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Offline floridagal

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Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« on: January 30, 2021, 02:18:13 PM »
Having a couple over for hamburgers on the grill.
I'm doing the WLC and don't want to blow it especially since last night dinner was my cheat night...

Hmmm. What else to serve...
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2021, 03:12:31 PM »
How about a slaw with cabbage or whatever veggies you have, and an oil based dressing?
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2021, 05:06:38 PM »
Grilled mushrooms?
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a20877685/balsamic-grilled-mushrooms-recipe/

You can also grill a bunch of different veggies like peppers, eggplant and zucchini
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2021, 09:31:23 PM »
Grilled asparagus?
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2021, 11:19:53 PM »
I would probably serve some yummy vegetable side & have potato chips on hand for non-dieters.
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2021, 08:45:32 AM »
And then I’d eat all the chips because I’m an idiot like that.
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2021, 11:59:26 PM »
Quote from: BonitaApplebum on January 31, 2021, 08:45:32 AM
And then I’d eat all the chips because I’m an idiot like that.

Well, yeah,  that's a risk.
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2021, 11:28:47 AM »
Quote from: picote on January 30, 2021, 09:31:23 PM
Grilled asparagus?

1.  i can easily eat a pound of the stuff all by myself.  delicious.
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Offline floridagal

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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2021, 12:34:52 PM »
I went with roasted potatoes - regular and sweet .. and I just ate the sweet.  Bonus - we had extra for breakfast the next day.
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2021, 06:15:50 PM »
It's a pain in the ass - mainly becuase you don't get that many, but you can make "chips" out of spinach leaves with oil and salt (and garlic if you want) on a cookie sheet.  We've done it with spinach that was starting to go (like no way would you eat it raw and "wilted" seemed iffy, but cooked to death would be fine).  I mean, they're a vehicle for salt, but they were really good.
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Re: Crowd pleasing sides that don't totally kill a diet?
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2021, 11:18:14 PM »
I slice cucumber ( quite finely), drizzle a little olive oil, lemon juice and then add a sprinkle of rock salt & cayenne powder
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