Side Dishes

This simple sautéed yellow squash recipe allows the crisp, fresh flavors of the squash to shine. The mildly sweet, nutty flavors of the squash are deepened over the heat. This delicious summer side dish will be a hit with the whole family! It's topped with fresh herbs, garlic, salt, pepper, and lemon juice for maximum …

These delicious grilled Mediterranean vegetables are a perfect side dish! They're char-grilled to perfection and topped with herbs, olive oil, and lemon juice. This delicious recipe is so easy to make and will be a hit with the whole family! Grilling veggies enriches their flavor for a simple but tasty dish - it's my favorite …

This tasty entire cucumber salad with smoked salmon, everything bagel seasoning, and cream cheese is a fantastic dish! You may have seen this recipe going viral on TikTok - it's so popular because it's fun and easy to make and tastes great! This viral recipe is a huge TikTok hit - it was originally shared …

Have you tried the whole cucumber salads going viral on TikTok? This sliced cucumber California roll salad is so worth making! If you like California rolls, you'll love this easy dish. It's fresh, creamy, crispy, and has lots of great flavor! This recipe is a viral TikTok hit, initially shared by the cucumber guy, Logan …

This shaved zucchini salad recipe combines lemon, goat cheese, microgreens, and toasted pine nuts for an exquisite and luscious side dish. It’s zesty and flavorful while showcasing some of the best summer vegetables. I love how this ribboned zucchini recipe is a perfect side dish or a light and refreshing lunch. This light, summery salad …

These fantastic grilled mushrooms are marinated in a soy mustard sauce that adds umami and brings out the depth of flavor in the mushrooms. This recipe is incredibly simple to make and is ready in less than 20 minutes! The meaty texture of the mushrooms is perfectly offset with the char from the grill. These …

This easy grilled asparagus recipe is ready in less than 15 minutes. It's a fabulous side dish to serve during spring and summer. The asparagus gets a lovely char that adds great flavor. Tossed with sumac, it gets a great kicky flavor. This fresh and easy side dish will be a family favorite. It's so …

This delicious grilled yellow squash recipe is the perfect summer side dish! Grilling summer squash brings out the natural sweetness and adds a lovely smokey char as well. This simple veggie side dish is perfect for a weeknight meal, backyard BBQ, or summer party. This is one of the best ways to prepare yellow squash …

These delicious garlic scapes are sautéed with a little olive oil, soy sauce, and rice wine vinegar. It's an easy and quick side dish that highlights the flavors of the scapes. Garlic scapes are the tender stems of the hardneck garlic plant. They're longer vegetables, but they can be cut and cooked like green beans …

If you're wondering how to grill corn in the husk, I'll show you! It's the easiest way to cook sweet corn! This recipe is super simple and results in tender, succulent corn that you can serve as a side or cut up to use in salads, soups, or pasta. It's a delicious way to enjoy …

This Middle Eastern salad is a cinch to make and full of fresh ingredients. It's an Arabic chopped salad with a combination of cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh mint, and a quick vinaigrette. This Arabic salad is similar to fattoush salad in that it has tomatoes and cucumbers as the main ingredients, but it's quicker and easier to …

This delicious grilled zucchini recipe is a fabulous, flavorful side dish with just a few ingredients. You're going to love this fresh summer zucchini grilled to tender perfection, topped with fresh herbs, mellow feta cheese, and toasted pine nuts. It's the perfect summer side dish for a barbecue or weeknight meal. Pair it with some …

These grilled romaine hearts with a creamy yogurt dressing are a must-make! You are going to love this easy-to-make, flavorful salad. If you've never considered grilling lettuce, I'm here to tell you why you should try it! This unexpected salad has great flavor. Grilling romaine brings out a lovely sweetness and adds a delightful char …

These delicious roasted radishes are a great side dish. Radishes are sharply flavored but still, delicate root vegetables that benefit from being lightly seasoned and roasted. If you've never tried roasting radishes, you must try this recipe! No other method of preparation brings out the natural sweetness of radishes like this. This is a great …

