Side Dish Recipes

150+ Side dish recipes that are budget-friendly and delicious. We’ve got pasta, salads, beans, rice, vegetables, potatoes and more!

Easy Side Dish Recipes

a piece of oven roasted broccoli being dipped into a cup of comeback sauce

Perfect Oven Roasted Broccoli

$3.34 recipe / $0.84 serving

Creamy Cucumber Salad

$2.31 recipe / $0.58 serving

Cowboy Caviar

$5.30 recipe / $0.53 serving

close up of three bean salad in the bowl

Classic Three Bean Salad

$2.79 recipe / $0.56 serving

Close up side view of slices of garlic bread.

Homemade Garlic Bread

$4.63 recipe / $0.39 serving

Vegetarian Side Dishes

Holiday Side Dishes

Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes

$2.05 recipe / $0.34 serving

Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes in a casserole dish with a wooden spoon on a blue background with leaves and pine cones on the side.

Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecans

$6.77 recipe / $1.13 serving

Wild Rice Pilaf

$2.73 recipe / $0.68 serving

Green Bean Casserole

$8.85 recipe / $1.48 serving

Thickened cranberry sauce in the pot being stirred.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

$3.17 recipe / $0.53 serving

Easy Roasted Carrots

$2.38 recipe / $0.60 serving

Potatoes Au Gratin

$5.33 recipe / $0.67 serving

Sweet Molasses Dinner Rolls

$1.87 recipe / $0.16 each

Newest Side Dish Recipes

Tuscan White Bean Stuffed Tomatoes

$9.42 recipe / $2.35 serving

This Tuscan White Bean Stuffed Tomatoes recipe is hearty, warming, and deeply satisfying. It's also budget-friendly and easy to make!

Overhead view of chicken salad in a bowl.

Chicken Salad (Traditional)

$11.12 recipe / $1.39 serving

This Traditional Chicken Salad is creamy, tangy, and full of tender shredded chicken. It's like having a taste of the deli counter at home!

Street Corn Salad

$3.51 recipe / $0.58 serving

This Street Corn Salad has all the tangy, creamy, spicy flavors of eloté but in an easy-to-eat snackable form. It's the perfect summer side!

Grilled Cabbage

$3.74 recipe / $0.62 serving

This Grilled Cabbage recipe transforms a simple, budget-friendly veggie into a charred, smokey, and down-right delicious side dish!

Zucchini Fritters

$3.23 recipe / $0.80 serving

These easy zucchini fritters include crispy brown edges, a tender inside, and they’re a super fun way to get your veggies in!

Grilled Vegetables

$7.64 recipe / $0.95 serving

With just a few ingredients and my easy grilling method, these grilled vegetables are the perfect side dish for any summer BBQ!

Barley Salad

$14.21 recipe / $1.42 serving

This Barley Salad recipe combines tomatoes, olives, cucumbers, and feta cheese with high-fiber pearled barley for a rich and filling salad.

overhead view of a serving of baked beans on a plate with a sandwich and corn on the cob.

Stovetop Baked Beans

$2.94 recipe / $0.49 serving

These Stovetop Baked Beans are super-fast to whip up and taste great. They're made with pantry staples in just 20 minutes!

overhead view of 4 peeled ears of grilled corn with butter on a white plate.

Grilled Corn On The Cob

$3.15 recipe / $0.78 serving

Nothing says summer to me quite like fresh, juicy Grilled Corn on the Cob. Steamed in the husk and slathered with butter and salt!

Orzo Pasta Salad

$9.99 recipe / $1.24 serving

This light & fresh Orzo Pasta Salad is full of colorful veggies and a delicious homemade dressing. Perfect for BBQs or meal prep it for the week!

overhead view of asparagus on a black plate with lemon wedges.

Air Fryer Asparagus

$4.07 recipe / $1.02 serving

This Air Fryer Asparagus might be the easiest recipe I've ever developed. It takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish and is so good!

Broccoli Salad

$5.79 recipe / $0.96 serving

This broccoli salad is the perfect creamy, crunchy, rich, and flavorful side to go with any meal. It's my new go-to for parties!