Side dishes, European Recetas

Mushroom, Tomato, and White Bean Ragout

This is a delicious companion to grilled fish, steak or chicken. It is beautiful, healthy, and flavorful.

Bechamel Sauce

* Béchamel sauce is delightful enough to use on its own to accent fish, poultry, eggs and vegetables, but it’s the derivative sauces made from the…

Pommes frites (the original 'French fries')

Deep fried potatoes, which in the US usually go by the misnomer "French fries", have suffered from association…

Eggplant beignets

A tapa or side dish, eggplant beignets are a very traditional Spanish way to prepare eggplant, and a very tasty one too!

Butternut squash casserole

Vitamin and mineral rich main or side dish.

Pomodoro Sauce

Pomodoro Sauce

German Style Home Fries

Linguine with Fresh Tomatoes

Since we can have great tomatoes year around, we can always enjoy their fresh flavor this way. Remember: Never store your fresh tomatoes in the…

Croatian white onion sauce

Traditional and delicious Croatian sauce that goes well with all kinds of cooked meat. Note: Do not omit or substitute wine vinegar with any other…

Sauteed Spinach with Garlic

This is a delicious and healthy dish that takes 5 minutes to make and goes with almost anything--asian, mediterranean or american. Barefoot…

Butternut Squash Risotto

Thanks to the Simply Recipies blog...wonderful! I loved this dish. I could sit down and eat cups and cups and cups of this dish. It was a…

Buttered Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts get a bad rap. Opponents of the vegetable swear it tastes like metal. Or worse, like feet. But when coated with the right…

Roasted Eggplant

This is a dish you can serve as a side,bubbling hot,over pasta or cold with pita bread. You can either leave skin on or peel. You can also do on…

German Spaetzle

Spaetzle (SPETZ-LAY) is a traditional, and very popular German noodle. It's excellent to use in place of egg noodles. In Bavaria, where my family…

Dauphinoise Potatoes

Dauphinoise Potatoes