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Side Dishes

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

Overhead view of 2/3 of bowl of mashed potatoes with a pat of butter partially melted in an aqua bowl.

Easy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Easy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are the best creamy, buttery and fluffy mashed potatoes and the easiest to make. If you need an easy method to make mashed potatoes for a crowd, this is your recipe! You will never make mashed potatoes any other way again after making them in an Instant Pot. You won’t…

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Cranberry sauce in white bowl garnished with orange slices rosemary and orange zest.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce is a homemade cranberry sauce with orange juice, made with fresh cranberries, but pressure cooked in an Instant Pot instead of cooked on top of the stove. It is so delicious that you’ll never eat canned cranberry sauce again. Homemade Cranberry Sauce Over Canned Cranberry Sauce This Homemade Instant Pot Cranberry…

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Photo of individual serving of scalloped potatoes on white plate with casserole dish of scalloped potatoes in the background.

Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes

Instant Pot Scalloped Potatoes are creamy, cheesy and taste absolutely heavenly. What makes them even better is that this is the quickest and easiest way to make them. My first thought after making these scalloped potatoes in the Instant Pot for the first time was that I was never making scalloped potatoes any other way…

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Instant Pot Acorn Squash served on a white plate and filled with melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Instant Pot Acorn Squash

Instant Pot Acorn Squash, with only 5 ingredients, cooks in less than 25 minutes and makes a comforting sweetened Fall side dish that is perfect for Thanksgiving.  Acorn squash is a wonderfully delicious winter squash, and when prepared with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, even the kids will like it. If you can’t get kids…

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Glass bowl of Mexican Cabbage Slaw with Red Cabbage and carrots sitting on top of old gray barn wood table.

Mexican Cabbage Slaw

Mexican Cabbage Slaw, also called Fish Taco Slaw, is a cool, tangy cabbage slaw with a Mexican-spiced apple cider vinaigrette that can be served as a side dish or on top of fish tacos, pulled pork sandwiches, or salads. How Is Mexican Cabbage Slaw Different Than Cole Slaw? This is definitely not your ordinary KFC coleslaw….

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Red Chipotle Sauce Recipe for Enchiladas Rojas De Queso

How To Make Chipotle Sauce (For Enchiladas)

This Chipotle Sauce recipe is unique in that it is a spicy, flavorful tomato-based sauce made with roasted tomatoes and chipotle chiles in adobo sauce and not a mayonnaise based sauce.

Chipotle Sauce may mean different things to different people. When I googled Chipotle Sauce, most of the top recipes were mayonnaise based sauces to be used on sandwiches. This is NOT one of those sauces.

This Chipotle Sauce is made with fresh Roma tomatoes that are roasted and then combined with chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, onions, and garlic.

This is a chipotle sauce created by cookbook authors, Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn, and found in Enchiladas Aztec to Tex Mex Cookbook. This chipotle sauce is made with Chipotles en adobo and roasted tomatoes. 

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Photo of Instant Pot Ham Green Beans and Potatoes in white bowl on blue placemat on brown wood table.

Instant Pot Ham Green Beans And Potatoes

Instant Pot Ham Green Beans And Potatoes is a classic Southern side dish or one-pot meal, often slow cooked in a crockpot with a ham hock, but this short cut method uses chopped ham in an Instant Pot pressure cooker. It is a great way to use leftover ham from Easter or Thanksgiving. Ham Green Beans…

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Spooning out a serving of Easy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Easy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Easy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes are very similar to Potatoes Au Gratin because they are drenched in a creamy, cheesy, garlicky cream sauce and then covered in more cheese! They make a perfect comfort food side dish for all your holiday dinners! These scalloped potatoes make an excellent side dish for a Holiday dinner, dinner party,…

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Easy Homemade Mexican Rice - Spanish Rice

Easy Homemade Mexican Rice (Spanish Rice)

This Easy Homemade Mexican Rice, or Spanish Rice, with its bold Mexican flavors, will make your taste buds do a salsa dance, which makes it a perfect side dish for your Mexican dinner. I love bold flavors but don’t want to spend hours slaving over the stove. I want the recipe to be simple, quick and easy….

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Leftover Ham and Potato Soup

Leftover Ham and Potato Soup

Leftover Ham and Potato Soup is an easy and delicious way to use up leftover ham and potatoes to make a creamy, comforting fall or winter soup. T’was the day after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse…. That pretty well describes our day after Christmas….lazy and restful,…

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Cheesy Bacon Ranch Hashbrown Casserole

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Hash Brown Casserole

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Hashbrown Casserole gives the classic Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole a flavor boost with bacon, ranch seasoning mix, Worcestershire, and hot sauce. Nothing is more comforting or crowd-pleasing than the good old creamy, cheesy hash brown potato casserole that has been served at family gatherings, potlucks, funerals, and church suppers for generations. My…

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Jiffy Corn Casserole with Sausage

Corn Casserole with Sausage

This Corn Casserole recipe takes the Jiffy Corn Casserole and gives it a Tex-Mex or Mexican twist to create a Mexican Corn Casserole with sausage, jalapenos, diced tomatoes, and green chiles added to the traditional corn casserole. It is a creamy, crusty, soft cornbread that is loaded with flavor from the sausage and additions, yet…

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Overhead view of sweet potato casserole with marshmallows just after being removed from the oven.

Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows

This easy Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows is a classic holiday side dish made with sweetened mashed sweet potatoes and topped with fluffy marshmallows! It is extremely popular at Thanksgiving, a very popular holiday in the United States. It can be made with either fresh whole sweet potatoes or canned sweet potatoes, serves 8, and can…

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Crockpot Roasted Potatoes

Crockpot Roasted Potatoes

Crockpot Roasted Potatoes are russet potatoes roasted in a crockpot or slow cooker with garlic, Italian Seasoning herbs, including rosemary, and parmesan cheese. These Crockpot Roasted Potatoes are perfect for a weekend or holiday dinner. If you would like to skip all the helpful tips and tricks in the written part of the blog post…

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Cucumber Tomato Salad with a Mexican Twist

Cucumber Tomato Salad (with a Mexican Twist)

This Cucumber Tomato Salad with sliced cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, sliced red onions, in a red wine vinaigrette, includes a Mexican twist with the addition of crumbled cotija cheese, Mexican oregano, and chopped cilantro. It makes a truly delicious and refreshing summer salad! Why Is Cucumber Tomato Salad So Popular? In the summertime with barbecues and the hot…

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Side view of Mexican Street Corn Salad, topped with sliced jalapenos, crumbled cotija cheese, and chopped fresh cilantro, in a red bowl with white trim sitting on a blue background, with a blurred view of chopped cilantro, limes, jalapeno, and red onions sitting on a cutting board in the background.

Mexican Street Corn Salad (Elote Deconstructed)

Mexican Street Corn Salad Recipe is deconstructed Elote or Mexican Street Corn, a popular Mexican street food, sold by street vendors, and served in a bowl, instead of as corn on the cob, and covered with a fantastic chili lime cream sauce and cotija cheese. It is one of those delicious recipes with fresh corn, often cooked…

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Rice Pilaf

Rice Pilaf Recipe (With Vermicelli)

This fluffy, buttery Rice Pilaf, infused with incredible flavor from sauteing in butter and cooking in seasoned chicken broth with vermicelli (or orzo), creates a classic side dish for a holiday meal or weeknight dinner. Rice Pilaf makes a wonderful side dish for many main dishes. You could add shredded chicken and vegetables to the rice…

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Thin Honey Glazed Carrots in a light blue bowl on a brown granite countertop.

Honey Glazed Carrots

When I think of Easter dinner I think of Ham, Honey Glazed Carrots, and Scalloped Potatoes or Rice Pilaf. I don’t know what it is about carrots and Easter that makes them go together like peanut butter and jelly. Maybe it is the Easter Bunny or just that it is Spring! Whatever it is, you…

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic

These Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic will turn brussels sprouts haters into brussels sprouts lovers! Why? Because roasting the brussels sprouts with Bacon, onion, and a Balsamic Glaze adds incredible nutty, smoky flavor! I confess. For many years I was one of them. You know. One of THOSE people. One of THOSE brussels sprouts haters. So…

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Southern Squash Casserole

Southern Squash Casserole

Southern Squash Casserole is a comforting side dish casserole, often served during the holidays, with tender, cooked yellow squash, onions,  sour cream, and cheddar cheese topped with crushed buttery crackers. Growing up this Southern Squash Casserole was the only way I would eat squash. We only had it on holidays or church potluck dinners. If…

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Breakfast Potatoes Texas Style

Breakfast Potatoes {Texas Style}

These Breakfast Potatoes are bites of roasted potatoes spiced up Texas style with taco seasoning, chopped onions, red bell peppers, and jalapenos, and will kick-start your breakfast or brunch. I love cooking breakfast on the weekends, especially Sunday mornings when it is a little more relaxed and laid back; and my favorite go-to breakfast dish is Breakfast…

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Sweet Potato Toast Topped with Apples, Bacon and Blue Cheese

Sweet Potato Toast (Topped with Apples, Bacon & Gorgonzola)

This Sweet Potato Toast with Apples, Bacon and Gorgonzola blows away regular toast! Sweet potato slices are toasted and topped with bacon, apples, onions and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese for a delicious savory breakfast. Sweet Potato what???!!!  Yes. Sweet Potato Toast. You read it correctly. You slice sweet potatoes lengthwise and put the slices in the toaster!…

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Ramen Noodle Salad

Ramen Noodle Salad (with Broccoli Slaw)

This Ramen Noodle Salad is a make ahead cole slaw, made with broccoli slaw and ramen noodles, that is perfect for a side dish for a potluck, bbq, or picnic. We recently moved from Houston to San Antonio, Texas. And after this move, we have decided that we never ever want to move again! Ever!  And as far as…

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Irish Soda Bread Muffins with Cheddar and Jalapenos

Irish Soda Bread Muffins with Cheddar and Jalapenos

I transformed the traditional Irish Soda Bread recipe into smaller muffins and added a Texas twist with cheddar and jalapenos. With St Patrick’s Day around the corner, everyone pulls out their Irish recipes. Yes. I know. These are not traditional Irish Soda Bread. History of Irish Soda Bread The true traditional Irish Soda Bread only has flour,…

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