Side Dish, Easy Recipes

Leftover rice is great for making fried rice, add whatever veggies you have in the fridge or freezer. Any your favorite stir-fry sauce or a combination of sauce binds everything together, scrambled eggs is always a great addition to add. Quick and easy to put together, and goes well with any Chinese dishes.

An Indian inspired recipe is full of flavor, a great side dish with some grilled meat.

New potatoes in a tangy cheesy butter caper sauce.

Fruity, sweet, tangy and minty. This salsa make a perfect accompaniment with grilled or pan seared pork chops for a speedy weeknight dinner.

This is a quick, easy way to saute asparagus. The dish has a light flavor and makes a great accompaniment to Italian meals. I make this year-round, but we especially enjoy it at Thanksgiving

Mango chutney sounds very familiar with us, but you can make tomato chutney as well, and the savory flalvor goes well with all kinds of dishes. Here it is.

Simple and healthy. The key to brussel sprouts is to NOT overcook them.

A quick steam keeps the brussel sprout green and fresh. Browned butter develops a nutty rich flavor. Toss them together with some toasted almonds and simple seasonings and they create a winning recipe that will make you wonder why you didn't like brussel sprouts when you were a kid.

An easy make-ahead side dish. Highlights the flavor of each ingredient.

Quick, easy and tasty braised cauliflower with Indian spices!

A simple quick and easy rice side dish. A great way to quickly dress up plain rice.

Green beans and red onion are tossed with balsamic vinegar, honey, thyme and garlic, then roasted in the oven, which develops the caramelization to the onion, and gives the green beans both great flavor and texture. Then topped with toasted walnuts, a deliciously crunchy and nutty touch!

Fresh cherry tomatoes, colorful bell pepper, white mushroom and red onion, season with olive oil, sesame seeds and parsley leaves, they look good and tastes good, quick and easy.

In this recipe, we use whole wheat couscous instead of rice, we add orange juice and currant, so the pilaf is sweet too.

Something about bacon goes so well with spinach. Using a hot bacon dressing wilts the spinach just the perfect amount, not rubbery and not too mushy and packed with flavor.

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