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Creative Recipes » Home » Creative Recipes » Side Dishes

Side Dishes

Find your favorite side dishes, such as green bean casserole, broccoli salad, and sweet potato casserole and many more.

Side view of a towel covered bowl with at least half a dozen sweet potato biscuits with one biscuit sitting on top with a bite taken out of it and the top covered with honey butter. In the back is a green napkin.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Sweet Potato Biscuits are delicious fluffy biscuits that make a perfect Thanksgiving Dinner side dish. Old-fashioned sweet potato biscuits are a fantastic variation of regular biscuits and a great recipe for using leftover sweet potatoes. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Easy – This easy sweet potato biscuits recipe is really very simple to make, as…

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Instant Pot Mashed Butternut Squash

Mashed Butternut Squash mixed with a little butter, salt, pepper, and sour cream makes a delicious side dish your whole family will love! Creamy, wholesome, and comforting, this delicious butternut squash mash is perfect for the Fall and cooler weather. This butternut squash puree will become one of your favorite fall Instant Pot Recipes. Serve…

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Chipotle Spaghetti

Chipotle Spaghetti is a delicious zesty Mexican Spaghetti with a Chipotle Sauce. Spaghetti noodles are cooked in water flavored with onion, garlic, bay leaves, and chicken bouillon. The spaghetti is then covered in a creamy, spicy spaghetti sauce made with tomatoes and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. This spicy spaghetti makes a wonderful Mexican weeknight…

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A large wooden spoon with a spoonful of creamed corn held above a large black pan with creamed corn and garnished with fresh thyme.

Old Fashioned Creamed Corn

This Old Fashioned Southern Creamed Corn is creamy sweet corn that makes a delicious comfort food side dish for BBQ beef brisket, chicken, or turkey. In addition to serving this easy homemade creamed corn as a BBQ side dish, I also serve it as one of our Thanksgiving side dishes, alternating with my Creamed Corn Casserole…

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A bundle of about 8 Italian breadsticks wrapped in a white napkin with a bowl of garlic butter with a spoon next to it. A red and white napkin in the top background all on a blue gray background.

Italian Breadsticks

You’ll love these soft Italian garlic breadsticks that taste like breadsticks at Olive Garden, one of my favorite restaurants. These copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks make soft and fluffy golden brown garlic bread sticks. If you loved my Asiago Cheese Focaccia Bread, then you’ll love these soft, garlic breadsticks. These easy homemade breadsticks go perfectly with…

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4-photo collage with title in white text in an oval red circle in the middle - 17 Fajita Toppings

Best Fajita Toppings

Fajitas – What’s not to love? Tender beef (or chicken or shrimp) served sizzling hot with sautéed onions, peppers, and lime juice, all tucked in nicely in soft, fluffy, warm tortillas! Are you a fajita lover like we are? How can anyone not love them? They are quick and easy to cook, super flavorful, wholesome,…

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4-photo collage pin for 17 sides for Beef Tips

What To Serve With Beef Tips!

Ahhhhhh!! Pure comfort food! That’s what Beef Tips are, and they need complimentary melt-in-your-mouth side dishes to round out your comfort food dinner. Whether you call them beef tips or steak tips, you’ll love these 17 side dish recipes, including rice recipes, vegetables, salads, potatoes, and pasta recipes! If you love my Beef Tips and…

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White bowl on gray background with Frito Corn Dip and a bag of Fritos in the back.

Frito Crack Corn Salad

If you combine crack corn dip and Paula Deen’s Frito Corn Salad, you get Frito Crack Corn Salad! With sweet corn, cheddar cheese, bacon, jalapeños, and chili cheese Fritos in a Ranch-flavored creamy dressing, you get an addictive creamy and crunchy Frito Corn Salad. If you loved my Mexican Street Corn Salad, and Succotash, then you’ll love…

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Fried apples in a skillet and a spoon holding a spoonful of fried apple slices above the skillet with 3 golden apples with a glass of milk and blue napkin in the background.

Skillet Fried Apples

If you love the fried apples at Cracker Barrel then you’ll love this Fried Apples Recipe! Cracker Barrel is a favorite restaurant for folks and fried apples with cinnamon are one of my favorite menu items as they are a classic southern side dish. These Cracker Barrel Fried Apples are about to become your new…

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Overhead view of a white bowl of salsa verde garnished with sliced avocado, serrano peppers, and chopped onion, surrounded by tortilla chips on a white background.

Authentic Salsa Verde Recipe

This authentic Salsa Verde recipe is the best and easiest salsa verde recipe you’ll ever make. It is so fresh and flavorful that you’ll want to take it to your favorite Mexican restaurant because it will likely taste better than theirs! Whichever type of salsa you prefer, mild or spicier salsa, you’ll find this easy…

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Sausage and Bacon Gravy

Bacon and Sausage Gravy takes traditional sausage gravy to a whole new level! The flavorful rendered fat from the sausage, bacon, and the heavy cream provides a rich and hearty taste – perfect for serving over flaky biscuits, potatoes, or even chicken fried steak.    Unlike my Chili Gravy with the Tex-Mex Enchiladas recipe, this gravy…

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Napkin covered basket with Angel Biscuits in it.

