Side Dishes

Easy & Budget-Friendly Side Dish Recipes

Looking for the perfect side dish to complete your meal?!

Our collection of simple and affordable side dish recipes has you covered! From fresh salads and roasted veggies to quick pastas and hearty casseroles, these recipes pair perfectly with any main course.

Whether you need something light, healthy, or comforting, these budget-friendly side dishes will add flavor and variety to your table without extra cost or stress. Browse our easy side dish ideas and make every meal complete!

Crash Potatoes

Instant Pot Corn on the Cob

How to Cook Brown Rice in the Instant Pot

Chicken Pesto Pasta

Easy Holiday Side Dish Recipes

Fall Harvest Salad with Maple Mustard Vinaigrette

Best Garlic Toast Seasoning Mix

Skillet Creamy Corn

Dump & Bake Macaroni and Cheese

Brussels Sprouts & Butternut Squash: HOLIDAY SIDE DISH

Antipasto Pasta Salad

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Feta

10 Make-Ahead Side Dishes for Holidays

34 Recipes for a Delicious Thanksgiving Feast

Air Fryer Baby Potatoes

Allergy-Free Roasted Potato Chunks

Apple & Almond Butter Sandwiches

Arborio & Mushroom Side Dish

Asian Ramen Noodle Salad

Asian Spinach Salad with Soy-Sesame Vinaigrette

Avocado Ranch Dip

Baja-Cali Black Bean Salad

Baked Zucchini Sticks

Balsamic Tomatoes with Feta and Fresh Herbs

Barely Seasoned Rice - Simple Side Dish

Basic Potato Salad

Beef and Blue Cheese Bites

Best Butternut Squash Recipes

Black Bean Soup

BLT Salad

Braised Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Bread Machine Cheesy Herb Bread

Butternut Cranberry Rice Pilaf

Caesar Romaine Wedge Salad

Caramelized Onion Dip

Caramelized Onion Gravy

Cheesy Croissants

Cheesy Potato Casserole

Chunky Guacamole with Mango & Red Onion

Chunky Tomato Lime Guacamole

Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice

Cinco Layer Dip

Cinnamon Honey Butter Drop Biscuits

Corn Salad

Cornbread – 5 Ways (And My Skillet Cornbread Recipe)

Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Creamed Corn with Roasted Hatch Chiles

Creamy Lemon Dill Potato Salad

Crunchy Parmesan Spaghetti

Dijon Vinaigrette Homemade Salad Dressing

Eggplant Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Five Ways to Cook Butternut Squash

Four Bean Salad with Quinoa

Freezer Friendly Homemade Biscuits

Fried Egg Caesar Salad.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Rice

Gingered Carrot Coins

Glazed Sweet Potato Rounds

Golden Raisin-Apple Stuffing Cups

Greek Chilled Quinoa Salad

Grilled Bacon Ranch Potatoes

Grilled Balsamic Veggies

Grilled Garlic Bread

Grilled Green Tomato Slices

Grilled Mashed Potatoes

Grilled Red Potatoes

Grilled Roasted Potato Salad + How to Make Foil Packet Potatoes

Grilled Sweet Potato Fries with Cinnamon and Maple

Hasselback Potatoes

Hatch Pineapple Cornbread

Homemade Baked Beans

Homemade Buns

Homemade Cherry Vinaigrette

Homemade Cole Slaw

Homemade Mac & Cheese with Bacon and Spinach

Homemade Orange Cranberry Sauce

Homemade Potato Salad

Homemade Stuffing

Honey Glazed Parsnips

Honey Mustard Lentils & Rice Casserole

Hoppin’ John Recipe

How to Bake Brown Rice in the Oven

How to Bake Butternut Squash

How to Grill Corn on the Cob

How to Make Tex Mex Restaurant Style Rice

How to Roast Acorn Squash

How to Roast Asparagus

How to Saute (and Roast) Asparagus

How to Saute Summer Squash

Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Instant Pot Ranch Deviled Eggs

Instant Pot Sticky Rice

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

Italian Salad + Homemade Balsamic Salad Dressing

Lemon Steamed Broccoli

Loaded Mashed Potato Casserole

Macaroni Casserole

Macaroni Salad for a Crowd

Mango Avocado Chicken with Orzo Salad

Mango Avocado Salsa with Sweet Lime Vinaigrette

Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Maple Roasted Butternut Squash

Mashed Potatoes with Caramelized Onion

Mediterranean Quinoa

Memorial Day Recipe Round-up

Mexican Rice, Top 8 Allergen Free

Mushroom Cranberry Stuffing

Mushroom Quinoa Pilaf

No-Boil Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Oven Roasted Garlic Green Beans

Parmesan Garlic Knots

Pasta Salad with Artichokes, Olives, and Feta

Pea, Feta and Red Onion Salad

Peach, Almond & Blue Cheese Salad

Penne with Creamy Pesto Sauce

Pesto Bruschetta

Pesto Orzo with Tomatoes

Pesto Pilaf

Pinto Beans with Peaches and Bacon

Poppyseed Fruit Salad

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

Queso Blanco Dip

Quinoa with Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Radish and Cucumber Bites

Refried Beans in the Slow Cooker

Rice with Garden Greens

Roasted Broccoli with Golden Raisins and Peanuts

Roasted Butternut Squash with Crunchy Caramelized Onions

Roasted Butternut Squash with Maple Pecan Topping

Roasted Garden Ratatouille

Roasted Garlic & Parmesan Noodles

Roasted Red Cabbage with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Roasted Red Potato Salad

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Roasted Winter Vegetables

Roasted Zucchini with Herbs and Feta

Roasted Zucchini with Thyme

Salt Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Sausage Apple Cornbread Stuffing

Sauteed Okra Recipe

Sauteed Potatoes and Mushrooms

Sherry-Simmered Carrots

Side Dishes for Soup

Slow Cooker Baked Beans

Slow Cooker Borracho Beans

Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Slow Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Slow Cooker Root Vegetables

Slow Cooker Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Slow Cooker Vegetables

Southwest Rice Pilaf

Spicy Calico 15 Beans

Spinach Salad with Strawberries & Goat Cheese

Spinach Tomato Saute

Steak Spinach Stroganoff

Stir Fry Cabbage

Strawberry Spinach Quinoa Salad

Stuffed Tomatoes

Succotash with Butter and Dill

Summer Side Salad

Sweet and Sour Lentils

Texas Caviar Party Dip

Thanksgiving Side Dish Round-Up

Tomato and Feta Salad

Triple Squash Soup

Twice Baked-Grilled Potatoes

Twirly Triple Mac n Cheese

Tzatziki Dip

Wedge Cobb Salad

Winter Cobb Salad

Zucchini Feta Bites