[Jamestown1630]

Side dishes for a cookout party!

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[Liz]

Mmmm....the salad would be great w/ this.

STUFFED ITALIAN BREAD LOAF

Cut Italian bread loaf (not all the way through) into cubes--x'ing top as pictured. Drizzle butter-onion garlic mixture carefully into X's, then add 12 oz grated white Cheddar/Jack cheeses. Foil entire loaf, sealing well; bake 350 deg 15-20 min. Unwrap. Bake 10 min (cheese is melted and gooey).

BUTTER ONION DRIZZLE Mix stick melted butter, 1/8 c olive oil, 3 tsp minced onion, grated gar/cloves, tbl dijon, tbl poppy seeds, 3 tsp chp parsley.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

My fave tomato soup recipe. You can use regular toms from the store. I can drink this stuff with a straw it is so good.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/roasted-tomato-soup-recipe.html

[Rushmore Rocks]

I make panzanella quite often, but use a balsamic vinegar reduction instead of the red wine vinegar. Just thinking about it creates a waterfall in my mouth.

[Library Lady]

I’m on low carb. I gotta stay away from this place.

[KosmicKitty]

One of my absolute favorite salads when the heirloom ‘matoes ripen. I will be trying this recipe out for sure.

A few years ago I went to a picnic. Brought a big tray covered in nice think slices of a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes, sprinkled with sea salt, covered with a slice of fresh mozzarella with a fresh basil leaf and a drizzle of good olive oil. What a hit that was. Some people there had never tasted a brandywine or a black krim tomato. Everyone raved and it was one of the simplest things to make. Let good ingredients speak for themselves!

[kalee]

I make a Southern Cornbread Salad. People always like it and I never bring any home when I take it to cook outs. Bake and then cool a 8-9in pan of cornbread. Crumble it into a large bowl. Add diced tomatoes, celery, cucumber, bell pepper, and purple or green onions. Then add some diced country ham or crumbled cooked bacon, and shredded Swiss or cheddar cheese or both. ;) In a smaller bowl prepare the dressing 1 cup mayonnaise, 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar, 1⁄4 cup honey, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon and 2 tablespoons celery seeds Pour dressing over salad, gently toss, and serve. I clean out the fridge on this. I have also used bottled or homemade ranch dressing and I have even added a bit of BBQ sauce to the ranch dressing to change the flavor. Sorry to sound so vague on this regarding amounts but I use whatever I have and I seldom follow a written recipe. I usually just wing it unless I am baking a cake or bread.

[NorthstarMom]

Get a lot of requests for the recipe whenever I bring New Potato Salad with Red Onion dressing. Boil new potatoes, halved leaving skin on. Mix mayo, sour cream, chopped red onion and minced fresh dill add salt and pepper to taste. Pour dressing over potatoes, chill slightly.

Simple and delicious.

[NorthstarMom]

My mouth is watering just reading your recipe :)

[boatbums]

Okay, this is kinda the same idea, but different in a very yummy way. We first tried this when we were in Hope Town in the Bahamas. We had an impromptu dock party of about 20 people when a bunch of fishermen came back with a huge catch of fresh dolphin. We fried them up and had these Booty House Tomatoes and cheese grits on the side. Everyone LOVED it:

Booty House Tomatoes

1 lb. bacon
2 large yellow onions, chopped
2 green bell peppers, chopped
3 or 4 cloves garlic, minced
2-22 oz. cans stewed tomatoes, undrained
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
2 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. dried basil
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 day old long French bread loaf, sliced thick (about 2 inches each piece)

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On medium heat, cook bacon strips in a large skillet. When crispy, remove to a paper towel. In the left over bacon fat, saute the onions and bell peppers until softened. Sprinkle with 1 tsp. salt. Add garlic to the pan and cook a few more minutes, then add the canned tomatoes with juice and stir well. Season with the other tsp. salt (to taste) and pepper, stir in the red pepper flakes, sugar, oregano and basil. Bring to a slow boil then reduce heat to medium/low. Cover and let simmer for 15 minutes, stir a few times. Press bread slices into mixture to soak up the juices and add the crumbled cooked bacon. Let sit off heat for 5 or 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

[greeneyes]

Any cookout has got to have potato salad. As luck would have it, I just got out an old cook book of mine from BHG - Cooking for two”. I’ve had it almost 50 years!

