Side Dish Recipes
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Wilted Swiss Red Chard with Garlic and Goat Cheese
Serves 4 / Serve this with Chicken Breasts with Steam-Roasted Parsnips, Leeks, and Thyme...
Two-Cabbage Coleslaw with Lemon-Cilantro Vinaigrette
Serves 6 / After I found out that cabbage has more vitamin C than oranges, I started eating it at least once per week. Cabbage also contains essential minerals, including iodine, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, and potassium, so this tasty slaw really packs a nutritional punch...
Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables
Serves 4-6 / If you can't find baby vegetables, use larger ones and cut into 2-inch pieces. Prep tip: If you have time, salt the eggplant and squash...
Quinoa with Mixed Vegetables
Serves 8. Quinoa, a staple of the Incas, is a gluten-free whole protein and a good source of phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and fiber....
Wild Rice Pilaf with Water Chestnuts and Pistachios
Serves 8. Low in fat, wild rice is high in protein, the amino acid lysine, and fiber. It is also a good source of potassium, phosphorus, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin. And it's delicious...
Broccoli Rabe with Piri Piri
Serves 8 / This quick dish gains a lot of flavor from piri piri, a simple Portuguese condiment that's great on vegetables (or meats)...
Honey-Curried Kale with Caramelized Onions
Serves 6 / This intensely flavored side dish is good with rice or tofu. “I don't like to cook kale too long because I feel it leaches more of the nutrients out,” says Martinelli. “The kale should still be vibrant and somewhat chewy.”...
Chive Pancakes
An unusual and easy side dish; serve with protein to make it a meal. This makes about six 3-inch pancakes....
Edamame with Cranberries, Feta, and Basil
This simple, colorful salad marries heart-healthy edamame with antioxidant-rich dried cranberries...
Edamame with Shallots and Braised Greens
Good-for-you greens pair with velvety edamame (green soybeans) in this lovely side dish...
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pomegranate Seeds
Tart, jewel-like pomegranate seeds balance the natural sweetness of the roasted potatoes...
Fingerling and Porcini Gratin
Fingerling and Porcini Gratin October, 2007 Serves 8 / Fingerlings are my favorite variety of potatoes. Eating them with their skins intact gives you...
Baby Bok Choy
Baby Bok Choy July, 2007 Serves 6 / Light and ultrasimple. Your pot will need a secure lid to get the best results. The entire method takes place over...
Hearty Chestnut Stuffing
Hearty Chestnut Stuffing June, 2007 Serves 6 / Use this stuffing to fill anything from turkey to portabello mushroom caps to halves of delicatta squash....
Kale with Ginger and Chiles
Kale with Ginger and Chiles June, 2007 Serves 4 / For side dishes, the people of Singapore love dark-green, leafy vegetables such as kai lan and kangkung,...
