side dish
Recipes good to serve as side dish to the main course.
Grilled corn on the cob
Cooking corn on the grill is unbelievably simple…and comes in real handy when you’re grilling and you don’t want to run back and forth from the kitchen checking on boiling water. You’ve got everything you need right outside and it’s a snap to bring it from grill to patio table.
Summer side dishes
Fragrant coconut rice
There are as many recipes for coconut rice as tropical countries. This one has Indian, Thai and Vietnamese influences.
Tomatoes Fribourg style
This recipe comes from the canton of Fribourg, where tomatoes are stuffed with Gruyere cheese and potatoes.
Swiss onion salad
If you cannot be in Bern for the fourth Monday in November, celebrate the Onion Market Day at home with dishes such as this onion salad.
Swiss broccoli and cauliflower salad
Broccoli and cauliflower are included in the list of healthy food and this salad gets the best of both vegetables.
Brown soda bread
The original recipe for Irish soda bread uses only four ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk or sour milk. Soda bread is best when it is still almost warm.
Tomato gnocchi
This recipe is based on the one for gnocchi with spinach; to take a step up from those spinach gnocchi, try the tomato ones.
Gnocchi with spinach
Gnocchi with a flavorful spinach and cheese sauce. Simple, filling, and delicious. Making this dish is simplicity itself.
Italian gnocchi from scratch
For the truly adventurous, you can make your own gnocchi, which are after all just dumplings made from potato and not disimilar to quenelles. Gnocchi are a delicious starter with tomato sauce, cheese sauce, pesto, or just butter and cheese. They would also make a mouthwatering main course if gnocchi were not so much work to prepare in large quantities.