Anyway, since it’s just the two of us, most times, I dug it out of the recesses of the cookbook cabinet to find the recipe, because I was hungry for some potato salad.

So here it is - Recipe for Peppy Potato Salad in Zippy Dressing:

1/4 tsp Mustard seed and 1/4 tsp dill seed soaked in a Tbls. of water (can do this overnight)

1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbls Green onion, chopped
1 hard boiled egg, chopped
1 1/2 Cups Diced cooked potatoes
2 Tbls celery sliced thin

Add seed mixture, salt, onion, and celery together with potatoes and mix.
Toss with chopped egg and zippy dressing (recipe below)
Chill thoroughly and garnish with radish roses.

ZIPPY DRESSING - Recipe makes 1/2 cup (only 1/4 cup needed)

1 Tbls flour
1 Tbls sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
Put these 4 in a sauce pan. Then combine the next 3:
1 Egg yolk slightly beaten
1 1/3 cup of milk
dash of cayenne pepper
Stir liquid mixture into dry mixture in saucepan.

Cook and stir over med. heat till it boils and thickens. ( the flour has to be done!)

Turn off heat and the next 2 ingredients:
2 Tbls Vinegar
1 tsp butter
Stir in, cover, and cool.

Use half for potato salad and leftover half for Thousand Island Dressing:

Thousand Island Dressing:

Add two ingredients to the zippy dressing:

1 Tbls chili sauce or ketchup(for sweeter taste)
Add pickle relish - dill or sweet to taste

Enjoy the cookout! Adjust as needed for size of crowd.

[pugmama]

This one is also popular at our house

Gina’s Sweet Potato Salad

Total Time: 30 min
Prep:15 min
Cook: 15 min
Yield:4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
1/2 Vidalia onion, finely chopped
1 red pepper, seeded and finely chopped
4 green onions, thinly sliced
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Add the sweet potatoes to a large pot of cold salted water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook the potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain the potatoes and let cool in a colander.

Once the potatoes are cool, transfer to a large serving bowl and add the onion, red pepper, and green onions.

In a separate bowl, add the mayonnaise, orange juice, smoked paprika, cumin and salt and pepper, to taste. Whisk to combine, pour over the potatoes and thoroughly mix. Serve immediately or refrigerate for 1 hour for the flavors to meld.

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

[Hardens Hollow]

Sounds good - I have some stale dense white bread that I made that didn’t turn out quite right. Not good enough to give away, not bad enough to give to the birds....so I’ve been hanging onto it for some formerly unknown reason!

[V K Lee]

This seems to be a new ‘to door service’ found this morning. Unfamiliar with the business, and although grocery shopping is not a walk in the park, would still prefer to do my own (as well as planning my own menus) However this may be of interest to others here. Perhaps not, as most are already enjoying the Joys of Cooking.

The service is called PLATED It is something unique in how it provides food and help right to your front door (if one lives in the ‘right’ part of the USA

https://www.plated.com/sf/haystackhome/s

Another way to bring home the bacon?

[V K Lee]

A new ‘to door service’ was spotted today. The business basically ships food and help to your door if you happen to live in a certain part of the US Though grocery shopping is not exactly a walk in the park - would still prefer to do my own as well as my own menus. As those here have the Joy of Cooking this may (or may not) be of interest. The business is called PLATED information can be found here
https://www.plated.com/sf/haystackhome/s

[V K Lee]

This has always been a favorite, no matter what time of year or occasion...Broccoli, rice and cheese (3 all time good eats)
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/broccoli-rice-casserole/
VK

[V K Lee]

And the last of the suggestions:

PICKLED CUCUMBER AND RED ONIONS
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/pickled-cucumbers-and-red-onion-recipe.html

MARINATED CUCUMBER SALAD
http://www.mrfood.com/Deli-Salad/Marinated-Cucumber-Salad-from-Mr-Food

AND ANOTHER
http://www.thekitchensnob.com/cucumber-salad/

CRANBERRY MINT MARINATED CUCUMBERS
http://www.oceanspray.com/Recipes/Corporate/Sauces,-Sides-Salads/Cranberry-Mint-Marinated-Cucumbers.aspx

And my personal favorite (can’t eat cucumbers just once - they are tasted all night) MARINATED CARROTS They are good.....
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,marinated_carrots_tomato_soup,FF.html

VK