went together quickly and easily. I used frozen bay scallops rather than the larger sea scallops and just cooked them a bit less. I think it would be better with…