As Step 4 in this recipe says, this can be a vegetarian dish or a side dish served with whatever meat you wish. The potato and the cauliflower can be precooked in the microwave and once that’s done the rest is pretty quick and easy – and tasty.
If you’re looking for a different way to serve mashed potatoes this might be the answer. I think it would be pretty good hot, but do like the idea of frying the leftovers……yum.
You could make this pumpkin dish for lunch or serve it with a roast or other main course, whichever way it’s a great way to add a bit of interest to the plain old pumpkin.
Not everyone likes pumpkin, but it’s actually a fairly versatile vegetable. Growing up most of our mothers only served it boiled or roasted. I now like it mashed or in curries and casseroles too. Haven’t tried this version, but I’m going to as I think the creamy cheezee sauce sounds great.
These make a nice change from a traditional beef hamburger and as the Woman’s Day hint says ‘fritters can be served in hamburger buns, as a vegetable accompaniment or with a salad’. I’d also suggest serving them between two pieces of toast.
Not everyone in my family likes peas, so I won’t be making this for them, but for those who do it’s certainly a different way to eat them. Not sure I like the idea of the sultanas though, think I’d substitute capsicum or tomato to make it more savoury.
This is a great way to jazz up plain old mashed potato. If you want a gluten free option, leave off the breadcrumbs and just top with either more mozzarella or other cheese.
This creamy chicken salad has a light curry flavour and is especially good made with a barbecued chicken. I’m not sure that I’d serve it on a fruit platter, as we’re not all that keen on fruit with meat. I’d serve it in a salad bowl with a green salad accompaniment and maybe throw in a handful of toasted almonds, but however you serve it it makes a change from plain old cold chicken.
Substituting brown or white rice for bulgur (a wheat product) is a really good way to make this salad gluten free, without losing all the other great flavours of the Middle East.
You can tell this is an old recipe as it gives directions to soak the chickpeas overnight. Of course you can still do that, but it’s much easier now to just buy tinned chickpeas. It makes the recipe a lot quicker and easier to make as you can cut out the first couple of steps and go straight to frying the onions, garlic and pepper.
