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Desperately need an idea for a side dish!!!

terrier3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:04:34 GMT

My son is home from LA and I'm spoiling him!

We went out to dinner last night and today we will have sirloin burgers while watching the Bills game.

I get beef from a local vendor at our farmers market - delish!

I just need an idea for a side (besides the usual fries or chips).

Any ideas, ladies????

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I am still oxox — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:19:20 GMT

Corn on the cob, or rice or cous cous.

Salad, or cole slay and potato salad

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forest4thetrees — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:25:12 GMT

How about the ever-faithful home-made maccaroni and cheese?

Or garlicky mash potatoes; or three-bean salad, or pork 'n beans, or chili; or cold slaw and cornbread, or spiced up home-fries..........

Or let the burgers stand alone but make a whole smorgasbord of veggie crudites and serve guac dip, and bean dip, and chipotle dip, salsa, etc.

The world's your oyster; selection only as varied as your imagination takes you............

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qualitygal — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:36:26 GMT

How about sweet potato fries? That's not the usual fries. Cole slaw too. What is his favorite side dish? Can you expand on that?

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terrier3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:46:58 GMT

@qualitygal wrote:
How about sweet potato fries? That's not the usual fries. Cole slaw too. What is his favorite side dish? Can you expand on that?

He likes appetizers...he always orders an app when we go out.

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birkin baby — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:14:10 GMT

Mozzerella sticks and marinara, jalapeno poppers,stuffed potato skins, onion rings...any can be bought at the grocery store freezer section.
Baked Beans

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:17:29 GMT

Roasted vegetables

Large chop whatever fresh veggies are in your fridge. Coat with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Roast at 450 for 30 minutes.

Enjoy your son!!!!

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pommom — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:25:16 GMT

@terrier3

What time's dinner?

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Tigriss — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:02:19 GMT

My sister's MIL makes this dip that is a great side for her game days and parties. It is a Chili Cream Cheese Dip.

8oz cream cheese, soft

2 cans chili without beans (hotdog chili in the little can, she uses Varsity brand after the Georgia Varsity hotdog shop in Atlanta)

grated pepper jack cheese

Layer the cream cheese, then chili then pepper jack. Heat in 350 degree oven till bubbly and melty. Serve with corn chips. This is a sturdy dip, so the big scoop Fritos are really good for it. This will go in a hurry!

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Tigriss — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:04:18 GMT

You could also do loaded baked potatoes or twice baked potatoes. Just bake the potatoes and spread the topping out, sour cream, cheese, ranch dressing, green onion, chili, bacon, bacon, bacon.....some bacon. Now I want a loaded baked potato or a stuffed potato...that is a baked potato stuffed with pulled pork BBQ and cheese! YUM! Don't forget the butter!

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IamMrsG — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:20:30 GMT

Good morning, @terrier3. I understand a Mother's urge to pamper her son when he comes home. The following recipe will go a long way toward that goal. I'm sharing the whole recipe, but it's the onion rings I propose to accompany your own special burgers.

Monterey Jack Burger with Ranch Onion Rings
The Chew | Michael Symon | February 29, 2016

Ranch Onion Rings
2 Vidalia onions (sliced ½-inch thick and separated into rings)
Dredge:
1/4 cup cornstarch
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
1 pinch cayenne
Batter:
½ cup cornstarch
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup Cool Ranch tortilla chips (finely crushed, divided)*
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 pinch cayenne
1 pinch salt
1/4 cup beer (chilled)
1/4 cup seltzer (chilled)
½ cup vodka (chilled)
canola or rice bran oil (to fry)

Burgers
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 beef burger patties
4 thick slices Monterey Jack cheese
4 potato rolls (toasted)
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

For the Ranch Onion Rings: in a large pot, add 2-inches of canola oil and preheat to 360ºF. Line a sheet tray with wax paper. Place a baking rack inside another sheet tray.

For Dredging Station: in a large shallow bowl or baking dish, combine cornstarch, baking powder, salt and cayenne.

For the Batter: in a large bowl, add cornstarch, flour, 1/2 cup ground chips, baking powder, garlic powder, cayenne and salt, and whisk to combine. Add the chilled beer, seltzer and vodka and whisk to combine.

