Category Archives: Dinner Side

Dinner, Dinner Side

Baked Stuffed Potatoes

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 large Idaho or baking potatoes
  • ½ pt sour cream
  • 1 c chopped green onion tops
  • 1 t salt
  • ½ t pepper
  • ¼ lb butter, melted
  • Grated parmesan cheese

Prep/Equipment

  • Cookie sheet, lined with foil
  • Medium bowl

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Place potatoes on cookie sheet and bake potatoes at 350° for about 1 hour until done.
  3. Once cool enough, remove insides from potato. Place in medium bowl.  Add sour cream, green onion, salt and pepper.  Whip until fluffy.  Put back in potato skin.  Dab with melted butter and parmesan cheese.
Dinner Side

Baked Carrots

Time

Prep: 20 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 lb carrots
  • 2 bunches green onion
  • 2 T sugar
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 t celery salt
  • ¼ c butter, sliced

Prep/Equipment

  • Large bowl
  • Greased baking dish

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°.
  2. Trim, scrape, and shred carrots (should make about 8 cups). Trim and slice onions, including a little of the green tops (3/4 cup).
  3. Combine carrots, onions, sugar, salt, and celery salt in large bowl. Toss to mix well.  Spoon into prepared baking dish.  Dot with butter.
  4. Cover with tin foil and bake at 325° for 1 hour.
Dinner Side, Holiday, Lunch Side

Watergate Salad (Overnight)

Time

Prep: 10 minutes              Ready In: 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 3-ounce package instant pudding, Pistachio
  • 1 ½ c milk
  • 1 8-ounce container cool whip
  • 1 c mini marshmallows
  • ½ c chopped walnuts
  • 1 can crushed pineapple, plus the juice

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium serving bowl

Directions

  1. In medium serving bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Add remaining ingredients.  Let set in fridge overnight.  Serve cold.
Dinner Side, Lunch Side

Strawberry Jell-O

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 2 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 6-ounce pkg of strawberry Jell-O
  • 2 c boiling water
  • 2 10-ounce packages frozen strawberries, sliced
  • 1 13 ½ ounce can crushed pineapple
  • 2 large bananas, finely diced
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 1 c sour cream

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Greased 9” square pan

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add strawberries, stirring to thaw.  Stir in pineapple, bananas, and juice.  Pour half in 9” square pan.  Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
  2. After first layer is set, spread sour cream over Jell-O. Pour second half of Jell-O over sour cream.  Refrigerate until set.  Serve chilled.
Dinner Side

Pea and Peanut Salad

Time

Prep: 15 minutes              Ready In: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 10 oz pkg frozen peas, thawed
  • 7 oz can whole kernel corn, drained
  • ½ c cooked bacon, chopped
  • ½ c roasted peanuts or cashews
  • ½ c celery, diced
  • ½ c sour cream
  • ½ small onion, minced
  • ½ c cheddar cheese, diced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Prep/Equipment

  • Medium bowl
  • Jell-O ring mold

Directions

  1. In medium bowl, combine all. Chill in refrigerator until ready to serve.