Category: Side Dishes
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Strawberries, Tomatoes, Basil, and Red Onion
Lots red in this and very pretty! Wish I’d caught a picture before we devoured it. No measurements for this one either. A friend had an overabundance of fresh strawberries and made this for dinner the other night. sliced strawberriesquartered and sliced tomatoesfresh basilthinly sliced red onionsliced mozzarella (optional)balsamic vinegar Layer everything prettily on a…
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A new way to cook rice
I’ve read this idea plenty of times and finally set out to try it. Rather than carefully measuring the water for rice, bringing it to boil then turning it way down low and cooking the rice, I brought a large pot of water to boil and added the rice. I let it boil, stirring occasionally…
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Garbage Bowl and Tips for Fresh Asparagus
Boy, work has intruded! Too much work, too many clients, and an out of town trip to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday combined to cause a long lag in posts. I fixed my new favorite salmon recipe, having swung by Trader Joe’s to get the chopped hazelnuts the day before we left. It was a…
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Another Cauliflower Thing…
I have been trying to use seasonal vegetables more and cauliflower keeps jumping into the grocery cart. I like it raw, dipped in something preferably. I did like it fried. It’s good covered in cheese sauce, but what isn’t? I tried a sort of healthy cheese cauliflower thing tonight and will probably not repeat it.…
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“Italian” Funeral Potatoes
There’s an old recipe called Funeral Potatoes, which includes frozen hash browns, cream of chicken soup, butter, grated Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and usually some sort of butter and cereal crumb topping, made from Corn Flakes. In my ongoing pantry challenge to use up a few things I decided to do something with the bag…