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Do I still need to serve vegetables separately with Chicken and Beans?
What side dish would complement a Chicken Casserole?
Any ideas for a quick starter for serving with Chicken and Beans?
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The idea and flavor of a baked dish it to mix meat, chicken or fish with vegetables. This has the double advantage of making your dish tastier and cutting back on the cooking of an extra vegetable dish.
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There are many names given to a dish cooked slowly on top of the stove or in the oven which can bring some confusion. Stews, Casseroles, Ragoût, Carbonade, Cocotte, Tagine, Curry and many others. They are all basic stews with some wine, beer, or special regional spices added to them.
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If you want to serve a starter, the Baked Chicken and Beans or for that matter any other Baked Dish with a mix of protein and vegetable has already a good balance of ingredients, a simple salad would be enough to start the meal.
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Spanish Rice as a side dish is a great accompaniment to the chicken, it absorbs the juice from the chicken dish and add also a variety of different vegetables.
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A dessert to finish off, as the whole menu has been healthy. A cheese cake or a strawberry Sorbet
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A Tomato and Onion Salad as a Starter.
A Main Course with Chicken and Beans Casserole and Spanish Rice as a side-dish.
A Cheese Cake for Dessert
A perfect meal to enjoy with friends as most of it can be prepared in advance.
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The Tomato and Onions salad is simple and easy to make, mixing two of the most common vegetables. Make it one hour before and just dress it before serving it.
The Chicken Casserole is a mixture of Creole spices and Mediterranean vegetables,mixed together creating a healthy and interesting dish. Make it the day before or any other time and freeze it. Reheated on the day and serve it with Spanish Rice which takes 15min to prepare and is left to simmer for half an hour.
The Cheese Cake can be made with double quantity. Make two Cheese Cakes, one to use immediately and freeze the other for another occasion.
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You may want to replace the Tomato and Onion Salad with a Mixed Salad Leaves with Avo and Pistachio and change the Cheese Cake for a Strawberry Sorbet.
The Mixed Salad Leaves is a simple and easy salad. The Avo and Pistachio add an interesting element. Assemble it about one hour before your guests arrive and and dress it before serving it. The Strawberry Sorbet is great to make when the fruit are in season and freeze. Place in the fridge just before the start of the meal so it soften a little bit.
You may want to have a look at the Baked Chicken with the Chicken Creole. It has rice cooked with chicken and is a great dish all in one.
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