I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mark

FERRANTE wrote:
> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
> all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
> to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
> so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
> suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Mark

What kind of pasta? Are you talking red sauce, alfredo, garlic butter? It
may help to know.

kili

"FERRANTE" > wrote in message
...
>I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
> all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
> to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
> so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
> suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Mark

Dried basil is of little value except to the company that sells it. It bears
pretty much no resemblence to the fresh version.

JoeSpareBedroom said...

> Dried basil is of little value except to the company that sells it. It
> bears pretty much no resemblence to the fresh version.


AMEN!

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:14:24 -0400, FERRANTE wrote:

> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes,

> but open to all.

We serve green salad with a vinaigrette dressing for the vegetable with
most pasta meals and the other side dishes are MEAT... Italian sausage,
meat balls, rolled flank steak etc.

FERRANTE wrote on 28 Sep 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
> all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
> to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
> so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
> suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Mark
>

To me pasta is a one dish meal....serve with either a starter soup or
salad, and have a nice side of garlic toast or other style bun.

In article >,
FERRANTE > wrote:

> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
> all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
> to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
> so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
> suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Mark

How about a marinated vegetable salad. Cold or room temp.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller
http://jamlady.eboard.com

I like something green next to a red tomatoe sauce. Typically, it's a leafy
salad (lettuce, mesclun,. spinach etc). Never a creamy dressing, usually a
vinaigrette.

Sometimes I do broccoli. Never green beans.

FERRANTE > wrote:
>I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.

Pasta is a starchy carb, so you don't need potatoes or
bread or anything like that.

If there's significant meat in the pasta, you don't
need protein on the side.

All you really need is a fibrous carb; i.e., a veggie.

And for contrast you'll want something clean and crunchy.

Salad is generally perfect.

--Blair

Mark wrote:

> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
> I am particularly interested in vegetable side dishes, but open to
> all. One person suggested something that sounded good to me. He said
> to have basil-seasoned green beans. Does that sound good to you? If
> so, would one just warm some beans up and add some basil? Any
> suggestion as to how much, fresh or the type in a spice container?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.

Google for "contorni" and look at the first two links. They both lead to a
wealth of knowledge on exactly what you seek.

Bob

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> FERRANTE > wrote:
>> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
>
> Pasta is a starchy carb, so you don't need potatoes or
> bread or anything like that.
>
> If there's significant meat in the pasta, you don't
> need protein on the side.
>
> All you really need is a fibrous carb; i.e., a veggie.
>
> And for contrast you'll want something clean and crunchy.
>
> Salad is generally perfect.
>
> --Blair

Squash or pumpkin, roasted.

wilted spinach with pine nuts

In article om>,
wrote:

> wilted spinach with pine nuts

Except fresh spinach is still not currently available, state wide. :-(

Probably nation wide?

<sigh>
--
Peace, Om

Remove extra . to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:54:19 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article om>,
> wrote:
>
>> wilted spinach with pine nuts
>
>Except fresh spinach is still not currently available, state wide. :-(
>
>Probably nation wide?
>
><sigh>

Try chard instead.

TammyM

TammyM wrote on 02 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> Try chard instead.
>
> TammyM
>

or beet leaves.

jmcquown > wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> FERRANTE > wrote:
>>> I am looking for some simple side dish suggestions when having pasta.
>>
>> Pasta is a starchy carb, so you don't need potatoes or
>> bread or anything like that.
>>
>> If there's significant meat in the pasta, you don't
>> need protein on the side.
>>
>> All you really need is a fibrous carb; i.e., a veggie.
>>
>> And for contrast you'll want something clean and crunchy.
>>
>> Salad is generally perfect.
>
>Squash or pumpkin, roasted.

If you can do that with minimal grease (butter, oil, etc.)
then I just have to say it'd be particularly perfect.

And since it's the heart of giant-boxes-of-pumpkins-for-
nearly-free season, I may just try it.

What's a good way to roast a pumpkin?

--Blair
"Differential Equations can be funny!"

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:44:07 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito >
wrote:

>TammyM wrote on 02 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> Try chard instead.
>>
>> TammyM
>>
>
>or beet leaves.

Wicked, wicked man... :-)

TammyM