Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Healthy Side Dishes

A couple of some fast, easy, healthy recipes to go along with the main course. Enjoy!!

Roasted Asparagus
-1/4 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-1 tbsp. Lemon Juice
-1/2 tsp. Garlic Salt
Mix ingredients and place in 9 by 13 pan. Roast for about 12-15 mins.


Brown Coconut Rice
-1 Tbsp. of coconut milk
While cooking your rice, put the tbsp of coconut milk in and you'll get the best flavour with your brown rice.

Roasted Potatoes
-2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-2 Garlic cloves
-1-2 tsp. Rosemary
Mix together with potatoes until they are covered. Oven @ 450 for about 30-40 mins.

Zucchini's
-2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-salt and pepper to taste
Preheat grill to medium. Grill until tender for about 3-4 minutes per side.

Sauteed Spinach with Mushrooms and Onions
-1 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-1 tsp of crushed garlic
-1/4 cup of diced onion
4 Mushrooms sliced (or how ever many you want to use)
salt and pepper to taste
1 pound of Spinach

Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-low. Add Onion and cook until tender, but not brown for 2 mins. Add Garlic and cook for 1 min. Add mushrooms and cook for 2 mins.
Add Spinach with salt and pepper to taste and toss with Olive Oil mixture until Spinach just begins to wilt.

2 comments:

the fellers said...

yay for these...i have been sick of our sides!

Anonymous said...

love your blog! I am Ashley Allred's mother in law. I am diabetic. I will be trying some of your recipes. I have learned much from your writings.
thank you.
Linda Allred