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Side Recipes

Memorable sides can make the meal... or even become a meal in themselves. Dig into these scrumptious sides: vegetables, casseroles, risottos, beans and more!

A bunch of rainbow carrots on a serving dish.

Roasted Rainbow Carrots

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By Francine Lizotte
Amazingly delectable, this recipe is a great choice to pair along with many proteins plus ...
Garlic Smashed Cauliflower with cream cheese and butter

Keto Friendly/low Carb Smashed Cauliflower

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By Dede Hoffman
This garlic smashed cauliflower recipe is the best mock mashed potato recipe I've had yet! ...
Creamy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes with golden brown cheese.

Creamy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

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By Marilana Sather
These are the BEST scalloped potatoes ever. Very moist and cheesy. The addition of ham ...
(2 ratings)
Oven Roasted Parmesan Asparagus is a quick and easy side dish combining healthy asparagus, minced garlic and freshly grated Parmesan Cheese.  This tasty side is one of my go to recipes for easy weeknight meals.

Oven Roasted Parmesan Asparagus

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By Beth Pierce
A healthy easy weeknight friendly vegetable side dish combining healthy asparagus, minced garlic and freshly ...
Traditional Irish Colcannon is creamy mashed potatoes mixed with sauteed cabbage and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper.  It is truly a match made in heaven.

Irish Colcannon

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By Beth Pierce
This traditional Irish side dish is made with creamy mashed potatoes, swirled with sauteed cabbage ...

Kim's Loaded Potato Bake

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By Kim Nichols
My boyfriend and I love to cook together. Today he is making London broil ...
(1 rating)

Smoked Bacon Wrapped French Vidalia Onion

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By Sherri Williams
All I can say is that this will be the best onion you will ever ...
(2 ratings)

Basic Sauteed Mushrooms

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By Vicki Butts (lazyme)
The trick to good sauteed mushrooms is to sauté them quickly in a little butter ...
(1 rating)
So yummy

Sous Vide Essentials: Cinnamon Glazed Carrots

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By Andy Anderson !
This is an AWESOME side dish for just about anything you are serving… chicken, fish, ...
A dish filled with Southern Sausage Baked Beans.

Southern Sausage Baked Beans

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By Leslie Bernardi
This is my mama's recipe. It has always been a "must-have" side at all of ...
(7 ratings)

Balsamic Roasted Root Vegetables

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By Gretchen ***
These veggies are seasoned with rosemary and pomegranate balsamic vinegar. Delicious!
Baked Beans With Bacon ready to serve.

Baked Beans With Bacon

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By Laura Huffman
My family and friends will ask me to bring my baked beans to our get-togethers. ...
(4 ratings)

Butternut Ravioli Roasted Red Pepper Cream Sauce

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By Nor Mac
Gourmet at home. I got this idea from a meal delivery service my daughter subscribes ...

Homemade Refried Beans

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By Elaine Bovender
I had some cranberry beans in the freezer that I'd fixed a few weeks earlier ...
(1 rating)

Byron Potatoes

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By Vicki Butts (lazyme)
Potato patties dabbed with cream and coated with a layer of melted cheese make an ...
(2 ratings)

Fried Potato Patties

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By Vicki Butts (lazyme)
I seem to always have some leftover mashed potatoes and never quite know what to ...
(1 rating)
So yummy

Legume Essentials: Beans And Tomatoes

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By Andy Anderson !
Okay, you have some leftover beans, or you are making some fresh beans, and you ...

Better Than Mom's Mac 'n Cheese

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By Teresa G.
Nine kinds of cheese? Oh, yeah! I was craving macaroni and cheese but wanted something ...
(2 ratings)

Fettuccine W Fontina Sauce, Walnuts & Truffle Oil

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By Barbara Lentz
Delicious creamy cheesy pasta dish with the earthy flavor of the truffle oil.
A bowl of Candi's Enchilada Sauce.

Candi's Enchilada Sauce

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By Candi Hummer
I'm more into flavor than I am fire! My folks can't eat the canned stuff ...
(4 ratings)
Rice on a blue/white plate along with a grilled chicken breast and some green beans.

Herb & Butter Rice

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By Francine Lizotte
This Herb & Butter Rice is a delicious side dish to add to your folder. ...

Risotto With Peas And Porcini Mushrooms

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By Barbara Lentz
Great earthy flavor from the mushrooms and creaminess from the cheese
These cheesy Cheddar and Parmesan potatoes are made easy utilizing leftover mashed potatoes and a standard muffin pan.

Mashed Potato Cakes

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By Beth Pierce
These easy Mashed Potato Cakes are made by combining leftover mashed potato cakes, eggs, cheddar, ...
A tray of Ranch Style Deviled Eggs.

Ranch Style Deviled Eggs

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By Kimberly Kay
I love deviled eggs and this is one of my experiments. I hope you ...
(5 ratings)
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