Side Dish, Low-Fat Recipes

This delicious couscous salad has so many layers of flavors and textures. Marinated artichoke hearts and mushrooms, olive-oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, and salty feta cheese together with couscous deliver a satisfying dish that's also eye pleasure too.

These pan roasted fingerling potatoes are tender inside and crispy outside. Garlic, onion and sage add extra yumminess, and it's easy to make.

A refreshingly delicious chopped Mediterranean salad is also very quick and easy to put together. A great spring or summer salad with your BBQ.

Beet greens are sauteed with ginger, garlic, scallions and tossed with soy sauce, chili bean sauce, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. A tasty and light stir-fry that can be served as a side dish or with some rice, or a few slices of bread to become a light meal.

Roasted asparagus and mushrooms are deliciously paired. Parmesan adds just enough cheesiness to bring the dish together. It's hard to resist this tasty dish that brings the smell of spring.

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, roasting is the best way to cook asparagus deliciously. This quick, easy and fuss-free recipe will for sure satisfy your belly.

This quick corn stir-fry is packed with flavors, sichuan hot chili oil and peppercorns give the sweet corn lots of yumminess. If you don't like the corn on the cob, simply scape the kernels off, or frozen corn can be used as well.

Peppery arugula, sweet-sour apples, chunks of cheddar cheese and maple candies pecans together make this salad taste absolutely refreshing and tasty. Layers of flavors and textures explode in your mouth.

Sweet cherry tomatoes, red bell peppers and crunchy romain lettuce are tossed with a lemon-olive oil vinaigrette, and cheesy Parmesan croutons.

This is a Chinese-style soup popular in Indian Chinese cuisine due to its ease of preparation and hot spicy taste. The soup uses a spicies that adds lot of flavor to the soup.

Sweet, sour and slightly spicy. Cucumber, sweet bell pepper, carrots, wood ears and smoked tofu are tossed with rice vinegar, maple syrup, sesame oil, soy sauce and Korean chili pepper. A very tasty side dish that goes well with all your favorite Korean dishes or most of the main courses.

Such a flavorful and refreshing rice salad that is ideal on a warm spring day or a hot summer day, especially it's best served once chilled. Feel free to add cucumber, radishes or any your favorite spring veggies.

Crunchy, refreshing and tasty. A great side dish with any barbecued meat.

Infuse flavor into boring Brussels sprouts by shallow braising in stock with shallots and thyme.

Simple and delicious, a great way to use up your beet greens!

This tasty yet refreshing spinach salad is a classic Korean side dish that you can pretty much find in every Korean restaurant. It's quick, easy to make at home, it goes well with most of the BBQ, any meat dish, or just simply serve it with some steamed rice.