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Easy Side Dishes

These easy side dishes will pair perfectly with all your favorite mains. Browse a variety of vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, or other side dishes.

From Mashed Potatoes and Green Bean Casserole to Garlic Bread and Jalapeno Cornbread, the choices are plentiful. Make easy Roasted Vegetables or Homemade Coleslaw, or enjoy a super quick Microwave Corn on the Cob. Enjoy mezze-inspired dishes like Lebanese Spicy Potatoes (Batata Harra). And learn how to make Homemade Multigrain Bread.

A bowl with fluffy mashed potatoes
A top-down close-up view of freshly baked, cheesy roasted garlic bread slices topped with herbs on a wooden cutting board.

Roasted Garlic Bread

A top-down shot of a large glass mixing bowl packed with a vibrant garden salad made of chopped lettuce, chunks of ripe red tomatoes, cucumber slices, and slivered red onions, dusted with ground sumac and herbs.

Garden Salad

An overhead, close-up shot of a large oval platter filled with golden, extra-crispy smashed potatoes layered over a smooth dill yogurt sauce and garnished with fresh chopped herbs.

Crispy Smashed Potato Salad

A top-down view of a clear glass bowl filled with cooked green lentils tossed together with halved cherry tomatoes, diced cucumbers, yellow bell peppers, red onion, parsley, and crumbled feta cheese.

Lentil Salad

Top-down view of a rustic light-green ceramic bowl filled with a fresh white bean salad tossed with ripe cherry tomato halves, diced cucumbers, green olives, crumbled feta cheese, red onions, and chopped fresh herbs like mint and dill.

White Bean Salad

A close-up view of Green Goddess salad spread over a platter, loaded with green peas, fresh dill, and lime slices, with a hand holding a chip topped with salad and a slice of lime.

Green Goddess Salad

Top-down view of a baking dish filled with roasted cherry tomatoes, garlic, and herbs in olive oil, topped with three rounds of burrata and crusty bread.

How To Make Tomato Confit

Top-down view of a pile of crispy, thin golden-brown shoestring fries served on a white enamel plate with a blue rim.

Crispy Shoestring Fries (Air Fryer and Deep-Fried)

Close-up overhead view of seasoned tomato salad made with red tomato wedges, sea salt, black pepper, and fresh basil sprigs served in a shallow glass bowl.

Simple Tomato Salad

Top-down view of a hand holding a small white bowl filled with sweet and tangy crinkle-cut bread and butter pickles.

Homemade Bread and Butter Pickles (Water-Bath Canned)

Two sweet potatoes cooked in an air fryer, cut in half, and topped with various toppings.

Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato (Fluffy Inside, Crispy Skin)

Homemade dill pickles in a bowl with a pickle spear held on a fork and jars of dill pickles in the background.

Classic Homemade Dill Pickles (Canned for the Pantry)

Close-up of a roasted garlic head on foil with soft, golden cloves and caramelized edges.

Best Roasted Garlic

Overhead view of Lebanese fattoush salad with romaine, cucumber, tomato, radish, herbs, and crispy pita chips.

Fattoush Salad (Classic Lebanese Bread Salad)

A close-up of a rustic plate of vibrant, orange-red Muhammara dip topped with a generous swirl of olive oil and chopped green parsley. The texture shows the finely ground toasted walnuts and roasted red peppers.

My Mom’s Authentic Muhammara (Roasted Red Pepper & Walnut Dip)

A piece of freshly baked coconut bake.

Coconut Bake (Trinidad Pot Bake)

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