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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!

Metal strainer bowl filled with cooked green beans.

Super Soft Instant Pot Green Beans

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By C C
This is to make falling-apart soft green beans. This can be helpful for people ...

Artichoke Simplicity

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By Carolyn Haas
Growing up, this is how my mom made artichokes. Everyone had their own artichoke to ...
(1 rating)
Tater Tot Casserole ready to serve.

Tater Tot Casserole

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By Muna Escobar
My kids love this. The more tater tots and cheese I put in it, the ...
(76 ratings)
Parmesan Asparagus on a serving platter.

Parmesan Asparagus

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By A Q
This is the only way to eat asparagus! Very good!!! This is asparagus tossed in ...
(11 ratings)
A platter of Herb Roasted Potatoes.

Herb Roasted Potatoes

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By Donna Brown
This is a great side dish for vegetables or a burger.
(12 ratings)
A platter of Bonnie's Best Oven Baked Fries and Potato Wedges.

Bonnie's Best Blue Ribbon Oven Baked Fries

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By BonniE !
I have always had a passion for French fries, and therefore, I could never pass ...
(72 ratings)
Irish Boxty (Crispy Fried Potato Cakes) on a plate.

Irish Boxty (crispy Fried Potato Cakes)

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By Nancy J. Patrykus
From my (South Side Chicago) Irish friend, Coleen. I received most of her recipes in ...
(33 ratings)

Potatoes In Mustard Sauce

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By Barbara Lentz
Nice side dish
Cabbage casserole

Delicious Cabbage Casserole

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By Cathie Valentine
My friend, Pam, gave me this recipe because she knows I love a good recipe. ...

Cheesy Potatoes

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By Lynn Clay
My family loves their cheesy potatoes. This dish goes really well with baked Ham. ...
(2 ratings)
Plate with food including cauliflower rice.

Cauliflower Rice

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By C C
The lime flavor is not pronounced, but adds something that really rounds out the flavor ...
Plate with Slaw accompanying cauliflower rice, naan, and chicken shwarma.

Slaw To Go With Shwarma

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By C C
Inspired from Nadiyah’s Time to Eat show, served with Chicken Shwarma. I changed to ...

Truffled Polenta

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By Barbara Lentz
Delicious and super fast
This delicious recipe takes Oven Roasted Broccoli to a whole new level with fresh lemon juice and grated Parmesan Cheese.  One taste and you will be hooked.

Oven Roasted Broccoli

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By Beth Pierce
With just six ingredients this delicious Oven Roasted Broccoli with lemon and Parmesan will quickly ...

Pasta With Mushrooms & Mascarpone

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By Barbara Lentz
One of the best pasta dishes ever
Bread cubes mixed in

Elained's Bread Stuffing

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By Elaine Douglas
In the 60 years that I have been making stuffing for turkey or chicken I ...
Cooked orzo pasta in a bowl.

Orzo Alla Milanese

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By Francine Lizotte
This is a flavorful change from traditional risotto! Deliciously creamy, it's a great side dish ...
A plate of Milwaukee Potato Pancakes (Latkes).

Milwaukee Potato Pancakes (latkes)

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By Dianne Ward
I was born in Milwaukee and my mother was of German/Czech heritage so my fondest ...
(2 ratings)
Sour cream on top of the Cheesy Parmesan Potato Pancakes.

Cheesy Parmesan Potato Pancakes

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By Rose Mary Mogan
I created this recipe from about 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes from a pork ...
(2 ratings)

Red Wine Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

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By Barbara Lentz
It sounds like a lot of oil but it's not. The wine mostly evaporates and ...

Broccoli Rabe In Oyster Sauce

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By Barbara Lentz
This sauce goes well with regular broccoli, bok choy, or Chinese long beans.
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