Recipe Categorie Side Dishes

Enhance any meal with Simply Cooking Recipes’ collection of Side Dishes, featuring everything from roasted vegetables to creamy mashed potatoes. Discover the perfect complements to your main courses, each designed to add flavor and flair to your dining table.

Celery Root Mash With Browned Butter

celery root mash with browned butter

Celery Root Mash With Browned Butter That Turns Heads Nothing beats that moment. You walk into a holiday gathering with your dish, set it down, and suddenly everyone’s ignoring the mashed potatoes. The usual suspect gets passed by. That’s what…

Vegan Lentil and Walnut Stuffing

vegan lentil and walnut stuffing being served

Vegan Lentil and Walnut Stuffing That Tastes Like Sausage Without the Meat You know the dish on the holiday table that never quite gets finished? It’s usually the stuffing. Dry. Bland. A side that feels more like filler than something…

Cranberry Pecan Wild Rice Pilaf

cranberry pecan wild rice pilaf

Cranberry Pecan Wild Rice Pilaf That Feels Like the Holidays in a Pan You ever notice how some holiday sides get passed right over? The beige casseroles. The gluey stuffing. The rice dishes that sit there, untouched, until someone finally…

Lyonnaise Potatoes Recipe

Lyonnaise potatoes in a cast-iron skillet

Lyonnaise Potatoes Recipe That Outsmarts Mashed Every Time I’ve cooked more potatoes than I can count. I’ve mashed them for a hundred weddings, roasted them by the sheet pan for college kids who ate like wolves, stacked them in gratin…

Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows

homemade sweet potato casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows That Steals the Thanksgiving Table Every Thanksgiving there’s that one dish everybody fights for. In my family, it’s not turkey. Not gravy. Not even stuffing (though I’ll put my mom’s stuffing against anyone’s). It’s this.…

Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts

maple roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon

Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Everyone Actually Eats The Sprout Story Nobody Tells Here’s the truth: when I was a kid, Brussels sprouts were the worst. Not just “I don’t like this” bad… I mean, boiled to death, sulfur…

Cheesy Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole

cheesy broccoli cauliflower casserole

Cheesy Broccoli Cauliflower Casserole That Vanishes First Some casseroles go heavy and sleepy. This one doesn’t. It smells like browned butter and sharp cheddar, tastes bright from a whisper of lemon on the crumb, and still gives you that spoon-deep…

Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe

crispy fried green tomatoes stacked on a rustic wooden plate

You’ll Never Buy Fried Green Tomatoes Again After You Make This So, you’re craving that crispy tang, right? You know the one – golden crust, that juicy green tomato hit, making you wonder why you’ve been buying them frozen. You’ve…