Sides

Tender boiled potatoes, smooshed flat and then roasted in the oven until their edges are perfectly crispy.

Flavor-boost your plain white rice with shallots, citrus, and cilantro.

A buttery, cheesy, and wonderfully quick and easy alternative to pasta and rice.

Smooth, creamy, buttery, and extra flavorful with roasted garlic, these mashed potatoes will be the star of the sides on your holiday table.

Perfectly seasoned with savory spices, and then roasted until golden and draped with a bright and tangy cilantro sauce, spiced sweet potatoes are a deeply flavorful side dish that will everyone will crave.

These unusual, thumbnail-sized Peruvian sweet peppers are absolutely delightful when pickled.

Fresh, crisp vegetables sliced (or spiralized!) into thin strips creates the base for a delightfully crunchy slaw, topped with a slightly sweet homemade Asian dressing.

Electric pressure cookers, like the Instant Pot, make perfectly fluffy, tasty quinoa with minimal effort.

Flavor-boost your rice dishes with this super-simple but super-flavorful spicy green rice sauce. Blends up in minutes!

A beautifully colored slaw with crunchy strips of juicy apples, perfectly paired with fennel, and topped with a lemony, herbed Dijon vinaigrette.

Thanks to the pressure cooker, homemade refried black beans from scratch are just an hour and some change away – not overnight!

This cauliflower and jasmine rice blend is a delicious way to transition from white rice to full-on cauliflower rice.

Just say no to marshmallow covered sweet potatoes, and enjoy the goodness that happens when you mix sweet potatoes with savory ingredients!

Instant Pot Spiced Cranberry Sauce is extra flavorful with spices, orange, and ginger, and you might just catch people sneaking seconds along with their turkey.

Roasted asparagus becomes extra special when brushed with miso butter and topped with feta cheese and capers. So easy, elegant, and delish!

A healthy weeknight home cooked meal your family will love? You got this. Long grain rice medley with peas, carrots, and a tangy, herbal chimichurri is the perfect accompaniment to salmon, chicken, or a big green salad.

Everyone will love this winter salad! Raw Brussels sprouts are fabulous: milder than most cabbages, crunchy, and ever-so-slightly sweet. Add apples, fennel, bacon, and Pecorino, and you’ve got one amazing Brussels Sprouts Salad!

Homemade grilled flatbread, seasoned with a bright and lemony za’atar spice blend, is so easy make and is the perfect side for soup!