Side Dish Recipes

Crunchy sweet apples and savory celery with bits of sweet dried cranberry and toasted walnuts are tossed with a refreshing and tasty lemon dressing.

This delicious and nutritious salad is so easy to make, and loaded with refreshing and cheesy flavor. It can be a side dish or you can have it as a light main dish.

Bitter winter greens made incredibly tasty. The collards are quickly braised to tame any bitterness then mixed with crispy prosciutto, garlic and cayenne pepper for a bit of kick and lemon for a bit of brightness. Healthy winter greens for a solid deep south down-home flair.

An Italian style pasta salad with well seasoned pasta and perfectly cooked broccoli.

Roasted broccoli and tomatoes char at high heat, then get tossed with a Mediterranean mix of lemon, olives, oregano and capers. A bright, low-calorie vegetable side in about 20 minutes.

Toasting adds strong nutty flavor into quinoa, roasted walnuts add another layer of nutty flavor and texture. It is a very flavorful and light side dish that goes well with any main course.

Soft and creamy mozzarella balls wrapped in a thin slice of zucchini then marinated in a savory mix of olive oil, lemon zest, coriander and mint. Party poppers that are healthy and tasty.

I made this for my bridge club. All eight gals including me loved it. The other seven asked for the recipe. It's easy to make and delicious. The lemon and fresh basil add a lot to the recipe. Interestingly enough, Kraft doesn't have this on their recipe web site even though it's one of their recipes.

Chilled strawberry and white wine soup blended from fresh berries, lemon zest, and dry white wine. Elegant five-minute summer starter served cold in chilled bowls.

Cheese tortellini tossed with crisp-tender asparagus in a lemon-thyme cream sauce finished with Parmesan. An elegant 18-minute dinner that tastes like spring on a plate.

Tomato and spinach couscous salad with whole wheat couscous, halved cherry tomatoes, and baby spinach in a bright lemon dressing. A light, healthy vegetarian side ready in about 20 minutes.

Lemon juice and freshly grated zest add the citrus and refreshing taste to the fresh and peppery arugula.

Grilled new potatoes are tossed with lemon-garlic mayonnaise and fresh parsley leave. Creamy, garlicky, and refreshing are in one bite. A nice accompaniment with any BBQ main course.

Vegetarian Caesar salad with no anchovies, no raw egg, and no Worcestershire. Just crisp romaine in a lemon-garlic vinaigrette emulsified with extra virgin olive oil, finished with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.

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Sweet poppy seed noodles toss buttered egg noodles with prepared poppy seed filling, raisins, lemon zest, and vanilla. Eastern European-style sweet pasta side or dessert that comes together in 20 minutes.