Friday, January 28, 2011

Scrumptious Sides

These are 2 of my favorite side dishes.  They both go great wish almost anything my favorite thing to have them with are items off the grill like burgers or chicken.

Hot Crash Potatoes  (this recipe comes from the pioneer woman)




12 whole New Potatoes (or Other Small Round Potatoes)
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Kosher Salt To Taste
Black Pepper To Taste
Rosemary (or Other Herbs Of Choice) To Taste


Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add in as many potatoes as you wish to make and cook them until they are fork-tender.
On a sheet pan, generously drizzle olive oil. Place tender potatoes on the cookie sheet leaving plenty of room between each potato.
With a potato masher, gently press down each potato until it slightly mashes, rotate the potato masher 90 degrees and mash again. Brush the tops of each crushed potato generously with more olive oil.
Sprinkle potatoes with kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper and fresh chopped rosemary (or chives or thyme or whatever herb you have available.)
Bake in a 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

Oven fried Zucchini

makes 6 servings and a serving is 81 calories

1 T vegetable oil or cooking spray
3 medium zucchini
3 T 1% milk
1 egg white
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1/2 t kosher salt
1/4 t fresh ground pepper
2 T grated Romano or Parmesan cheese

1. Place oven rack in the top 1/3 of the oven and preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Coat your pan with the oil or cooking spray

2. Thinly slice your zucchini so you have circle shaped pieces

3. Whisk together the egg white and Milk then toss your zucchini slices in this mixture and stir around until they are all coated

4. Combine the bread crumbs with the remaining 3 ingredients.  Dip the zucchini pies in this a few at a time until they are coated- lay them out on your baking sheet so that none are touching otherwise they will not crisp up

5. Place in the oven and bake for 7 minutes then carefully flip them over and continue to bake until golden brown about another 6-10 minutes serve immediately


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