Side Dishes
Traveling somewhere? Make this awesome sandwich and pack it down for a quick lunch.
A fresh, ripe artichoke cooked perfectly will taste like the very essence of late spring and early summer. It’s more than worth the care and wait.
The yogurt makes this low fat recipe taste much richer than you would expect whilst also muting the intensity of the spices.
This one is a no-brainer ‘cos there’s nothing to go wrong. Just cut, sprinkle, and bite.
This would obviously work as a dip or a spread, but it is particularly nice on some toasted baguette as a late afternoon snack.
It doesn’t take beyond 15 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes to cook about 10 of these delightful parathas.
A slight twist to a classic curry, that is bright and attractive at first glance, sweet to taste from the fruit with warm undertones from the whole spices.
Raw jackfruit is chopped and cooked, freshly ground coconut is added, then seasoned with mustard seeds and curry leaves in farm fresh coconut oil.
This sandwich is quite substantial and filling. Just pair this with a simple soup and rest assured your meal is bound to be a generous one.
Chutneys, like this one, are a great way to add an extra something to your everyday meals very easily.
These healthy, stuffed tomatoes are perfect for lunch on a hot summer afternoon. The barley adds a wonderful sweet, nutty flavor.
This tart is a dreamy combination of savory cheeses, milk, eggs, onions, bacon and cheddar. The perfect breakfast/brunch dish.
It’s too humid to be sitting around waiting for slow meals and roasts in the oven this time of year, so simple and delicious salads are an all round winner.
Despite looking somewhat labor-intensive, this dish is pretty easy to put together. The most time-consuming part involves the slicing and grilling zucchini.
Spicy salsa fresca on top of lightly-fried eggplant slices is a fusion dish at its finest and makes a unique bruschetta-inspired appetizer.
Let the almond butter and the cookie get to know each other, add sweetener, vanilla and salt, and let your tongue mingle with the blade of the processor.
This is a great weekday meal as it doesn’t take a lot of prep or cook time and yet, it turns out as one of those special meals.
This cauliflower dish can be served hot, warm or at room temperature, making it a nice choice for spring and summer.
This salad is so much more than the sum of its parts. It has a rich, complex flavour combining many ingredients you wouldn’t necessarily have put together.
This sandwich has several parts: a fruit salsa, for sweet and spicy flavor; caramelized onions, sauteed greens, for earthiness and color; and the fish.
This is really a quick recipe, but what prolongs the misery is the waiting time.
If you’ve never had homemade Caesar dressing before, you should give it a try…it really couldn’t be easier to make.
This is an easy, yet filling spring appetizer or light lunch or dinner.
These onions go very well tandoori snacks or rich curry dishes like paneer butter masala, dal makhani, tandoori aloo or any rich curry dish of your choice.
These make a FABULOUS dessert, served warm with a scoop of melting vanilla ice cream.
This pickle goes really well mixed into rice and sambar, smeared on a sandwich with cheese, on the side with eggs or mixed into Asian noodles.
Grilled Green Tomatoes bring spring and summer together with grill marks and bright green tomatoes.
Have this cold cucumber soup as a light lunch, a starter before dinner, or as a mid-afternoon snack when you need a boost and a cool-down all at once.
From the dressing to the garnishes, everything in this salad add interesting flavors while putting the celery on a pedestal of celebratory awesomeness.
Warm sunchokes make a perfect combination with the pumpkin seeds, the little bursts of cold, piquant pickled onion, and the creamy shavings of Parmesan.
Will this salad be a hit at your next event? It most definitely will. Try it out right now.
An Indian delight – enjoy this simple homemade Bhuna Gobi, made with thinly chopped cauliflower and indian spices.
Enjoy this super-tasty stuffed potato shells recipe from Anamika Sharma. A truly delicious summer dish.
A pretty purple-brown and earthy tasting, buckwheat soba noodles are a fun and healthy addition to dinner.
This pudding is a perfect treat plain, but you can turn it into an elegant dessert by adding some nuts, fresh fruit, lemon or orange zest.
This makes it a great side dish for a picnic outside or at a potluck, since it doesn’t need to be served warm.
This Pickled Shrimp recipe is a Southern favorite you could eat year round.
A quick stir fry of baby Thai eggplants with sweet cherry tomatoes flavored with lots of thai purple basil.
This is not a low-fat recipe, but it’s one full of those fats we’re supposed to eat – omega-3s, fat from the avocado, and the good stuff, olive oil.
These are soft and spongy pancakes dipped in sugar syrup and served hot or chilled with fresh cream or condensed milk.
When the apple butter is done, try some on a bit of toasted bread before you store it in the freezer. Warm apple butter on toast is wonderful.
Start up the grill, because it’s time to have some fun. Grilling doesn’t have to just be all about burgers and hotdogs.
Luscious sweet potatoes, velvety on the inside with blistering brown outsides and delicious garlic herb flavors. Sweet potato and thyme in perfect harmony.
If you are looking for a guilt free, wholesome and yet a scrumptious dish then this recipe is worth a try.
If you prefer your nut butter sweeter, you could add some stevia drops to the blend for a sugar-free treat.
This is something you could totally serve aside chicken, steak or pork.
Masoor Dal makes for a satisfying meal with some freshly baked Indian naan bread (recipe to be posted soon) and/or a fresh salad.
You have to like asparagus if you are in Italy in the spring. There is no escaping the spears, they are in every mercato, every supermarket, on every menu.
This healthy eggplant parmesan is just as good if not better than the regular caloric glob.
You can serve the sauce on the side, and dip individual spears into it, or toss the spears with the sauce and serve, topped with additional egg whites.
Feel free to substitute different vegetables or herbs according to what you’ve got. This is a fairly light soup, so for a meal, add some cheese and bread.
The filling is widely known across Southeast Asia, especially in Muar – Johor, where it is traditionally served fresh, wrapped inside a banana leaf.
A frying pan for the girolles, sautéed in butter, a squeeze of lemon, a scattering of parsley and a rich golden Burford Brown egg in the middle of it all.
This chocolate risotto version is non-dairy, uses honey as a sweetener instead of sugar, and gets its rich, creamy texture from coconut milk.
These are not just ordinary fries. These are Healthy Yuca Fries, because instead of being deep-fried they are roasted.