This beautiful strawberry cucumber salad is refreshing and delicious! It's perfect for late spring and early summer when fresh strawberries are at their peak. The crunchy, cool flavor of the cucumbers offsets the juicy brightness of the berries. Topped with a healthy portion of chopped herbs and crumbly feta and paired with a balsamic vinaigrette, …

This shaved asparagus salad with quinoa recipe is a delicious side dish! It packs well for a take-to-work lunch or makes a great side salad for dinner.  It's topped with a zesty dressing made from orange juice and mustard - it adds a punch of flavor that pairs well with the subtle asparagus and quinoa. …

You're going to love this roasted patty pan squash recipe! Roasting this summer squash with parmesan is the best way to make this delicious summer vegetable. It's the perfect side dish.  Most summer squash is better sauteed since it doesn't stand up well to roasting. But a patty pan is a sturdier summer squash with …

Is there anything better than crispy roasted potatoes? They truly are one of the best side dishes for any meal - they pair well with almost any main course and taste phenomenal. I'll show you how to get the crispiest roast potatoes with a few easy steps - all while roasting them with only olive …

This delicious tabouli salad recipe (tabbouleh and tabbouli) is heavy on fresh herbs and tomatoes. It's a herbaceous salad that's versatile and can be served in many way! Tabouli is a Middle Eastern recipe that's originally from the Levant region (Syrian, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, etc). This healthy Mediterranean recipe is also naturally vegan! This tabouli …

This roasted radish salad with a yogurt dressing is a wonderful springtime recipe with exciting flavors! I know you might be skeptical of roasted radishes, but I think you’ll love them. Radishes roast quickly (in just 10 minutes), become very juicy, and are much mellower than in their crunchy form and their natural sweetness shines! Another …

This traditional Arabic salad combines chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions with spices and herbs for a refreshing, delicious side dish! You'll love the bright, crisp flavors in this veggie salad. This dish is incredibly popular across the Middle East. It's sometimes called Lebanese salad because it's native to the Levant region (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, etc.) …

This delicious cherry tomato caprese salad is a standout recipe! It's full of fresh ingredients and vibrant flavors. This easy Caprese salad is the perfect summer side salad and saves well in the refrigerator so you can make it ahead of a party, BBQ, or picnic. An Insalata Caprese is ridiculously popular for a reason …

This easy sautéed zucchini recipe allows the crisp, fresh flavors of zucchini squash to shine. The mildly sweet, nutty flavors of zucchini are deepened over the heat. It's served with fresh herbs, garlic, salt, pepper, and lemon juice for maximum flavor. While you can typically find zucchini in the grocery store year-round, it's at its …

These delicious, healthy mashed sweet potatoes are a fantastic side dish! They're surprisingly easy to make and are incredibly savory and satisfying. Sweet potatoes are a great holiday side dish - make them for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter, but they're simple enough to enjoy on a weeknight as well! You'll roast the potatoes in their …

This delicious oven-roasted root vegetables recipe is a fantastic, healthy side dish! Roasting brings out the earthy flavor and natural sweetness of the vegetables. This great recipe is perfect for the fall and winter months when root vegetables are plentiful. It's the best root vegetable recipe for bringing out the natural sugars and flavors of …

These delicious roasted turnips are a simple, flavorful side dish that's easy to make. Turnips are a fantastic root vegetable that can be served as a side or added to salads, grain bowls, or soups. Turnips, like most root vegetables, are available year-round but are at their peak from October to February. This turnip recipe …

This delicious cranberry apple relish has a gingery kick and is an absolute treat! It's a perfect side dish for a holiday meal or other special occasion. There's just the right amount of sweetness in this recipe from the tart apples, white grape juice, and brown sugar - but it still has the lovely tanginess …

These gorgeous roasted rainbow carrots are a delicious and elegant side dish recipe. They are a perfect side dish for a holiday dinner, but easy enough to pull together for a weeknight dinner. Rainbow carrots are multicolored carrots that come in a mix of vibrant colors, including purple, yellow, white, and regular orange carrots. They're …

