Category: Side Dishes

Vegetable Farfel Side Dish

Not a kugel!!! More like a farfel pilaf! This is actually a dish that I would make during the year & not just for Passover! If you don’t want to use fearful, you can do the same thing & use quinoa…

Potato Kugel with Grated Carrot

I have so many recipes for Passover & I usually make the same ones each year. This year I am going to try some different ones. This potato kugel recipe has grated carrot in it! 

Butternut Kugel

First posted last year…what is a kugel? It is a baked kind of pudding…it can be noodles, potatoes, butternut squash….the main ingredient of a kugel is sometimes pre-cooked…mashed…grated… eggs are added ….put it into a baking dish & you have a kugel!  

Sautéed Brussels Sprouts

it seems like I make Brussels Sprouts a lot…& I don’t like them !!! But Murray does & so do most people so for me it is a good vegetable to make. It is easy to prepare & there are many ways to make them. 

Spanish Rice

Do you have left-over plain rice? I did. I remembered that my mom used to serve us rice that she called Spanish Rice! I have no idea why or where she came up with this but it was good….

Hash Brown Casserole

This recipe is one of our family favourites at any buffet meal! This is an old recipe probably from over 25 years ago that I got from a friend of mine. Always a hit with everyone!

Kasha

My mom made Kasha a lot!!!! It was a staple in out house…kind of like pasta in some other houses…. & I had no idea what Kasha actually was when I was a kid, now I know it is roasted buckwheat My aunt made Kasha Varnishkes.. which is kasha & tradition Ashkenazi Jewish dish that…

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Braised Brussels Sprouts

I posted this recipe several months ago, but it is so delicious I wanted to share it again. A good winter side dish or anytime of year, but I think it is especially good as a side dish for any roasted meat or fish.

Spinach Mushroom Strudel

What do you do with a pile of spinach your fridge when you don’t really want a spinach salad? I looked & looked on the internet & nothing really got me too excited yesterday. So I decided to try 7 make a Spinach Mushroom Strudel. A Spanakopita would have been good but I did not…

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