Side Items Recipes (Most Popular)
This is how we throw together spanish red beans. We normally put it on brown rice and serve with chicken. Quick and easy!
Calcium rich, low fat, yummy banana pancakes with a hint of cinnamon. Uses 1/2 all purpose flour and 1/2 whole wheat flour. Brown sugar gives it a richer flavor than standard white.
Good old fashined french toast. (a 2 serving breakdown follows the main recipe)
My mom makes a squash medley with only 3 squashes and I've always felt it needed something. The apples, onions It's a naturally sweet vegetable dish. My niece and nephews (6,8 & 9) always eat seconds.
Not your usual macaroni salad but a very refreshing and comforting food specially for a Pinoy.
A low calorie substitution for the traditional Thanksgiving green bean casserole w/out substituting any flavor
This is a salad modified from one found the the "Taste of Home Comfort Food" cookbook. It makes a big batch so is suitable for a large family gathering or potluck dinner.
My mother in law's chai recipe. Very basic, this recipe doesn't use elaichi (cardamom) or dalchini (cinnamon) or other spices, and it is delicious.
This is a low sodium option for baked macaroni and cheese. You can substitute any frozen vegetable or lean poultry for those that I've added for a complete meal, or subtract them all together to use as a side dish.
*NOTE* The sodium may say 868mg per serving, but it you are serving this as a meal in and of itself, that is actually a fairly decent way to stay within a 2,400mg sodium per day diet.
**NOTE** The flavor was good, but next time I will substitute Colby Jack cheese for the Motzarella and some of the Cheddar.
This is one of my favorites in the summer when the gardens are in full bloom and the farmers markert has an abundance
There are ZERO carbs in this delicious and utterly simple steak sauce. It just doesn't get easier, or better, than this.
The original recipe can be found here: http://goo.gl/Tov0Qr
(I just added it to SP so I could use it in my daily nutritional calculator.)
From the original intro:
"Here's the thirdand likely final installment for a whilein my quest to make a decent bread...that not only tastes and acts like bread, but excels in terms of Paleo nutrition. Mission accomplished."
This is a variation of Cleochatra's original Oopsie rolls (http://bit.ly/At9QI4).
I thought they needed a bit more oomph to be a little more bread-y so I reduced the cream cheese by half an ounce and added the almond flour.
It still comes out to 0.9 net carbs per roll!