Dinners

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?
Mashed Potatoes Recipes 
Mashed potatoes with chives and butter
How a Clever Cook Makes Faster (and Better!) Mashed Potatoes
The best mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter.
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
35 mins
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A bowl of roasted garlic mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
45 mins
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Mashed Sweet Potato Recipes 
Make Ahead Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows
Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows
60 mins
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Cranberry Sweet Potatoes
75 mins
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Sweet Potato Mash with Mint
Sweet Potato Mash With Mint
55 mins
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Rice Pilaf Recipes 
Zanzibar Pilau from Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen in a bowl with a cinnamon stick.
Zanzibar Pilau (Rice Pilaf) from “In Bibi’s Kitchen”
35 mins
Rice Pilaf
Rice Pilaf
40 mins
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Overhead view of dirty rice in a skillet.
Cajun-Style Dirty Rice
35 mins
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More Side Dish Recipes
large globe artichoke for steaming
How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke
40 mins
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Scooping a spoonful of mac and cheese with creamed spinach out of a casserole dish.
Spinach Mac and Cheese
50 mins
Toasted sesame and garlic spinach in a white bowl.
Sigeumchi Namul (Spinach Banchan)
16 mins
Overhead view of extra flaky broccoli cheddar hand pies set on a platter.
Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies
50 mins
Stone fruit and vegetable salad in a serving bowl with a linen underneath.
Stone Fruit, Tomato and Cucumber Salad
15 mins
Quick and easy slaw in a white serving bowl.
Fennel Radicchio Slaw
10 mins
Overhead view of a white bowl filled with Cretan Dakos salad.
Dakos Salad
15 mins
Spinach salad with grapes and bacon dressing on a ceramic plate.
Spinach Salad with Roasted Grapes and Warm Bacon Vinaigrette
30 mins
Side view of braised green beans on an oval platter.
Turkish Braised Green Beans
64 mins
The best ever grilled onions piled on a purple rimmed platter.
Grilled Onions
5 mins
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”
10 mins
Green Beans with Gochujang in a skillet.
Gochujang Green Beans
14 mins
Spanakopita twice baked potatoe sliced open with a fork on a white plate with an arugula and tomato salad.
Spanakopita Twice-Baked Potatoes
90 mins
Overhead view of a plate of green tomatoes that have been breaded and fried.
Fried Green Tomatoes
30 mins
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Bright and fresh Classic Coleslaw in a white bowl.
Classic Coleslaw
15 mins
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Side view of cranberry sauce homemade.
Cranberry Sauce
20 mins
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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
4 mins
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Mashed Rutabaga with Sour Cream and Dill
Mashed Rutabaga with Sour Cream and Dill
55 mins
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Baked Potato Recipe -- 3 potatoes split open with butter
How to Bake a Potato
50 mins
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Best Garlic Bread EVER on a round plate
Garlic Bread
18 mins
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Sweet potato fries stacked in a container.
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
30 mins
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Creamy Polenta
Creamy Polenta
30 mins
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Grits with Corn and Onion Greens
Grits With Corn and Onion Greens
65 mins
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Best ever collard greens cooked on the stovetop and served in a bowl
Collard Greens
25 mins
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Sauteed Spinach Recipe
Easy Sautéed Spinach
15 mins
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Swiss Chard
Easy Swiss Chard
20 mins
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Instant Pot rice in a bowl with a spoon and the instant pot in the background
How to Cook Instant Pot Rice
25 mins
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Grilled corn on the cob served on an oval platter
Grilled Corn on the Cob
20 mins
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Overhead view of yorkshire puddings in a muffin tin.
Yorkshire Pudding
45 mins
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How to Make Corn Tortillas
How to Make Corn Tortillas
35 mins
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A white serving dish with roast parsnips inside.
Roasted Parsnips
45 mins
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Chayote with Tomato and Green Chiles
Chayote with Tomato and Green Chile
45 mins
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Homemade dark rye bread on a wooden board
Homemade Rye Bread
70 mins
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Dipping tortilla chip into a bowl of homemade refried beans.
Refried Beans
2 hrs
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Blistered Shishito or Padron Peppers in a bowl
Blistered Shishito Peppers
9 mins
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Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Asparagus
10 mins
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Pot with fork fluffing long grain brown rice that was cooked on a stovetop
How to Cook Brown Rice
45 mins
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3 bean salad recipe
Three Bean Salad
10 mins
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Green beans, sauteed with bacon and served on a plate
Green Beans with Bacon
25 mins
Mustard Greens
Mustard Greens
20 mins
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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
65 mins
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How to make scalloped potatoes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
2 hrs
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Broccoli Rabe and onions served on a platter.
Broccoli Rabe with Caramelized Onions
40 mins
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Garlic Knots
Garlic Knots
4 hrs
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Warm German Potato Salad served in a bowl on a cloth mat with a fork
German Potato Salad
35 mins
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Brazilian Cheese Bread
Easy Brazilian Cheese Bread
20 mins
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sautéed Snow Peas with pine nuts and mint
Snow Peas with Pine Nuts and Mint
11 mins
Perfect white rice in a metal pan with a wooden spoon full of cooked white rice.
How to Cook Rice on the Stovetop
12 mins
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