Side Dishes

Apricot Sauce (photo by ali bayram ozdemir, stock.xchng)

Apricot Sauce

This is a superb sauce with plain chicken of any kind – roast, grilled etc. …


Patty Pans Provencale (photo by USDA, Wikimedia Commons)

Patty Pans Provencale

Serve immediately with any simple meat, chicken or fish dish. …


Italian Cauliflower Salad (photo by Monika Szczygie, stock.xchng)

Italian Cauliflower Salad

Tasty treat for the cauliflower lovers. …


Lemon Mushroom Sauce (photo by Johnny Boi, stock.xchng)

Lemon Mushroom Sauce

This is a very versatile sauce, as it may be served with fried or baked fish fillets, chicken breasts fillets, and pork or veal schnitzels. If you have thin fillets of fish they may actually be baked in the sauce. …


Roasted Butternut Salad with Couscous (photo by Deborah Waller, stock.xchng)

Roasted Butternut Salad with Couscous

Excellent either as a light meal or as a side dish. May be served at room temperature or chilled. …


Sauteed Potatoes with Prunes and Apples (photo by john lewis, stock.xchng)

Sauteed Potatoes with Prunes and Apples

Excellent with all Moroccan meat dishes including Moroccan Lamb Kebabs with Aioli; and also all simple meat dishes. …


Honey, Thyme and Mustard Salad Dressing (photo by Zsuzsanna Kilian, stock.xchng)

Honey, Thyme and Mustard Salad Dressing

Something a little different for that salad. …


Twice-baked Carrot and Cardamom Souffle (photo by Miansari66, Wikimedia Commons)

Twice-baked Carrot and Cardamom Souffle

Serve immediately with the sauce and the, optional, caramelized pecans. …


Soy Mustard Vinaigrette (photo by tijmen van dobbenburgh, stock.xchng)

Soy Mustard Vinaigrette

A fairly sharp strongly-flavoured sauces that is excellent served with something plain like fried fish (which you have first dipped into a mixture of breadcrumbs and sesame seeds), or grilled fish or meat. This isn’t a child-friendly sauce. …


Coriander Cracked Wheat Salad (photo by Rob Owen-Wahl, stock.xchng)

Coriander Cracked Wheat Salad

This is a wonderful accompaniment to Thai Green Curry Chicken Salad. …


Pistachio / Cashew Nut Sauce (photo by Paweł Zawistowski, stock.xchng)

Pistachio / Cashew Nut Sauce

This is very delicious with all grilled lamb, chicken and white fish. It may also be served with the Aubergine and Red Pepper salad, giving it some crunch and lifting it to an even higher level of fabulous! …


Aubergine and Red Pepper Salad (photo by Cris DeRaud, rgbstock.com)

Aubergine and Red Pepper Salad

This is a brilliant salad with any North African meat or fish, and is also a wonderful addition to any mezze (tapas) platter, served with flat bread of some sort for scooping it up. …


Watercress Sauce (photo by M.Zeynep Dağdevirenoğlu Kubaseck, stock.xchng)

Watercress Sauce

This sauce can only be made a couple of hours ahead of using, and is fabulous served with the twice-baked carrot and cardamom soufflés – just zig-zag a spoonful of the sauce onto the warmed plates, and plop the soufflé on top and serve. …


Saffron Aioli (photo by Armin Hanisch, stock.xchng)

Saffron Aioli

Delicious with all simple fish, meat, and chicken dishes, and with plain boiled vegetables. …


Cinnamon and Walnut Couscous Salad (photo by cristina miguel, stock.xchng)

Cinnamon and Walnut Couscous Salad

Best eaten the day of making. …


Pasta Pesto Salad (photo by sanja gjenero, rgbstock.com)

Pasta Pesto Salad

This salad is definitely one of those substantial enough for a light vegetarian meal; serve with a small salad of mixed leaves, extra olive oil and warm focaccia. …


Lemon Couscous (photo by Zsuzsanna Kilian, stock.xchng)

Lemon Couscous

This salad may be served immediately, or at room temperature, but not chilled. …


Moroccan Carrot Salad (photo by sanja gjenero, rgbstock.com)

Moroccan Carrot Salad

Two for the price of one. One simple change and this becomes a Spanish Carrot Salad. …


Barbecue Sauce (photo by Nathalie Dulex, stock.xchng)

Barbecue Sauce

This is an excellent sauce to serve with braaied meat, and when not too thick may be used as a basting sauce. If it is thickened slightly, it makes an excellent sauce with hamburgers. This version is not particularly hot. If you like it hotter, increase the quantity of chilli powder. …


Melon and Cucumber Salad (photo by rick beddie, stock.xchng)

Melon and Cucumber Salad

Like the Melon and Mint Salad, this is good as an accompaniment or as a starter. Just serve it chilled in small coupé bowls, or stemmed glasses. Loosely knot some of the cucumber skin and garnish each serving with a knot. …



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