Side dishes: The Best Recipes

All Side dishes recipes

Side dishes are an essential part of meal preparation. They include the dishes, garnishes, or condiments served alongside the main course to complement it.

Side dishes can vary widely, ranging from sautéed vegetables and mashed potatoes to sauces, salads, pasta, rice, and other starchy foods.

To help you create tasty, indulgent, or balanced combinations, you’ll find a selection of varied side dish recipes below.

Whether you love vegetables or starchy foods, or are looking for original ideas to pair with your meat and fish, you’re sure to find something you’ll love among these recipes!

Japan

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Traditional Miso Soup with Homemade Tofu

It’s very easy to make authentic homemade Japanese miso soup! Miso soup is a staple of traditional Japanese meals. In this recipe, I’ll show you how to quickly and easily make the broth (dashi) from ...

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Potato Gratin with Comté Cheese

For this Comté potato gratin, I use an egg and cheese (Comté and Parmesan) as a topping, along with milk. I recommend using whole milk for this recipe to give the mixture a creamier texture once ...

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Mashed split peas

Split peas are a legume that’s both delicious and nutritious. In this recipe for mashed split peas, they’re combined with herbs, bacon bits, carrots, and—the chef’s secret—lightened up with a bit of ...

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Croquettes with spring onions, shiitake mushrooms, and tofu

With the arrival of spring, I felt like making this recipe for croquettes with spring onions, shiitake mushrooms, and tofu. I drew inspiration for this from the book . It’s part of an excellent ...

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Sautéed Chinese cabbage with soy sauce

This recipe for sautéed green cabbage with soy sauce lets you whip up a quick and healthy meal. Beyond green cabbage, you can adapt this cooking technique to many different vegetables! Enjoy, and ...

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Roasted endives with dates and walnuts

One day when I didn't have much time or much in the fridge, I whipped up these roasted endives with dates and almonds, and I was delighted with the result! The dates balance out the bitterness ...

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Sautéed Shiitake Mushrooms

Today I’d like to share my recipe for pan-fried shiitake mushrooms—delicious and quick to make. is an Asian mushroom known for its woody, umami flavor, as well as its many nutritional and medicinal ...

Provence

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Sautéed zucchini with black olives

These sautéed zucchini with black olives are one of my go-to recipes, which I make all the time once the warm weather arrives. It captures all the flavors of my native Provence: garlic, olive oil, ...

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Spinach Cake

Are you lacking inspiration or motivation to cook spinach, that tricky vegetable? Why not try this spinach cake recipe! It’s a very simple dish to prepare: wash the spinach, chop it up, mix it into ...

West Indies

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Chayote with herbs

These herb-seasoned chayotes might just be a wonderful culinary discovery for you, just as they were for me. A friend recently shared some of his harvest with me, and that’s how I learned to cook and ...