Side Dish recipe collection

Quick, easy, tasty and healthy. It's a light and delicious salad that can be accompanied with any main course.

Sweet and spicy couscous salad tosses fluffy whole wheat couscous with crunchy steamed vegetables, fresh mint and almonds, all coated in a currant dressing brightened with orange, cinnamon and cayenne. Vegan and make-ahead.

Sweet and spicy salsa comes together from just three ingredients: ripe roma tomatoes, scallions, and hot-and-sweet jalapenos. Dice, mix, and scoop. A fresh, low-calorie salsa ready in minutes.

Two-ingredient banana jam made with just ripe bananas and lemon juice. No added sugar, no pectin. Blend, simmer, and spread on everything.

Homemade sweet chili sauce with fresh tomatoes, peaches, pears, bell peppers, and warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. A fruity, tangy condiment cooked low and slow until thick.

Sweet lassi blended with plain yogurt, ice water, lemon juice, and sugar, topped with crushed cumin seeds. A cooling Indian yogurt drink ready in minutes.

Three-ingredient Vidalia onion butter with garlic powder. A savory compound butter spread for bread, corn, steak, or baked potatoes that keeps for days.

Sweet Vidalia onion jam caramelized in butter with brown sugar. A 5-ingredient condiment for chicken, turkey, burgers, or cheese boards. Ready in 25 minutes.

Sweet onion pepper relish with Vidalia onions, red and green bell peppers, and cabbage in a vinegar brine. A Southern canning staple for hot dogs, burgers, and sandwiches.

Sweet pea soup with pear, potato, and watercress, finished with a lemon-pepper sour cream drizzle. Serve hot, chilled, or at room temperature for an elegant starter.

Family physician Dr. Lisa Vincent loves servings up this healthy and delicious soup recipe to her family. Adding a dollop of low-fat yogurt at the end not only helps cool the soup down, but also makes it creamy and delicious.

Vegetarian sweet potato risotto made with brown arborio rice and vegetable broth. Naturally creamy without butter, cheese, or constant stirring.

Mashed sweet potatoes blended with roasted bananas, orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. A naturally creamy, butter-free holiday side that skips the marshmallow fluff.

Sweet potatoes with a hint of orange: cooked sweet potatoes baked with cinnamon, dried apricots, and fresh orange slices. A lighter, fruit-sweetened holiday side with no marshmallows or piles of sugar.

Kesari bhaat (sweet saffron rice): Indian basmati rice perfumed with saffron, cardamom, cinnamon, and clove, sweetened with jaggery, and finished with almonds and currants. Traditional festival dessert.

Sweet potato and apple casserole microwaves cubed sweet potatoes and Golden Delicious apples with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg, then thickens the syrup with cornstarch. A 35-minute holiday side without the oven.