Sides for Entertaining
Sides for Entertaining

Sides for Entertaining

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Sides for Entertaining. It’s about time for gathering family and friends for food and celebration. To make the process easier, incorporate recipes that can feed a crowd without lots of exotic, hard-to-find ingredients or long, laborious prep and cook times.

These recipes for Hearty Roasted Vegetables featuring Aunt Nellie’s Whole Pickled Beets and Caprese Bean and Salami Salad with READ 3 Bean Salad, for example, are ideal side dishes for holiday gatherings with enough to go-’round for everyone at the table. Plus, if you’re heading to a holiday potluck, they’re perfect for bringing along to share with the whole crew and versatile enough to be paired with a variety of main courses. Plus, the Caprese Bean and Salami Salad can also stand in as an appetizer.

Find more holiday recipes at auntnellies.com and READsalads.com.

Sides for Holiday Entertaining

Sides for Holiday Entertaining

Hearty Roasted Vegetables

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 45-55 minutes
Servings: 6

  • 1          jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie’s Whole Pickled Beets, drained
  • 1          small red onion, cut into 12 wedges
  • 2          cups baby portobello mushrooms, cleaned and stems trimmed
  • 2          cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 3/4-inch chunks
  • 3          tablespoons olive oil
  • 1          clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 2          teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
  • 2          teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 1/4       teaspoon salt, plus additional, to taste (optional)
  • 1/8       teaspoon pepper, plus additional, to taste (optional)
  • 2          cups Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed and scored with cross-cut
  1. Heat oven to 400° F. Place beets, onion, mushrooms, and squash on rimmed 15 1/2-by-10 1/2-by-1-inch baking sheet; drizzle with olive oil. Add garlic, rosemary, thyme, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; toss to coat. Roast 15 minutes.
  2. Add Brussels sprouts, stir and continue to roast until vegetables are tender and browned, about 30-35 minutes, stirring once. Adjust salt and pepper, to taste, if desired.
Sides for Entertaining

Sides for Entertaining

Caprese Bean and Salami Salad

Recipe courtesy of “The Reluctant Entertainer”
Prep time: 25 minutes
Servings: 16

  • 5          cans (15 ounces each) READ 3 Bean Salad (3 cans drained, 2 cans undrained)
  • 1          pint grape tomatoes, halved
  • 1          pound small marinated mozzarella balls, drained
  • 3/4       cup (1 ounce) fresh basil, chopped
  • 8          ounces dried salami, sliced
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 2          whole-wheat baguettes (13 ounces each), sliced
  1. In a large bowl, stir together bean salad, tomatoes, and mozzarella balls.
  2. Before serving, add basil and salami. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Stir to combine.
  3. Serve on a large platter surrounded by baguette slices.

SOURCE:
Seneca Foods
http://www.readsalads.com/

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