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Side Dish Recipes

Top view of a smashed (flattened) potato with sour cream and chives. On a white plate with black rim.

Side dishes might not seem very glorious, as they typically play a supporting role for the main dish they are paired with, but often it's the side that actually makes the meal.

Add some pizazz to your dinner and look below for my favorite recipes with mushrooms, potatoes, rice, cabbage, or pan fried zucchini recipes:

  • yukon gold potato recipes - Oven roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes , Crispy Smashed Potatoes, Easy Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes, Potato Salad
  • Red / purple cabbage recipes - Simple Sautéed Red Cabbage , Easy Cole Slaw Dip, Kale and Red Cabbage Salad, Roasted Cabbage Wedges
  • Mushroom recipes - Tamari Oyster Mushrooms , Easy Chanterelle Mushrooms, Easy Shiitake Mushrooms with Black Pepper
  • yellow Spanish rice recipe
  • Mashed Recipes: Ricer Mashed Potatoes, Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Celeriac.
Small wood bowl filled with shredded cole slaw with crispy tortilla chips in it.

Easy Cole Slaw Dip (Mexican Cabbage Dip)

Cooked shrimp in a deep plate with halved cherry tomatoes and basil pesto. Garnished with Pine nuts.

Shrimp with Basil Pesto and Cherry Tomatoes

3 Corn Grilled in Darkened Husks and peeled back to exposed charred kernals.

Grilled Corn On The Cob in Husk

Tomato Tart with different sizes and colors of tomatoes on golden puff pastry with basil leaves and sliced basil garnish.

Easy Tomato Tart with Puff Pastry

Patty Pan w Stuffed Wild Rice, Red Peppers, Onions, Celery, Carrots, and Herbs. Side View In A Shallow Baking Dish.

Vegetarian Stuffed Patty Pan Squash

Raw whole okra laid on spaciously on a stainless steel baking sheet.

Easy Oven Roasted Whole Okra

Cauliflower rice with whole cashews, raisins, carrots with curry and garnished with mint. White bowl with spoon. Side view.

Curry Cauliflower Rice with Cashews

Green Shishito Peppers blistered with dark sear marks in a cast iron pan.

Cast Iron Blistered Shishito Peppers

Oval white bowl of corn salad w/ quartered cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, red onions, and cilantro. Side view.

Easy Frozen Corn and Tomato Salad

Seared and browned caramelized sliced zucchini rounds on a white plate with red pepper flakes lightly garnished. Top view crop to a rectangle.

Simple Pan Fried Zucchini Rounds

Close up top image of cooked cherry tomatoes, sliced basil, creamy chunks of goat cheese, sliced pepperoncini, and garlic in a bowl.

Baked Tomato and Goat Cheese Pasta

Scored, Pan Seared, and Baked Zucchini Halves

2 bowls of orzo pasta in a green herb sauce with diced cucumbers, red onions, and green onions. One bowl has shredded parmesan and a spoon. Side view.

Lemon Dill Orzo Salad with Feta

Top down view of a wood bowl of pasta salad with basil and silverware on the side.

Orzo Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Feta Cheese

2 Mason Jars filled with sliced Pickles and vinegar and red pepper flakes and garlic. Side view.

Easy Quick Brined Refrigerator Pickles

White bowl with wood spoon of red quinoa, diced tomatoes and cucumbers and red onions, and chopped parsley mixed together.

Gluten Free Quinoa Tabbouleh

top view of oval shallow bowl and wooden small bowl filled with colorful sliced watermelon radishes, cucumber, fennel, carrots, and celery. Jar of red tomato dressing on the side.

Radish, Fennel, and Cucumber Salad

Top down view of sliced cucumbers and red onions in a tan bowl. Close up.

Cold Cucumber Dill Salad

Top view of a small white bowl of ceviche (diced white fish, red onions, yellow and red peppers, lime juice, and cilantro) with 3 crackers sticking out of bowl.

Fresh Amberjack Ceviche Summer!

Sliced avocado, sliced tomato, basil leaves all layered on a wood cutting board with a balsamic sauce drizzled on top.

Sliced Avocado, Basil, And Tomato Salad

Stainless steel deep skillet filled with white beans and diced tomatoes with a lightly pulsed pesto of kale and almonds.

Cannellini Beans with Kale Pesto

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew w Potatoes and Corn Recipe in A White Bowl - Eat Simple Food

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew with Kale

Shrimp Salad w/ Horseradish, Chives, Lemon In A White Bowl.

Simple and Easy Cold Shrimp Salad

Side View Chopped Asparagus w/ Microgreens, chopped almonds, and chopped tomatoes on a white plate with a black rim.

Microgreen Salad with Asparagus and Tomato

6 tomato halves filled with wild rice, basil pesto, pine nuts, and feta cheese with Parmesan cheese broiled on the top. Close up.

Stuffed Baked Tomatoes with Pesto

White bowl of crispy shiitake mushrooms with 4 sprigs of rosemary in it and a purple napkin on the side. Side View.

Fresh Pan Fried Shiitake Mushrooms with Black Pepper

Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes With Rosemary in Shallow White Serving Bowl

Easy Roasted Whole Baby Potatoes with Rosemary

Fresh asparagus, red onions, cherry tomatoes and a dijon mustard & white wine vinaigrette.

Fresh Asparagus And Tomato Salad

Broccoli w/ Tamari (Soy Sauce) & Cashews on a rectangle white plate on a copper table. Cashews in jar in background.

Broccoli with Cashews and Tamari (Soy Sauce)

2 spring rolls cut in half (4 halves) filled with avocado, grated carrots and red cabbage, rice noodles, green lettuce on a wood cutting board.

Healthy Vegetable Spring Rolls

Top view of a white plate with fork with quartered figs, sliced salami, shaved parmesan and croutons.

Fig and Salami Salad with Parmesan

Brown Tan plate of cooked green beans in sauce with wooden utensils on the side.

Quick and Easy Teriyaki Green Beans

2 wood bowls of cole slaw with sliced red peppers, green onions and celery with cilantro and peanut garnish. Dressing, two forks and napkins in background.

Asian Inspired Napa Cabbage Salad

Cooked Green Beans & Fresh Cherry Tomatoes on a long white rectangle plate.

Fresh Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes

Top view of a bowl of cole slaw: cabbage and grated carrots in a white bowl. Forks on the side.

Simple and Easy Coleslaw

White bowl of chunky red onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, yellow and red peppers salad. Wood spoon it it.

Easy and Simple Summer Salad

Close up of halved cucumbers with seeds taken out tossed in a soy / sesame oil sauce and topped with sesame seeds and cilantro.

Simple and Easy Asian Cucumber Salad

Two wood bowls of seaweed salad (1 bowl is dry and 1 bowl is rehydrated) with 3 sets of chopsticks. Side view.

Easy Wakame Seaweed Salad

Top view. Chunks of shredded chicken, with whole cashews, raisins, and celery in a yellow curry mayonnaise dressing. White bowl.

Cashew Curry Chicken Salad

Close up of fresh diced tomatoes, jalapenos, red onions, cilantro in a bowl.

Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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