What should I serve with this Italian Meatloaf recipe?

What would be a good side item to serve with this recipe:





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Some type of salad? Or some kind of potato? Give me some good ideas.What should I serve with this Italian Meatloaf recipe?
How about Italian green beans or garlicky green beans.





I take fresh green beans and clean them. Then I heat up olive oil saute some diced onion and mushrooms until it just starts to turn golden brown. Then I add garlic and green beans ...add a touch of soy sauce and toss in green beans and saute until crisp tender...about 10 minutes.





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Saute onion in olive oil until onion is just starting to turn golden brown...add garlic and basil ..stir for about 2 minutes. Add green beans (if you use canned use two cans and drain them) and then one can of diced tomatoes. Cook til heated through. I made these for the chef event this weekend....for three days and I couldn't make them fast enough...they were eating them up like crazy!What should I serve with this Italian Meatloaf recipe?
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Creamy Macaroni and Cheese


Recipe courtesy Paula Deen


2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (an 8-ounce box isn't quite 2 cups)


4 tablespoons (1/2 stuck) butter, cut into pieces


2 1/2 cups (about 10 ounces) grated sharp Cheddar cheese


3 eggs, beaten


1/2 cup sour cream


1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed Cheddar cheese soup


1/2 teaspoon salt


1 cup whole milk


1/2 teaspoon dry mustard


1/2 teaspoon black pepper





Boil the macaroni in a 2 quart saucepan in plenty of water until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain. In a medium saucepan, mix butter and cheese. Stir until the cheese melts. In a slow cooker, combine cheese/butter mixture and add the eggs, sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper and stir well. Then add drained macaroni and stir again. Set the slow cooker on low setting and cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.








Recipe Summary


Difficulty: Easy


Prep Time: 5 minutes


Cook Time: 3 hours


Yield: 12 servings
I love little boiled red potatoes. Gently boil until almost done, drain hold a clean kitchen towel in one hand, place a potato in the towel and gently press to flatten slightly. (Don't smoosh just flatten until they split a little ). Continue to do this to all the potatoes. Season with some salt and pepper. Heat some olive oil in a non stick fry pan, add some garlic if you wish, place the potatoes in the pan and fry until golden turn each potato once.


OR


If you have some nice ripe tomatoes just slice and serve with some olive oil and some balsamic vinegar drizzled over them, sprinkle a little parm cheese..


Do both
HEAVENLY TWICE BAKED POTATOES





1 small yellow onion diced


olive oil


5 baking potatoes


3/4c milk


2tbsp. butter


1 tsp pepper


4oz(1/2 bag) kraft shredded cheddar cheese





Pre-heat oven to 350 place baking potatoes directly on oven rack and bake for 1hour 20minutes.


Meanwhile, cover the bottom of a skillet or frying pan with olive oil add onions to oil and sautee until tender (About 5 minutes) Remove onions from heat; drain excess oil. Add onions to medium mixing bowl.





When potatoes are done, take out of the oven and cut the top 1/4 off of each potato (the long way) Scoop potato out of the shell and into mixing bowl with the onions. Add milk, butter, and pepper to mixture. With mixer, combine ingredients until well blended. Add cheese and mix with spoon.





Place potato mixture into a medium sized plastic bag. Twist bag (bag should appear as a pastry bag) with scissors, clip the corner off the end of the bag. Squeeze the potato into each shell. place on cookie sheet and bake another 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and light brown crust forms on top of potatoes.








Also velveta mac n cheese
i always make a vegetable when i cook any type of meat product





i usually cook french cut green beans with garlic and almonds.





1 package (equivalent to 1 can) french cut green beans


about 1 garlic clove, minced


1-2 tablespoons butter


1/3 cup slivered almonds





also, sometimes i make potatoes, just diced into cubes and seasoned. I pan fry them with olive oil on medium heat, covered so they get soft and cook





delicious meal right there :)
Garlic Mashed Potatoes would be great. Here's the recipe.





3 1/4 c. water


3/4 c. evaporated milk


5T butter


1 1/4 t. salt


3 1/4 c. instant potatoes


Mix together and let stand 5 min.


Add:


8 oz. cream cheese, softened


8oz. sour cream


1 t. garlic salt


1 1/2 t. onion flakes


Mix until well blended (will be thick). Transfer to buttered dish. Bake at 350 for 30-45 min.
Baked potato....do it while baking meat loaf and save time/energy. Some kind of vegetable....I would do either corn or glazed carrots. Maybe a salad, but not really necessary. You could also serve hot rolls.
You can serve it with mashed potatoes, any pasta or steamed rice.
Scalloped potatoes and broccoli/cauliflower cheese.
fettucini with extra virgin olive oil, garlic and Reggiano Parmesan cheese.
salad
Chips and salad.
carrots