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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.
Round pie pan filled with sliced zucchini tomatoes with walnuts and cheese baked and crisp. 2 fork in the background. Close up.

Baked Zucchini and Tomato Casserole

Roasted Asparagus with Feta garnish on a white plate with a black rim. side view.

Easy Roasted Asparagus with Feta Cheese

Rectangle white plate of cooked asparagus spears topped with crumbled feta cheese. Close up.

Easy Blanched Asparagus with Feta Cheese

Romaine lettuce chunked, chunks of tomatoes, red peppers, whole olives and crumbled feta cheese. On a white plate.

Easy Mediterranean Salad with Feta Cheese

White Bowl of Browned Roasted Broccoli Florets with wood tongs. side view

Easy Roasted Broccoli and Broccoli Stems

Arugula Salad topped with small mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes on two white plates with knife and fork and salt and pepper shakers. top view.

Arugula Caprese Salad with Ciliegine Mozzarella

Slices of Tomato, basil leaves, crumbled goat cheese on a white square plate with two forks.

Tomato, Basil & Goat Cheese (Chèvre) Salad

Sea Bean Salad Close Up On a White/Blue Plate w/ diced Cucumbers & Red Peppers | EatSimpleFood.com

Crunchy Sea Bean (Samphire) Salad

Fresh garbanzo beans ( green chickpeas) cooked in a white bowl with a spoon.

Fresh Raw Green Chickpeas - Garbanzo Beans

Top view. Stainless steel pan filled with thin noodles in a light soy sauce with garlic, chopped peanuts, and sliced green onions.

Soy Sauce Peanut Noodles

Layered sliced feta on the bottom and then arugula and topped with ripe red tomato. 2 small plates. 3 stacks on each plate.

Feta, Arugula, Tomato Salad Stack

Close up of Red Purple Tomato slices, Mozzarella cheese slices, and basil leaf.

Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

Halved figs, rolled prosciutto, chunks of cantaloupe on a platter with small mint leaves.

Figs, Prosciutto, Cantaloupe Appetizer

Stainless steel pan full of cooked Portobello Mushrooms with parsley garnish and a wood spoon sticking out of it.

Quick and Easy Sautéed Mushrooms

rectangle white plate full of noodles in a yelow sauce with broccoli florets and chunks of sweet potatoes. Chopsticks resting on plate.

Sweet Potato and Broccoli Udon Bowl

Multiple bowls of food on a wood cutting board. brie, apples with blue cheese, cornichons, green grapes, slices of ciabatta, green salad.

Picnic on the Piazza

White plate with a layer of sliced tomatoes at the bottom. On top is diced grouper and cucumbers with fresh dill and capers.

Grouper, Cucumber, Tomato Salad

2 halves of a peach with dark grill marks sitting inside a wooden bowl.

Easy Grilled Peaches

White bowl of orzo salad with diced artichoke hearts, red onions, red bell peppers with willted spinach. Silver spoon in the bowl.

Easy Italian Orzo Pasta Salad

Grated Carrots, Raisins, toasted Walnuts, and sliced Mint Salad in a white bowl with a blue rim.

Carrot, Raisin, Walnut and Mint Salad

Roasted sliced eggplant and red peppers over creamy polenta with fresh cherry tomatoes and garnished with feta and basil

Roasted Eggplant & Peppers w Polenta

Purple Radicchio, sliced orange bell peppers, chunks of albacore white tuna, and white beans in a white large shallow plate with a fork.

Radicchio, Tuna, White Bean Salad

Brown Fried rice with scrambled eggs, toasted almonds, soy sauce, and fresh microgreen salad on top. White plate.

Vegetarian And Egg Leftover Fried Rice

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Crispy diced pancetta on a white platter with a large silver fork. side view.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta

2 wood bowls and one larger white bowl of chunks of peaches, tomato, and corn salsa. Spoons on the side.

Peach, Corn, And Tomato Salad

Baked Triangles of Crab Rangood on a tan plate with a side of brown soy dipping sauce. 2 sets of chopsticks.

Baked Crab Rangoon

Fried egg on top of a piece of fried bread with a little avocado on a plate with knife and fork.

Easy Pan Fried Bread (AKA Fry Bread)

Wood oval plate with crispy romaine lettuce with cooked chicken, sliced almonds, diced carrots, celery, onions, garlic, and ginger.

Chinese Chopped Chicken Salad

White plate of brown seared / blistered small green peppers with a small white bowl of light orange peach sauce.

Blistered Shishito Peppers with Peach Sauce

Breaded and Fried Green Tomatoes Layered and laying on a white paper towels on a white plate.

Southern Fried Green Tomatoes

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