Quick Sides

On 17 Jan 2004 21:09:56 -0800, [email hidden] (-L.) arranged random
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Quoted message said:

What are some of your favorite side dishes that you can whip up in 5 minutes or less?

Mine is Tomato and Cuke salad:

Peel two long cukes, seed and slice medium-thick. Coarsely chop two large tomatoes, add a little
chopped basil, Italian dressing of choice, a dash of celery seed, and freshly ground black pepper.
Sometimes I throw in chopped green bell pepper and a chopped green onion or two. Voila! Tasty,
healthy and done in a flash.

I was just served the following by my aunt last night and the DH asked for the recipe (he *never*
asks for recipes - he also likes peanut butter and butter sandwiches, so be warned). It's one of
those 50-ish type recipes that "real" cooks eschew, but I would bet a lot of us use from time to
time (with shades drawn, secret hand shakes and aliases):

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Cheese Potato Casserole

vegetables

1 frozen package O'Brien potatoes; thawed 1 stick Butter 1 cup chopped onion 1 can cream of chicken
soup 2 cups cheddar cheese; grated

Combine all in 11" x 13" Pyrex and bake at 350° for 1 hour.

Contributor: Aunt Minnette

Preparation Time: :15

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.

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(-L.) said:

What are some of your favorite side dishes that you can whip up in 5 minutes or less?

8 minutes - Parsly and/or chive egg noodles. Boil noodles until al dente, fry in butter with salt,
pepper, and parsley or [dried] chives.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

What are some of your favorite side dishes that you can whip up in 5 minutes or less?

Mine is Tomato and Cuke salad:

Peel two long cukes, seed and slice medium-thick. Coarsely chop two large tomatoes, add a little
chopped basil, Italian dressing of choice, a dash of celery seed, and freshly ground black pepper.
Sometimes I throw in chopped green bell pepper and a chopped green onion or two. Voila! Tasty,
healthy and done in a flash.

Next?...

-L.

Two ideas :
1. Tortellini Salad Cook 8 oz of tortellini (4 - 8 servings depending on what/how much you add) Toss
in some combination of artichoke hearts, chopped tomatoes, olives, peppers, herbs, onions, and
possibly even cheese (small cubes, not shredded!) Any veggie seems to work. Potatoes and string
beans even work ok. Dress with good vinegar and oil, or a vinegarette.

Give it a few hours for the flavors to blend. If you cooked a whole pound of tortellini, spend the
next few days eating left overs.

2. Stuffed cherry peppers Stem and seed a jar of cherry peppers, cutting only the area where the
stem is/was. Reserve the liquid from the jar. Stuff with cheese and pepperoni. Also works well
with cured ham. Put stuffed peppers back in reserved liquid.

Dean G.

My favorite is white rice mixed with a can of stewed tomatoes. NancyJaye

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Quoted message said:

On 17 Jan 2004 21:09:56 -0800, [email hidden] (-L.) arranged random neurons, so they looked
like this:

Quoted message said:

What are some of your favorite side dishes that you can whip up in 5 minutes or less?

Mine is Tomato and Cuke salad:

Peel two long cukes, seed and slice medium-thick. Coarsely chop two large tomatoes, add a little
chopped basil, Italian dressing of choice, a dash of celery seed, and freshly ground black
pepper. Sometimes I throw in chopped green bell pepper and a chopped green onion or two. Voila!
Tasty, healthy and done in a flash.

I was just served the following by my aunt last night and the DH asked for the recipe (he *never*
asks for recipes - he also likes peanut butter and butter sandwiches, so be warned). It's one of
those 50-ish type recipes that "real" cooks eschew, but I would bet a lot of us use from time to
time (with shades drawn, secret hand shakes and aliases):

@@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format

Cheese Potato Casserole

vegetables

1 frozen package O'Brien potatoes; thawed 1 stick Butter 1 cup chopped onion 1 can cream of
chicken soup 2 cups cheddar cheese; grated

Combine all in 11" x 13" Pyrex and bake at 350° for 1 hour.

Contributor: Aunt Minnette

Preparation Time: :15

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner."
Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

Steve contributed:

Quoted message said:

8 minutes - Parsly and/or chive egg noodles. Boil noodles until al dente, fry in butter with salt,
pepper, and parsley or [dried] chives.

For a Central European meal, I make something similar, only with poppy seeds instead of the
parsley/chives.

Here are a few other quick sides:

Get one of those bunches of enoki mushrooms and saute it until it just starts to turn golden. Remove
and sprinkle with soy sauce. (I avoid saying what fat you saute it in; it varies according to what
else is in the meal.)

Wash a bunch of spinach and put into a pan over medium-high heat with a bit of bacon grease and
garlic. Cover pan and cook for about 30 seconds. Remove cover, toss, and cover again. Cook another
30 seconds. Remove cover again: If spinach is wilted, it's done. If not, toss again, cover again,
and cook until spinach is wilted. Add salt, pepper, and vinegar of choice to taste.

Put about a quarter-cup of apple jelly into a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, mashing the jelly
until it's melted. Add a can of sauerkraut and stir until the sweet stuff is mixed throughout. Add
caraway seeds or juniper berries if you feel like it.

If you've got good-quality bread and a toaster oven, bruschetta also make good side dishes, but
that's a huge topic, so I'll just mention it as an option without giving specifics.

Bob