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amother

Sun, May 23 2021, 7:10 am

Any ideas of healthy sides I can serve weekday dinners with chicken etc? I've been doing cut up vegetables, quinoa, and roasted potatoes but need more ideas. TIA!

amother

Orchid

Sun, May 23 2021, 7:26 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Any ideas of healthy sides I can serve weekday dinners with chicken etc? I've been doing cut up vegetables, quinoa, and roasted potatoes but need more ideas. TIA!

Mashed sweet potatoes, brown rice, salad, roasted veggies

ra_mom

Sun, May 23 2021, 7:53 am

Mushroom rice
Sweet potato baked fries
Short grain brown rice or basmati brown rice
Baby red potatoes
Wild rice

Roasted broccoli
Cauliflower popcorn
Sesame green beans
Two tone zucchini rounds
Wilted baby spinach w mushrooms & tomatoes

tichellady

Sun, May 23 2021, 8:13 am

Israeli salad and farro
Roasted sweet potato halves and roasted snap peas
Avacado, Tomato, corn salad

jflower

Sun, May 23 2021, 8:18 am

ra_mom wrote:

Great ideas. Thanks.

flowerpower

Sun, May 23 2021, 8:42 am

Squash in tomato sauce
Green bean with garlic and olive oil
Broccoli kugal
Roasted cualiflower

runninglate

Sun, May 23 2021, 9:13 am

Ra mom, how do you make the wilted baby spinach? Sounds good

ra_mom

Sun, May 23 2021, 9:22 am

runninglate wrote:

Ra mom, how do you make the wilted baby spinach? Sounds good

Sauté sliced mushrooms with garlic. Add baby spinach and halved cherry tomatoes for just 2 minutes until wilted. Season well with salt and pepper to taste.

nachasmom

Sun, May 23 2021, 9:40 am

Sounds delicious. Is the spinach shortage over?

amother

Sun, May 23 2021, 9:43 am

Thanks for the ideas everyone!

saralem

Sun, May 23 2021, 10:23 am

A fresh salad at every dinner. That’s what my mom served. In addition to lots of cooked vegetables. We had meat, chicken or fresh fish every day. I didn’t even know how to make rice or a baked potato because she never served much starch. And we loved it because she was such an amazing cook!

Ambassador Girl

Sun, May 23 2021, 10:45 am

I make carrot fries fairly frequently. Yum!

Slice carrots evenly, toss with some evoo, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and fresh minced or dried parsley. Spread on a baking sheet and roast at 425 F for 15 minutes, then flip. Might also work to roast on a wire rack to avoid flipping.

Recipe credit (and exact measurements): https://www.google.com/url?sa=.....gWcdH

Enjoy! Smile

scruffy

Sun, May 23 2021, 10:50 am

Ambassador Girl wrote:

Welcome to Imamother, Ambassador Girl Smile

runninglate

Sun, May 23 2021, 5:56 pm

ra_mom wrote:

Sauté sliced mushrooms with garlic. Add baby spinach and halved cherry tomatoes for just 2 minutes until wilted. Season well with salt and pepper to taste.

Sounds great! Thanks!

lucky14

Sun, May 23 2021, 7:30 pm

Ambassador Girl wrote:

I do this with butternut squash, except I do paprika instead of parsley.

other ideas:
Saute some onions in a pan. Add sliced zucchini and cut up tomatoes (ripe ones) or canned tomatoes + salt, pepper and garlic powder. cover and cook until zucchini is softened.

You can make broccoli cauliflower quiche or spinach quiche but bake it in a round pan without a crust.

amother

Brunette

Sun, May 23 2021, 8:03 pm

Stir fry snap peas are good. Sauté crushed garlic in some olive oil, add the snappeas, some spices, soy sauce and a little honey and stir fry it. You can also add some other veggies to it- like sliced zucchini or sliced mushrooms or red pepper strips. Don’t overcrowd the pan you don’t want it to get mushy.

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