Recipes With Course: Side Dish

Homemade Vegetable Pilau

Vegetable Pilau

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Vegetable Pilau is a simple, spicy, reduced sodium Indian rice dish that combines rice with vegetables and herbs that compliments meat, fish and poultry. Add or substitute your favorite vegetables like diced zucchini, eggplant, cauliflower or broccoli. Serving Suggestion Serve with in lieu of white rice and with curries (green ...

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Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms

Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms


Quinoa stuffed mushrooms are a high fiber, low calorie, low sodium recipe that’s also gluten free. While quinoa is pitched to Americans as a whole grain or ancient grain, quinoa is actually a seed grown in South America. Stuffed mushroom are perfect for appetizers or vegetable side dish. You can also ...

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Homemade Oven Fried Potatoes

Oven-Fried Potatoes


Frying potatoes can be hit or miss. Frying adds calories and the end result can be limp, greasy potatoes. There is also cleaning up the oily mess that result’s when frying foods. Oven fried potatoes take only minutes to prepare, can be made using Russet, red, or white potatoes, and ...

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Oven Roasted Carrots

Oven Roasted Carrots


Oven Roasted Carrots is easy to make and a perfect side dish for meat, fish or poultry. Roasting brings out the sweetness in carrots. These tender, sweet roasted carrots can disappear in minutes so think about doubling the recipe. Sodium Carrots are naturally low in sodium, but some baby carrots, ...

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Boiled Corn on Cob

Boiled Corn On The Cob

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It takes only minutes to cook corn on the cob. Corn is one of the fastest cooking whole grains. Corn is at its best and sweetest during the summer. You know corn is abundant when stores advertise 3, 4, 6, and even 10 ears for $1. Yes, corn on the ...

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Turkey Chili

Spicy Turkey Chili Recipe

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If you love chili but are concerned about using high saturated fat beef you can easily substitute ground turkey for all or part of the beef. Chili powder and other spices gives chili it unique flavor. Most beef eaters will not notice the difference. I use 93% lean ground turkey that ...

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Homemade Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes

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Mashed potatoes, also called whipped potatoes, is a popular accompaniment for meat, chicken, and fish and have up to 70 percent less calories than fried potatoes. Russet potatoes have a high glycemic index due to the starch content, but are a good source of essential vitamins and minerals like vitamins ...

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French Onion Soup Made with Beef and Chicken Broth

French Onion Soup

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French Onion soup is one of the simplest soups you can make. This recipe produces a rich, flavorful broth packed with sweet cooked high antioxident onions. Nutrition Information Nutrition information is for soup without bread or cheese. One slice of bread adds 100 or more calories and 1 ounce (28 g) ...

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Homemade Creamy Guacamole

Basic Guacamole


Guacamole is Aztec for avocado sauce. This basic guacamole recipe produces a creamy version similar to prepared guacamole available from most grocers. Whether creamy or chunky (hearty), guacamole takes only minutes to prepare. This recipe requires only four ingredients: Ripe avoados Prepared salsa Lime juice Salt (optional) Although avocados are ...

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Homemade Shrimp Cocktail

Seafood Cocktail Sauce

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Homemade Seafood Cocktail Sauce has as little as 4 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make. You can use the sauce immediately. For more intense flavor, refrigerate overnight. The amount of sodium in your sauce depends on the brand of ketchup you use. Use a reduced sodium ketchup ...

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