Side Dish recipe collection

Another dish from my childhood memories, and it's my all-time favorite dish that my mom used to make very often. All the ingredients are inexpensive, but the salad tastes so refreshing and flavorful.

This recipe is my adaptation of the one I found many years ago in "Louisiana Cookin'" by the McIlhenny Company, makers of the original Tabasco sauce.

In China, there are literally thousands of methods to cook potatoes. This sweet and sour potato salad is quick and easy to put together, and it tastes delicious. It can be made one day ahead, served chilled, at room temperature or warm.

Sichuan peppers is the key ingredient in this recipe, ginger, garlic, scallions and fresh red chili peppers stir-fried with bok choy. Very juicy and tasty, great with some rice or noodles.

Made quick and easy by using canned (unsweetened) coconut milk and canned kidney beans, this is a great accompaniment to jerk chicken.

Mushroom adds the meaty and juicy texture, thyme gives the herbal touch, and they taste great together with the sweet baby peas. A quick and easy side dish that can be simply served with any main course.

Low-fat plain yogurt, chopped fresh parsley and scallions make the dish creamy and tasty. An excellent way to cook mini potatoes.

A mixture of parsley, oregano, and scallions is added into the shredded potato, sprinkle the smoked cheddar on top at the last a few minutes. Use regular cheddar cheese if you don't have smoked cheddar.

Smooth broccoli cauliflower soup blends two cruciferous veggies into a silky, low-fat puree thickened with skim milk and finished with Swiss cheese. Light, creamy, and ready in 30 minutes.

This was very quick and simple to make and the flavor was wonderful...

German spaetzle with goat cheese and fresh parsley for tangy richness. Traditional egg noodles pressed through a spaetzle maker and sautéed in butter.

Warm up a cool autumn day with this fragrant soup that is full of flavor in every spoonful.

These sweet and slightly sour pickled pears are soft and melt in your mouth. Serve it with grilled meat, sausages or hot dogs. A delicious and refreshing side dish.

Spiced gherkin pickles layered with whole cloves and cinnamon, then bathed in a hot apple cider vinegar brine sweetened with sugar and dry mustard. An old Pennsylvania Dutch crock-pickle recipe with a sweet-tart bite.

Spicy baked sweet potato steak fries tossed in olive oil and a sweet-heat rub of brown sugar, kosher salt, and cayenne. Oven-roasted into thick, tender wedges with crisp, browned edges, no deep fryer needed.

Rich and flavorful corn bread muffins. Loaded with cheese and bits of poblano peppers.