Archive for the ‘Side dishes’ Category
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Vegetable medley
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, you already know that we LOVE vegetables. We eat them 7 out of 7 days . Here’s a colorful and tasty vegetable side dish that will be a pleasure to look at and eat! You can use fresh vegetables, but I usually get the frozen kind. Not [...]
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Asparagus wrapped in bacon
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
This is a simple recipe to dress up asparagus with bacon and a drizzle of garlic butter to complement your steak or grilled chicken dinner with a festive look. It is a favorite in my family and works as well with green beans (haricot vert). Bacon gives the vegetables a smoky flavor and garlic just [...]
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Pitjil – Javanese steamed vegetables
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
This must be one of the easiest and simplest vegetable dishes ever! It exists of various steamed vegetables, consumed with a spicy peanut sauce. Talking about NO fat! Or maybe it’s low-fat due to the peanut sauce In daily Javanese cooking however, vegetables are seldom mixed and this dish is usually served on special occasions [...]
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Huzarensalade (Dutch)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
This is one of my all time favorites: Huzarensalade, a delicious (pink) potato salad that could be served as a meal salad or as an appetizer. So where did the name come from? The Huzaren were Hungarian riders of origin, fighting for the Imperial Austrian armies against the Turks. Huzaren were especially useful to explore [...]
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Nasi Goreng (Surinamese)
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
The beauty of growing up in my family and in Suriname was the exposure of a large variety of dishes. No two are alike as you will see in the recipe below. Even within Indonesian or Chinese cooking there are different styles of fried rice by changing or omitting some of the ingredients. Soy sauce for example will [...]
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Garlic string beans
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
We often hear on the news how important it is to have a balanced diet, one that includes fruits and vegetables. We need the nutrients that fruits and vegetables provide, to help lower the risk of various diseases, but in spite of all the educational information coming out in journals, magazines and on the internet, most [...]
