Vegetables

The BEST Indian Spiced Roasted Cauliflower!

May 31, 2021 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Indian Spiced Cauliflower garnished with cilantro in a white serving dish

Roasted Indian Spiced Gobi!

Do you like Gobi? In Indian cooking, gobi means cauliflower. This roasted gobi will be a HUGE treat for you if you are a cauliflower lover!

Roasting a cauliflower helps to bring out its sweetness. Also, the cauliflower really takes on the flavor of the spices and really becomes a flavor bomb!

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How To Make Delicious Home Made Tater Tots!!!

November 14, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Frozen tater tots are good, but homemade tater tots are better!

My husband Steve turned me on to these. For instance I was a skeptic. I had thought that homemade tater tots wouldn’t be worth the trouble to make, but boy was I wrong!

The first time Steve made tots, he and Toby ate most of them and only left a few for me.

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How To Make Korean Potato Side Dish

August 24, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Kim’s Galbi Restaurant Korean Potato Side Dish

There is a restaurant in San Antonio where I live called Kim’s Galbi, aka the Lighthouse Restaurant. 🙂

I love visiting this restaurant with my mother. We often went for lunch, and were always treated to the MOST DELICIOUS banchan. Banchan are the side dishes that are served to accompany Korean meals.

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How To Make Nasu Dengaku – Miso Glazed Eggplant

August 1, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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Japanese eggplant is called Nasu. If you’ve never tried it, you MUST! We have had a Japanese eggplant plant in our front garden for several years now. This year, we are having a bumper crop! So I look forward to trying many new ways to enjoy this delicious fruit! Yes, it’s actually a fruit. 🙂

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Roasted Rutabaga and Carrots

June 7, 2020 by Grace Leave a Comment

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What is a Rutabaga?

What is a rutabaga you ask? It’s a swede! What’s a swede? 🙂

In North America we call this vegetable, which is a cross between cabbage and turnips, rutabaga. My husband knows it as a swede, which is what they call it in England, where he is from.

Wikipedia has a fascinating article on rutabaga’s etymology, history, use in cuisine, and other uses which you can read here.

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Incredibly Delicious Brussels Sprouts

December 15, 2019 by Grace 2 Comments

Honestly I don’t know many people who would state that Brussels Sprouts are their favorite vegetable, but I found someone recently on Instagram who told me that! And pan frying produces Incredibly Delicious Brussels Sprouts!

What Are Brussels Sprouts?

Brussels sprouts are a member of the cabbage family. Don’t they look like little cabbages? 🙂 They have long been popular in Brussels, Belgium, and it may be this popularity that helped give these sprouts their name.

Please visit this Wikipedia link for more information on Brussels Sprouts.

I have to say maybe they are not my favorite veg, but I LOVE eating them every time I have them, so perhaps I should prepare them more often?

An AWESOME Way to Prepare Brussels Sprouts

My sister June normally hosts Thanksgiving meals at her home. I am so grateful for my sister. 🙂 She puts on the most delicious and beautiful Thanksgiving meals.

One of my contributions to the Thanksgiving feast is pan fried brussels sprouts.

I really have to say I am so very proud of these for two reasons.

Reason #1: a die hard carnivore told me that he was impressed by my brussels sprouts!

Reason #2: my sister’s mother-in-law Margie gave me the ultimate compliment this year by saying that she had enjoyed last year’s brussels sprouts and she hoped that I would bring them again. I did. 🙂

Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts

I have roasted brussels sprouts before. They are FAB, don’t get me wrong. However, pan frying the sprouts is a quicker way to get absolutely delicious tasting sprouts in less time.

This method involves pan frying the sprouts in a combination of melted butter and olive oil. They are cut in half and then fried cut side down for a bit until golden toasty brown, and then turned over and pan fried again until the other side is golden toasty brown.

These are simply seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

Simple, quick, easy and delicious. What more do you want in a side?

Try these pan fried brussels sprouts at Thanksgiving or Christmas, or ideally when in season which is from September to mid-February.

Ready to give these a shot? I hope so! Enjoy this most delicious and amazing vegetable!!!

You may also enjoy these other recipes for mouthwateringly delicious vegetables!

Okra Fries

Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan

Incredibly Delicious Brussels Sprouts

Grace

Pan fried brussels sprouts are absolutely incredible and you can make this in the fraction of the time it would take for roasting them!

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Prep Time 3 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 18 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

1 lb brussels sprouts
3 tbsp olive oil plus additional if needed
3 tbsp butter plus additional if needed
salt to taste
pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste

Instructions

Wash your brussels sprouts and then cut in half (from top to stalk).
Heat your frying pan (preferably cast iron!) to medium high heat. Add 3 tbsp each of olive oil and butter until butter is melted and mixture is hot.
Add the sliced brussels sprouts cut side down and cook for approximately 5-7 minutes until browned. You'll want to check on them (turn over) periodically to make sure that they are not browning too much or burning.
Once the cut side is browned, turn over and cook the other side for approximately 5-7 minutes. Again, turn over and check periodically to ensure that they are not over browning or burning.
Toss everything together a bit, and then add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

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Notes

Simple, quick, easy and delicious. What more do you want in a side? These brussels sprouts are delicious and even the most die hard carnivore will appreciate!!

Keyword Brussels sprouts, vegetablesidedish

Korean Spicy Bean Sprouts

September 1, 2019 by Grace 6 Comments

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One of my favorite spicy foods is Korean Spicy Bean Sprouts!

I honestly do not know when my taste buds turned toward spicy. My belief is that that some people just have a tendency toward highly spiced foods….and my husband and I are of this tendency.

This is a good thing for our marriage! So there is generally no fighting over whether to have spicy food or not. 🙂

Korean spicy bean sprouts can be considered banchan. I almost LOVE the banchan (Korean side dishes) more than I adore the main meal itself!

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North Carolina – Okra Fries

February 18, 2019 by Grace Leave a Comment

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I almost jumped for joy when I found the recipe for these okra fries!! These are not just ANY okra fries. These are Chai Pani okra fries. 🙂

In April 2018 we visited Ashville, North Carolina. We stayed in a fantastic VRBO rental, and the host left a booklet with recommendations on things to do and places to eat. One of the recommendations was to dine at Chai Pani, an Indian Street Food restaurant.

We didn’t need much convincing to go there as we looove Indian food! The booklet not only recommended going to Chai Pani, but it also said that trying the okra fries was a must. So try them we did!

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Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan

January 28, 2019 by Grace Leave a Comment

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I love vegetables in all forms, however roasting vegetables brings out the most amazing flavors in them and this is true especially with broccoli.

Simple Is Best

Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan is simplicity at its best. This highly nutritious vegetable is simply tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper, and roasted until tender and gently browned.

The added parmesan cheese gives it a lovely salty flavor boost. When roasting broccoli, the sweetness of the vegetable shines through and the addition of the saltiness from the parmesan is a fantastic combo that can’t be beat!

Roasted broccoli is beautiful. Serve this as a healthy and delicious side dish with your next meal.

Oh…and I think cheese makes most anything taste better, so enjoy a liberal amount of parmesan with your broccoli!

Here is my taste tester, Toby, taste testing my Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan. 🙂

Some Other Recipes You May Enjoy!

Incredibly Delicious Brussels Sprouts

Okinawan Carrots

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Grace

Roasted Broccoli With Parmesan

Grace

Delicious on its own, or added to pasta. Simple roasted broccoli is a delight!

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Side Dish

Servings 4 people as a side dish