Category: Side Dishes
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Sauteed Vegetables
An easy weeknight dinner. Actually, I could have skipped the chicken tonight. No one was starving and we would have done just as well by having just pasta and vegetables. However, now that I’ve got some leftover teriyaki chicken, I think fried rice is on the menu one night soon. I had bought a tray…
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Sauteed Spinach
I bought the big bag of spinach at the local big box store today. I reheated the leftover beef roast from the other night along with some steamed then fried red potatoes for dinner tonight. One of the things I do to vary the idea of “leftovers” is to vary the side dishes rather than…
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Worcestershire Shrimp and Coconut Rice
I think I’ve actually blogged about both of these before… Ah, the sign of old age for a blog. Do I repost the recipes or just include links? I think I’ll repost them and save you a few clicks. These are from Mark Bittman’s The Minimalist Cooks Dinner Shrimp, I’m discovering, is (are?) one of…
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Sunday Afternoon: Chermoulah
Sunday afternoons often find me with some free time and the desire to make a few things in the kitchen that cause the weekday dinners to go easier. School starts tomorrow for us. So I might normally think about baking a batch of muffins “egg McMom’s”, pancakes, or breakfast burritos for weekday breakfasts. In the…
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Salsa
The tomatoes are in full swing in the garden. Ya gotta love August around here! I’ve got tomatoes, squash, apples, lemons, and various herbs available for the picking out back. I skipped planting my winter crops of garlic and onions last year and am really missing them when it’s time to make salsa! I’m pretty…