Dredge the onion rings first into the cornstarch mixture. Coat in the batter, shaking off any excess. Finally, coat in remaining chips. Transfer to wax paper-lined tray and repeat with the remaining onions*. Fry the rings in batches, 4-5 at a time until golden brown and crispy, about 4 minutes.

Remove to a draining rack and season with salt.

For the Burgers: season the burgers on both sides with salt and freshly ground black pepper and make an indent to the center.

Preheat a cast iron grill pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle some olive oil in the hot pan and add seasoned burger patties. Cook without moving until a nice crust forms on one side, 4-5 minutes

Flip and finish cooking on the other side, another 2-3 minutes. In the last minute of cooking top each burger with a slice of cheese.

To serve: place a burger on the bottom half of a bun then top with a few crispy onion rings. Add the top bun then serve.

Helpful tips:
- To help melt cheese, add a couple tablespoons of water to the grill pan and cover with a metal bowl.
- Make the onion rings before the burgers. Keep warm in a 200ºF oven, on a baking sheet fitted with a cooling rack.
- Chef Symon said the finished onion rings can be frozen and re-heated.

* Reviewer’s comment: I made the onion rings over the weekend and they were awesome!! There is a clarification that needs to be made to the ingredient list and instructions. The ingredient list says to use 1/2 cup of finely crushed chips, divided. Well, to me that means I am dividing the 1/2 cup. Actually, you do not divide the 1/2 cup of crushed chips, they do get added to the batter. To make the instructions clear you need to finely crush the rest of the bag of chips so you can use them to coat the onion rings after removing them from the batter. I hope this helps those of you who attempt to make these delicious crunchy onion rings.

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Zhills — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:25:31 GMT

Broccoli Corn Bake

Ingredients

1 ½ cups crushed butter-flavored crackers
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 ½ cups frozen broccoli cuts, thawed
1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
1 can (14-3/4 ounces) cream-style corn

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine cracker crumbs and butter; set aside 1/2 cup for topping. Stir in vegetables to the remaining crumb mixture. (I cut the broccoli small)
2. Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with reserved crumb topping. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly and top is golden brown.

This is very good! I was surprised.

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terrier3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:39:20 GMT

@Zhills He loves broccoli, so I think I'll go with your idea.

And @HonnyBrown, I just bought acorn squash, sweet potatoes, tie dyed carrots green peppers and a huge stalk of brussels sprouts at the farmers market - so I'll add an onion and make your roast veggies for later in the week too..we can even add them to omelets.

Thanks to one and all!!!

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GCR18 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:35:53 GMT

Onion rings, fried zucchini, baked beans, guacamole and tortilla chips

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hopi — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:39:48 GMT

I second the mac and cheese option

who doesn't love comfort food.

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momtochloe — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:42:49 GMT

Hi @terrier3 I know you have your menu for the day but I love these appetizers and they are so easy to make and yummy for maybe later this week:

http://damndelicious.net/2016/09/03/mini-bean-and-cheese-quesadillas/

Enjoy your DS . . .

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:55:18 GMT

@terrier3 wrote:
@Zhills He loves broccoli, so I think I'll go with your idea.
And @HonnyBrown, I just bought acorn squash, sweet potatoes, tie dyed carrots green peppers and a huge stalk of brussels sprouts at the farmers market - so I'll add an onion and make your roast veggies for later in the week too..we can even add them to omelets.
Thanks to one and all!!!

Carrots and brussel sprouts are SO GOOD roasted together! Thanks for the omelet idea. That will be dinner tomorrow!

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debic — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:06:14 GMT

@terrier3 wrote:
@Zhills He loves broccoli, so I think I'll go with your idea.
And @HonnyBrown, I just bought acorn squash, sweet potatoes, tie dyed carrots green peppers and a huge stalk of brussels sprouts at the farmers market - so I'll add an onion and make your roast veggies for later in the week too..we can even add them to omelets.
Thanks to one and all!!!

I love brussel sprouts. I usually sautee in garlic butter and then melt parmesan cheese over the top.

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debic — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:09:17 GMT

@GCR18 wrote:
Onion rings, fried zucchini, baked beans, guacamole and tortilla chips

That sounds good. I like 7 layer dip as well. I generally make taco meat for the first layer, then beans, then whatever moves me.

Those little smokies in BBQ sauce, hot wings maybe?

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Shopster3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:56:58 GMT

Macaroni Salad