This dish is incredibly easy to pull together and is exceptionally good with charcoal grilled meats. Shown above with a ribeye steak. I have even been known to cook the veggies in a grilling basket right on the grill with the meat! It’s even BETTER that way! This dish always elicits a thumbs up [...]
Archive for the ‘Vegetables’ Category
Roasted Shawarma Vegetables
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on April 1, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Chayote with Onions
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on March 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Chayote fruit, referred to by some as chayote squash, are also known as mirlitons. They are often baked stuffed with a spicy mixture of shrimp and crab in Louisiana Cajun cuisine. Very good that way, too! They have a slight sweet taste to them that is enhanced when sweetened even more, and butter and cinnamon [...]
Scalloped Rutabaga
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on February 16, 2012 | 10 Comments »
This dish was inspired by Kent Altena’s Low-Carb Scalloped “Potatoes” which appears in Jennifer Eloff’s latest cookbook, Low-Carbing Among Friends. Many of you are familiar with Kent’s (Bowulf) low-carb recipe videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/bowulf?feature=playlist-comment This is but one of many exciting new recipes you will find in Jennifer’s cookbook. The book is a compilation of five exceptionally talented [...]
Boursin-Gouda Cauliflower
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on January 18, 2012 | 10 Comments »
This Induction friendly dish is a subtle variation of my Smoked Gouda Cauliflower recipe. If you like that recipe you’re sure to like this one. I changed up the cheeses a bit (Necessity is the mother of invention) and the resulting dish was very tasty indeed. I’m finding just a touch of Boursin cheese can [...]
Yellow Squash Blossom
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was so pleased with how my Zucchini Flower came out I decided to try it with yellow squash tonight. Came out even prettier while still uncooked, but I browned it a bit more than I had intended, as a result of getting the slices almost too thin this time. I served it with smothered [...]
Zucchini “Flower”
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on October 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This fun creation was so easy!! You could even let your children help you grow THIS flower! And it tastes as good as it looks! It was ready in about 30 minutes (if you cut your zucchini very thin), start to finish, as I keep a recipe of my pesto sauce made up in [...]
Cauliflower Pilaf
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on October 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I haven’t done too many riced cauliflower dishes since starting my Atkins journey and decided I wanted to try a new one to have with my oven-fried fish tonight. I had a huge, beautiful head of cauliflower in the fridge so I used half of it for this dish. It came out very tasty and [...]
Rutabaga and Onion Hash Browns
Posted in BREAKFAST FOODS, Other Breakfast, SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on October 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This simple hash brown type side dish, shown above with braised beef and green beans, come close to tasting like real potatoes. It’s ready in about 15 minutes. This recipe is not suitable until the starchy vegetable rung of the OWL ladder. For those who question the “starchy veggie” status of this vegetable, rutabaga is [...]
Eggplant Beef Lasagna
Posted in Beef, MAIN DISHES, SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on September 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
When I defrosted my spaghetti sauce for tonight, I didn’t just want to make spaghetti. I bought an eggplant this week, so I decided to throw it all together into a lasagna-like dish. Came out real tasty. This dish is Induction friendly if you can fit the carbs into your day. I find with [...]
Ranch Broccoli and Mushrooms
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found an open packet of literally “hidden” Hidden Valley Ranch Buttermilk Salad Dressing mix in my pantry (pushed to the back) that I didn’t even know I had. Thought to myself I need to use it up. At first, I was going to try a fresh mushroom dish with it, but decided to also [...]
Oven “Fried” Okra
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on August 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This little experiment came out quite good. I fully expected it would because this spiced coating has been good on every oven-fried vegetable I have tried it on so far. It comes out of the oven crisp, but as with all fried okra, it doesn’t stay crisp for long, so bake these right before [...]
Spicy Onion Rings
Posted in Others Snacks, SIDE DISHES, SNACKS, APPETIZERS, Vegetables on August 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Click pic to enlarge I’ve been wanting to try my hand at onion rings. I am not so wild about onion rings, but my husband sure loves them. These are oven-baked instead of fried, so no greasy mess on the stove. They came out very tasty, but were considerably softer than a deep-fried, batter-coated onion [...]
Broccoli Slaw Stir-Fry
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on July 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Broccoli slaw is a wonderful vegetable option for a low-carb lifestyle. It comes pre-cut in the bagged salad area of the produce departments in your local grocery store. I’ve only used it twice: the first time I used it as most people do, for a coleslaw recipe; the second time tonight I decided to cook [...]
Turmeric Seared Eggplant Patties
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on July 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »
When my Dad was stationed in Teheran, Iran we had a maid who was quite a cook. She would often fix this eggplant for my brother and I when Mom and Dad were going out to dinner and we couldn’t go. I became quite enamored of eggplant in Iran. The subtle taste of eggplant [...]
Oven-Fried Summer Squash
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on July 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This dish is super easy and super good! No standing over a skillet of hot grease either! So good, it was impossible to refrain from having a second serving! I had zucchini, yellow and calaba squash in the refrigerator but decided to use the calaba today. Calaba and zucchini are in the same family [...]
Spinach Parmesan Bake
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on June 23, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Click pic to enlarge This is a combination of two different recipes and I’m very please with the resulting flavors. It was very nice with our boneless baked pork steaks tonight. I did put 3 large sliced mushrooms in this, but they added absolutely nothing to the flavor, so I won’t include them again and [...]
Turnip Hash Browns
Posted in BREAKFAST FOODS, Other Breakfast, SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on June 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Click pic to enlarge Yet another pleasant breakfast surprise. We liked these even better than jicama hash browns! Great alongside bacon and scrambled eggs. It’s essential that you let these brown quite a bit, to insure they get done and because the brown bits are what impart the flavor of potato. When forming the patties [...]
Eggplant al Pesto
Posted in ALL-STAR RECIPES, Beef, MAIN DISHES, Pork, Ham, Sausage, SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on June 11, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Click pic to enlarge We had pork chops for dinner tonight and I wanted something nice to have with them besides the fresh steamed broccoli I was planning. I grabbed a Japanese eggplant in the refrigerator. Sitting right beside it was my jar of freshly made pesto sauce and thawed spaghetti sauce for tomorrow night. [...]
Green Beans with Purple Onion
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click pic to enlarge This may have only the two ingredients, but man, are purple onions ever good with green beans! If you’ve never cooked this before, you’re going to be astounded at how the purple onion sweetens up those green beans! All that caramelized sugar naturally in the onion cooks out and ends up [...]
Purple Cabbage with Leeks
Posted in SIDE DISHES, Vegetables on June 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m having so much fun exploring a new vegetable for me, leeks. My mother never really cooked them and I’m just now really discovering what a wonderful, sweet vegetable they are. Growing up I only had them in creamed soups. They are so sweet they go nicely with so many other vegetables! Tonight’s experiment [...]
