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19 Comments:
First and foremost: Red Wine!
a nice crisp simple salad with a fresh vinegar dressing (more on the vinegary side).
caesar salad with homemade garlic, parsley & parm. croutons, capers & add a dash of tobasco in the dressing.
Grilled/BBQ Chicken done simply. Like s&p or lemon/garlic/rosemary.
obviously: bread. Maybe switch it up with a nice warm dinner roll and butter instead of the usual culprits of garlic bread or focaccia
mrstkach at 2:34PM on 07/07/09
I 2nd mrstkach's wine suggestion, and her simple-salad suggestion, and her bread suggestion. You could switch-up spaghetti toppings? Garnishes? or even pasta shape?
hungrychristel at 2:51PM on 07/07/09
My mother always served corn on the side whenever we had spaghetti, and the juices from the sauce would run into them and make the corn have this special flavor to it...it's still a comfort food combination for me to this day and I still always have corn with my spaghetti...just a thought. :)
Traveller at 2:57PM on 07/07/09
serve some meat. Steak, sausage, meatballs, braciole, grilled or roasted chicken.
JerzeeTomato at 3:38PM on 07/07/09
Whenever we have pasta night, we always have Pastene giardiniera and pepperoncini...mmm...may have to have that tonight!
sammie at 3:53PM on 07/07/09
A heaping pile of grated cheese.
Parmigano Reggiano is the classic but I love old cheddar. And also weird choices like jarlsberg. I KNOW.
I would also add a splash of red wine to the onions / garlic that gets sauted, prior to adding the tomatoes / sauce. Then serve the wine with dinner.
I'm making myself drool now.
conky at 3:58PM on 07/07/09
To me, it's a classic meal to have wth spaghetti, a green salad with a good home-made vinagrette, garlic bread, and red wine. I wouldn't want anthing more, other than perhaps a light dessert such as sponge cake with some stewed strawberries or peaches.
SavtaShayna at 4:46PM on 07/07/09
I usually do sautéed spinach. Whether served as a side or mixed in with the pasta its healthy and tasty.
thegoch at 5:06PM on 07/07/09
i did chicken milanese with a side of spaghetti (i guess that makes it a chicken milanese dinner though) last week...although it was kind of heavy with the spaghetti. i used deb's recipe on smitten kitchen
korovka at 5:15PM on 07/07/09
I love bread sticks plain or wrapped in proscuitto also you could wrap melon, or asparagus as well. Maybe have an anti pasti dish of various veggies and salumi ect. A cold crisp salad, garlic bread with Italian herbs, cheese of course, lots of wine, good reds or chiantis. Biscotti and coffe for dessert with some gelato.
pjracz10 at 5:31PM on 07/07/09
salad is always good - but try doing a cucumber and tomato salad with red onion and fresh parsley or mint....
roasted or grilled eggplant slices, real roasted peppers, roasted zucchini all drizzled with olive oil, salt and some fresh torn basil leaves.....
i'm not a big bread and spaghetti person - so maybe some thinly sliced italian bread or baguettes sliced on a diagonal, done garlic bread style.
pooch at 5:41PM on 07/07/09
My mom always made garlic bread, along with meatballs and sausage to have with the spaghetti.
Amandarama at 6:18PM on 07/07/09
A salad and garlic toast is our favorite along with a small scoop of large curd cottage cheese.
dhorst at 6:29PM on 07/07/09
maybe some greens like wilted spinach with garlic
topped with wilted basil
gypsykid at 6:46PM on 07/07/09
My favorite accompaniment to spaghetti and meatballs is Caesar salad. I particularly love Ina Garten's recipe. Also some crusty bread and olive oil for dipping.
sarar at 9:40PM on 07/07/09
Salad, because I always have salad. Bread of some sort. But I like a green veg with spaghetti. It add a bit of color to the plate. Most commonly, it would be broccoli, but it could be beans, broccoflower, asparagus, spinach, or perhaps zucchini or cauliflower. It seems like most people don't serve veg with spaghetti, but I like it.
dbcurrie at 11:21PM on 07/07/09
Is it a vegetarian meal or one with meat? Definitely grated cheese and wine as stated above. I know it's carbs on carbs but I need a piece of crusty bread with my spaghetti or any other macaroni for that matter.
therealchiffonade at 8:44AM on 07/08/09
Garlic bread! Or crusty Italian bread for mopping up the sauce. I don't care what people say about too many carbs at once...I will most definitely take bread with my pasta.
Some kind of meat. Meatballs, Italian sausage, or a meat ragu. Maybe chicken parm or a peppery chicken if your guests like poultry.
Maybe a salad.
cycorider at 12:59PM on 07/08/09
To piggyback on this, my boyfriend hates tomatoes. The only thing he will eat them in is a spicy arrabiatta tomato sauce. I miss spaghetti! Is there anything I can do that will change his mind?
nightowl at 1:07PM on 07/08/09