Side Dish Recipes

It's all about the side dishes. The right side can make a boring meal into a cheerful one. Salads, potatoes, grains, veggies: pick one or two and keep it simple. Or make your favorite side the main event. Why not?

large globe artichoke for steaming

How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke

Jamaican Rice and Peas

Kalisa Martin’s Jamaican Rice and Peas

Kuku Sabzi on platter with yogurt dip.

Kuku Sabzi (Persian Herb Frittata)

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Bowl of Green Goddess Pasta Salad

Green Goddess Pasta Salad

Homemade French Fries Served with Ketchup

Homemade French Fries

Bowl of Grilled Zucchini and Yellow Squash with Champagne Vinaigrette with a Spoon Surrounded by a Drink on a Table

Grilled Zucchini and Yellow Squash with Champagne Vinaigrette

Crispy Tofu

Easy Crispy Tofu

Smoked Whole Cauliflower with Spiced Soy Butter and Satay Sauce

Smoked Whole Cauliflower with Spiced Soy Butter and Satay Sauce

Grilled Broccolini with Lemon Tahini Dressing and Pomegranate Arils

Grilled Broccolini with Lemon Tahini Dressing

Bowl of Fried Polenta Panzanella with Tomato, Basil, and Burrata with a Drink on a Table

Fried Polenta Panzanella with Tomato, Basil, and Burrata

Potato confit in white casserole dish.

sautéed mushroom in black bowl scooped with spoon

Easy Sautéed Mushrooms

sliced challah on cutting board

Homemade Challah

Noodle Kugel

Overhead view of roasted cabbage steaks on a baking sheet.

Roasted Cabbage Steaks with Garlic Breadcrumbs

A dark plate with stacked vegetable egg rolls and dipping sauce

Scooping a spoonful of mac and cheese with creamed spinach out of a casserole dish.

Spinach Mac and Cheese

Sautéed fennel on a white platter.

Sautéed Fennel With Fennel Fronds

Twiced baked potato casserole in casserole dish

Twice Baked Potato Casserole

Korean steamed eggs in blue bowl.

Gyeran Jjim (Korean Steamed Eggs)

Spring snap pea salad in large serving bowl.

Sugar Snap Pea Salad

Quick and easy roasted vegetables on a platter with a teal linen underneath.

Oven Roasted Vegetables

Dipping a spring roll into a sauce with more spring rolls on the plate and on a platter behind it.

Fried Spring Rolls

Leftover mashed potato pancakes stacked on a plate and topped with sour cream and chives.

Mashed Potato Pancakes

Toasted sesame and garlic spinach in a white bowl.

Sigeumchi Namul (Spinach Banchan)

Overhead view of extra flaky broccoli cheddar hand pies set on a platter.

Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies

Stone fruit and vegetable salad in a serving bowl with a linen underneath.

Stone Fruit, Tomato and Cucumber Salad

Quick and easy slaw in a white serving bowl.

Fennel Radicchio Slaw

Overhead view of a white bowl filled with Cretan Dakos salad.

Spinach salad with grapes and bacon dressing on a ceramic plate.

Spinach Salad with Roasted Grapes and Warm Bacon Vinaigrette

Side view of braised green beans on an oval platter.

Turkish Braised Green Beans

The best ever grilled onions piled on a purple rimmed platter.

Overhead view of ‘In Bibi’s Kitchen’ Lasary Legioma Recipe in a dark bowl with a wooden spoon.

Lasary Legioma (Tomato Relish) Recipe from “In Bibi’s Kitchen”

Green Beans with Gochujang in a skillet.

Gochujang Green Beans

Spanakopita twice baked potatoe sliced open with a fork on a white plate with an arugula and tomato salad.

Spanakopita Twice-Baked Potatoes

Overhead view of a plate of green tomatoes that have been breaded and fried.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Bright and fresh Classic Coleslaw in a white bowl.

Classic Coleslaw

A bowl of cranberry sauce on a table with a spoon.

Cranberry Sauce

A plate of microwave corn on the cob set on a cutting board and topped with butter.

The Easiest Way to Microwave Corn on the Cob

Mashed Rutabaga with Sour Cream and Dill

Mashed Rutabaga with Sour Cream and Dill

Baked Potato Recipe -- 3 potatoes split open with butter

How to Bake a Potato

Best Garlic Bread EVER on a round plate

Sweet potato fries on a baking sheet.

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Creamy Polenta

Grits with Corn and Onion Greens

Grits With Corn and Onion Greens

Best ever collard greens cooked on the stovetop and served in a bowl

Wooden spoon scooping up cooked spinach recipe.

Easy Sautéed Spinach

Swiss Chard

Easy Swiss Chard

Instant Pot rice in a bowl with a spoon and the instant pot in the background

How to Cook Instant Pot Rice

Grilled corn on the cob served on an oval platter

Grilled Corn on the Cob

Overhead view of yorkshire puddings in a muffin tin.

Yorkshire Pudding

Corn tortilla recipe with corn tortillas stacked on a blue striped linen.

How to Make Corn Tortillas

A white serving dish with roast parsnips inside.

Roasted Parsnips

Best Chayote squash with Tomato and Green Chiles

Chayote Squash With Tomato and Green Chiles

Homemade dark rye bread on a wooden board

Homemade Rye Bread

Dipping tortilla chip into a bowl of homemade refried beans.

Blistered Shishito or Padron Peppers in a bowl

Blistered Shishito Peppers

Grilled Asparagus

Grilled Asparagus

Pot with fork fluffing long grain brown rice that was cooked on a stovetop

How to Cook Brown Rice

3 bean salad recipe

Three Bean Salad

Green beans, sauteed with bacon and served on a plate

Green Beans with Bacon

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A close up side view of a glass casserole dish with a wooden spoon scooping out the potato casserole.

Cheesy Potato Casserole

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