This wonderful fresh green bean casserole is the perfect holiday side dish. Serve it for special occasions like Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter. It's a next level take on the classic green bean casserole. The creamy mushroom sauce pairs beautifully with the crisp green beans and crunchy panko parmesan topping. This recipe is similar to a …

You are going to love this delicious parmesan roasted broccoli! It's a simple yet fantastic way to enjoy broccoli and doesn't require many ingredients. It will be a hit with the whole family. This is the best broccoli recipe - it's seriously my favorite way to make broccoli as a simple side dish! You can …

This tasty oven-roasted okra is a fantastic side dish! It can be made with fresh or frozen okra and only involves a few simple steps. Whether you are a long-time okra lover or new to the vegetable, this will be your new favorite way to prepare okra. Roasting removes the slimy texture of okra. What …

This delicious honey roasted baby carrots recipe is a fantastic, simple side dish. It requires very little hands-on time and results in the tenderest and tastiest carrots. This great recipe is so full of flavor! The combination of honey, mustard, garlic, and balsamic with the sweetness of the carrots is phenomenal. It does call for …

We've rounded up more than 25 of our favorite healthy vegetable side dish recipes that are easy to make and ready to serve with dinner. If you're looking for inspiration and are tired of boring sides, we've got some great ideas for you - including grilled vegetables, roasted vegetables, and some seasonal favorites! Let us …

This delicious baked stuffed artichokes recipe is an Italian favorite! Stuffed Italian artichokes are made with a mixture of panko breadcrumbs, shredded parmesan (or pecorino), herbs, olive oil, and lemon juice. It's a savory combination that pairs perfectly with the grassy flavor of the artichokes. Artichoke hearts are the most commonly consumed part of the …

Roasted golden beets are one of the most delicious vegetable side dishes. You'll roast the whole beets in a foil packet till they're tender. This cooking method is incredibly simple. You don't even have to peel the beets before roasting, as the skin will pull right off after they come out of the oven. This …

You're going to love this blistered shishito peppers recipe! Shishitos are sweet peppers that can occasionally be mildly spicy and are always deeply flavorful. They make a wonderful side dish and a great appetizer.  You may have had shishito peppers at a Japanese restaurant or tapas place, but I'll show you a simple recipe that …

Cucumber chickpea salad is a great light lunch for two or a side dish for four. It's perfect for a day when you just don't want to turn on the stove and need something quick! This easy chickpea cucumber feta salad is ready in about 15 minutes and with simple ingredients! The crunch from the …

This easy Turkish chopped salad is called Shepherds Salad (Çoban Salatası or Choban Salad). It's made with fresh vegetables, herbs, and can be topped with feta. It's called "salad of the people" because it's made with common, seasonal ingredients like tomato, cucumber, and bell pepper. This type of salad is very common throughout the Mediterranean, …

This delicious roasted delicata squash recipe is the easiest side dish to make! It doesn't require much hands-on time and results in succulent, sweet squash. You can serve roasted squash as a side for a nice dinner or use it in a green salad or blend it with some broth to make soup! This recipe …

This delicious roasted honeynut squash recipe is topped with miso maple butter for a savory and sweet side dish. This is the best way to enjoy these cute little squash. Honeynut squash is a type of winter squash that's a cross between butternut and buttercup squash. They're about half to a third of the size …

These delicious parmesan green beans are topped with panko and roasted to perfection. They're a fantastic side dish recipe you're going to love. They're a crispy, savory, and tasty side dish that's ready in less than 30 minutes. The majority of which is hands-off time while the beans are baking in the oven. This recipe …

This delicious simit recipe, also called a Turkish bagel or sesame bagel, is a fantastic bread chock full of sesame seeds. The step-by-step tutorial (with photos) will help you make a great simit - even if you've never tried it before. This popular street food is crunchy, crispy exterior, and soft and chewy in the …