Angel Biscuits

These Angel Biscuits, sometimes called Bride’s Biscuits, are absolutely heavenly! Soft and fluffy, light and flaky – they’re the perfect mixture of classic buttermilk biscuits and dinner rolls or yeast rolls. Serve these melt-in-your-mouth fluffy biscuits as a side dish for breakfast or combine them with Sausage And Bacon Gravy for Biscuits and Gravy, or…

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Side Dishes For July 4th

If you are looking for amazing finger lickin good side dishes for July 4th, then I’ve got amazing side dish salad recipes that you will love.  These tried and true Side Dish Recipes include make ahead recipes, such as vegetable salads, pasta salads, potato salads, and more, everything you need for a yummy outdoor barbecue…

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Overhead view of a large bowl of marinated green bean salad topped with cherry tomatoes and red onions, with a fork laying on top, surrounded by a blue napkin, a bowl of parmesan cheese, some tomatoes, and a red onion.

Marinated Green Bean Salad

This Marinated Green Bean Salad bursts with fresh flavors and bright summer colors. It’s the perfect chilled side salad, marinated for 4 hours to create a tangy and savory bowl of vegetables with grated parmesan.  Enjoy this make-ahead cold green bean salad at parties, potlucks, barbecues, or a July 4th Cookout whenever you need a…

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Overhead view of a large bowl of black beans topped with chopped onions and sliced jalapeños with a red napkin in the background along with cilantro, a small white bowl of white cheese, and a small bowl of chopped jalapeños.

Instant Pot Black Beans

Instant Pot Mexican Black Beans are protein-rich, vegan, and gluten-free! These no-soak beans are also a great source of fiber, sure to be a welcome addition to tacos, burritos or burrito bowls, nachos, or any Mexican meal!  Super flavorful, soft, and budget-friendly – what else could you want?!  Serve these Instant Pot Black Beans with…

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Side view of a white bowl with colorful succotash side dish, a mixture of corn, tomatoes, lima beans, and more. A spoonful of succotash is being lifted out of a large bowl of succotash.

Succotash

This fresh and vibrant Succotash is a vegetable party in one pan!  The classic American side dish, made with corn and plump lima beans, semi-sweet red onion, juicy bell pepper and cherry tomatoes, is an ideal vegetable dish to accompany an array of mains for Thanksgiving, other special occasions, or midweek family meals.  Enjoy this…

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Overhead view of a chopped vegetable salad on a white plate with a blue napkin and bread and green onions in the upper right and a fork in the upper left.

Chopped Vegetable Salad

This Vegetable Chopped Salad is a light and refreshing salad recipe, loaded with juicy fresh vegetables and salad ingredients that can also be easily varied to suit your family’s preferences. Enjoy this incredibly easy salad as a starter, side dish, or light main meal with your favorite salad dressing.  Whether you serve it as a…

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Overhead view of Huevos Rancheros with Huevos Rancheros Sauce and 2 fried eggs garnished with chopped cilantro and served on a white plate.

Easy Huevos Rancheros

Easy Huevos Rancheros. Say whaaaat? Here’s a translation. Huevos means eggs. Rancheros means Ranchers. So Huevos Rancheros translates to “Rancher’s Eggs.” What these traditional Huevos Rancheros provide is a delicious, hearty classic Mexican breakfast that you and your family love and will fill you up! I have lived in Texas all my life.  So I…

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Overhead view of Tri Color Rotini Pasta Salad in a white bowl.

Tri Color Rotini Pasta Salad

While I’ve made many kinds of pasta salads for the family and for entertaining over the years, nothing quite beats this Classic Tri Color Rotini Pasta Salad that’s made in just 20 minutes from scratch.  The tri-color rotini pasta salad does a great job of locking in all the flavors from the homemade Italian dressing…

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Small Glass of red enchilada sauce recipe

Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe

This is a quick and easy version of a delicious homemade Red Enchilada Sauce that will remind you of your favorite Mexican restaurants. It is loaded with flavor, much better than any canned stuff, you know the canned enchilada sauce, but it is a shortcut version of an authentic enchilada sauce. Instead of starting with…

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4 ears of Grilled Mexican Street Corn on the Cob on brown plate with 2 dipping sauces and a grilled corn on the cob in the background.

Elote – Mexican Grilled Street Corn

When I think of Grilled Mexican Corn, or Elote, there’s no better way to describe it than a little taste of summer. To me, adding grilled corn to my cookouts is an official celebration of Cinco de Mayo, warmer weather, summer, pool parties, barbecues, and awesome grilled food!  If you thought regular grilled corn on…

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21 Side Dishes to serve with your Easter Ham.

Best Side Dishes To Serve With Ham

Whether you are serving a Ham main dish, like our Peach Glazed Ham, or Crockpot Brown Sugar Pineapple Glazed Ham, for an Easter holiday or a weeknight family dinner, you’ll love these 21 delicious side dish recipes that go perfectly with ham.  Recipe suggestions include our favorite recipes for salads, breads, vegetables, potato dishes, and…

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Bowl with Mexican Corn And Black Bean Salad recipe

Corn And Black Bean Salad

Mexican Black Beans and Corn Salad provide a proud display of vibrant Mexican-inspired salad ingredients including corn, black beans, avocado, red opinion, and peppers…all blended together in a fusion of aromatics, spices, fresh lemon juice, honey, and olive oil.  This Mexican salad is ideal as a side salad while also versatile enough to be used…

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Hot Cross Buns

If you’re looking for fluffy, spiced sweet rolls to start the Easter holidays off right then there’s no better recipe to bookmark than these Hot Cross Buns! These holiday buns are loaded with spice, juicy sweet raisins, and decorated with a cross, so they are perfect for celebrating Easter. These hot cross buns come out…

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