Tag: side dish

No More Tears: Grilled Calamari Steaks with Kuru Fasulye, or White Bean Salad

You will love today’s dish. You’ll love it for a lot of reasons. You’ll make it, love it, and then you’ll love me.  Here’s why:   Easy Fast Cheap Healthy Delicious  Are those the five standards for the perfect dish? Maybe not in your kitchen,…

Falafel

Easy falafel recipe made from scratch with chickpeas, fresh parley and spices, pan rather than deep fried for an easy vegetarian Middle Eastern favorite.

Tabbouleh

It’s been a whirlwind few days. Back to business with some greens, and some tabbouleh to set the stomach right.

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Sri Lankan Rice and Beef Curry

Sri Lankan rice and beef curry is the best beef curry you’ll ever eat- full of the most fragrant mix of spices – it’s a flavor explosion in your mouth that you won’t forget.

Tomato Biryani

Tomato Biryani is a one-pot vegetarian rice dish with Indian herbs and spices.

Sweet Chutney

Today’s bite isn’t really a meal. It’s part of a meal. Or to go alongside a meal. Today we’re making a sweet chutney.  

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Bangladeshi Basmati Rice

Bangladeshi Basmati Rice is a hearty and fragrant side dish, rich with the spices of Bangladesh that will compliment any main dish.

Bhutanese Red Rice Pilaf

When I think of choosing a starch to accompany dinner, I always think of Tom Hanks’ character explaining away his son Jonah’s snarky potato comment in Sleepless in Seattle.  Because in my family, we also chose rice. We were rice men (and women). So this…

Stuffed Chicken Kotleti Burgers

As much as I act all worldly, I can honestly say that one of my favorite meals is just a burger and fries (though I didn’t make that for my birthday favorites this past year). Juicy beef burger. Ketchup. Mustard. Lettuce. Tomato. Onion.  No frills thin cut (but not shoestring) fries or all-frills waffle fries.  And the best of the best can be found at CJ’s Pub in good old South Bend, Indiana. But I digress.  It’s been a while since I’ve had a good ole burger. And I can’t even remember the last time I had French fries. That’s a problem, to be remedied tonight with these stuffed chicken kotleti burgers.

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Classic Borscht

Classic Borscht is a bright delicious sour soup, made with meat stock, vegetables and seasonings, common in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.