Side Dishes

Warm Chickpeas and Green Beans Salad

A meatless main dish for vegetarians, a starter course or side dish for omnivores, this warm chickpea and green beans salad …

Thinly sliced wombok (napa cabbage a.k.a. Chinese cabbage or pechay Baguio for Filipinos), julienned carrot and raw mung bean …

Sometimes, a "same old, same old" dish becomes something spectacular with just the right accessory. Take grilled eggplants, …

A vegetarian dish that I cooked as a main dish for Sam, these pepper garlic mushrooms may also be served as an appetizer or a …

How can a dish be crispy and creamy at the same time? Green beans sauteed in butter are mixed with cream and milk, and topped …

A traditional Thanksgiving side dish, these brown sugar glazed baked sweet potatoes are just as good any time of the year …

Top the cucumber and mango salad with chili lime dressing with toasted sesame seeds, serve with grilled meat and have a meal …

Made with freshly shredded sweet corn. Thyme, sage, butter, onion and Parmesan give this herbed creamed corn its wonderful …

Tart, salty and with a subtle heat, pico de gallo is a Mexican salsa made with chopped tomato, onion, chili, cilantro, salt …

To make this wood ear mushroom and cucumber salad, blanch the wood ears and toss in a dressing made with soy sauce, black …

Ever since I bought a light box, I've been obsessing over re-shooting the photos in the old recipes to get rid of the real …

A delightful accompaniment for fried or grilled meat or fish, this mung bean sprouts and spinach salad is tossed with sesame …

The sauce has so much more than lemongrass and chilies in it but to include all the ingredients in the name of the dish will …

An improvement of the kaffir lime salsa that I served with fried chicken last year, this kaffir lime, onion, tomato and mango …