Recipes - Side dishes

[beeniesmom]

ooOH, That sounds yummy. I'll have to make that!
I love these recipe threads.

[slick]

Randi:
Tomorrow night I'm going to make a variation of your recipe. Instead of zucchini, I'm going to use spaghetti squash. I think it should turn out to be OK, but then again, I can burn water.

What kind of cheese did you use? Cheddar?

[Randi]

Burn water... LOL! I bet you're a good cook!

I do wonder what spagetti squash are, I will do a search later. I can't remember what cheese the recipe said, but I probably used half normal and half Parmesan. Experiment!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Dad's Pea Salad

1 can Le Seuer Sweet Peas (the little round green ones)
2 boiled eggs, chopped
2-3 sweet gerkins, chopped
shredded cheese, to taste
Onion
salt & pepper to taste
Mayonaisse - enough to get it all wet

Drain your peas & pour into a bowl
Mix everything together & refrigerate
Enjoy!

I leave out the onion so I suppose you just use as much or little as you want. I also like mine a little more "wet" than my dad so I usually add just a tiny bit more mayo to mine.

You can also use sweet pickle relish if you are out of gerkins. YUMMY!

[beeniesmom]

GREEN BEAN AND FETA SALAD

Ingredients:
1 pound more or less of green beans, cleaned and cut into bite size pieces
¾ cup of Feta cheese crumbles more or less
¼ cup minced red onion
½ cup Italian style salad dressing
Pinch of dry dill (optional)
Salt and black pepper to taste

Steam green beans. When they are almost cool put them in a container with a sealable lid.
Add all the rest of the ingredients and stir.
Refrigerate overnight. Stir before serving.

[Randi]

I have a new side dish for you!

Babaganoush

Ingredients:

* 1 aubergine.
* 3-4 tbl. spoons coldpressed oliveoil
* Juice from 1⁄2-1 lemon
* 1-2 cloves freshly squeezed garlic
* A touch of chili.
* Parsley to sprinkle on

Method:

Prick the Aubergine with a fork all the way around it, put it on a baking sheet and bake in oven at 200 degrees, until it's quite soft - it will take about 40 minutes. When the Aubergine has cooled off a bit, cut it open lenghtwise, scrape the "meat" out and mash with a fork.

Add oil and lemon to taste, and flavoir it with garlic and chili. Just before serving, sprinkle it with parsley.

Bon appetit!

[jennielynn1970]

I love babaganoush!! I always buy mine at a local arab market though, lol, I'm too lazy to make it.

To those not accustomed to the term "aubergine", it's an eggplant.

[Randi]

Ugh, I keep forgetting you call it eggplant over there.

[jennielynn1970]

I like the name aubergine better, it sounds pretty!

[Randi]

I bought a packet of frozen onion rings in a supermarket, they're American. I've had onion rings a few times in restaurants, but never at home. I think they're quite yummy, though.

Well, I never fry anything in oil, so I put them in the oven, as they also suggested on the packet. I can't wait to try them!

Do you make onion rings yourself, and what do have them with?

[cats4ever]

I love onions on sandwiches and lots of dishes, but it has been a very long time that I had onion rings (in a restaurant). I have never made them myself. Like you, I never fry anything in oil.
How did the oven baked onion rings turn out?

[Randi]

Well, I certainly prefer the ones I had in restaurants.The ones I had were... let's say, eatable, but not as I remember them from Indian restaurants in England. I think there is sugar in the ones I bought. I will most likely make them myself next time!

[mon]

Like the rest of you, I don't deep fry anything. I used to have a deep fryer and wound up deep frying everything. Seriously bad idea, I was even doing tempura broccoli and carrots...got a tad carried away. The best onion rings in my opinion are from A&W. I dip them in sweet and sour sauce. Pretty sure they use corn meal and they are so crunchy and delicious! They only give you a few too, not enough to share