26 Dynamic Sides Recipes to Spice Up Your Daily Meal Routine

Spice up your daily meal routine with 26 new dynamic side dishes! It’s time to shake things up in the kitchen and impress your taste buds with some fresh flavors. This collection of recipes is perfect for anyone looking to embark on a culinary adventure and explore new ideas. Whether you’re an experienced cook or a newbie in the kitchen, these dishes will delight and satisfy your cravings!

Bacon Wrapped Potato Wedges

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These bacon wrapped potato wedges are Russet potatoes wrapped in bacon, then roasted to crispy brown perfection. The absolute best way to make french fries! Bacon makes everything better, especially when it’s paired with potatoes! These potato wedges come out so crispy that they taste deep fried even though they’re actually baked.

French Onion Dip

This homemade French onion dip is a perfect party appetizer or savory snack to munch on in between meals. It is sour cream based, easy to make, with less than 10 ingredients and delicious.

Recipe: french onion dip

Hash Brown Potato Casserole

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Hash brown potato casserole is made with cheesy potatoes and a crunchy panko bread crumb topping. The cheese sauce is made entirely from scratch – no canned soups needed! Perfect for serving at your next holiday gathering like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.

Creamy Garlic Potato Gratin

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Really tender and creamy garlic potato gratin with a deliciously crispy and cheesy crust. It’s one of the best carb-loaded side dish for almost any meal. Besides, you can never have too many spuds. Guaranteed to be everyone’s favorite side dish. So completely addictive. Whenever I make these potatoes, they’re always the first thing to disappear, so I’d say it’s a pretty good sign. The potatoes are tender, creamy and soak up all the delicious garlic and cheese flavors and it’s finished with a crisp, golden, bubbling top.

Sweet Potato Souffle

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This sweet potato souffle is a creamy blend of sweet potatoes and spices topped with a brown sugar and pecan streusel. An easy and elegant side dish that’s perfect for the holidays.

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Creamiest Scalloped Potatoes

This scalloped potatoes recipe is the ultimate comfort food and a perfect side dish for any occasion. With its creamy, garlicky, and savory flavors, it is sure to please everyone at the dinner table.

Recipe: scalloped potatoes

Sauteed Julienne Carrots in Maple Thyme Glaze

These maple-glazed julienne carrots are a perfect combination of savory and sweet, with a beautiful golden brown color and a caramelized flavor. With only a handful of ingredients, this easy side dish is a great addition to any holiday table or weeknight dinner.

Recipe: sauteed carrots

Roasted Acorn Squash

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This Roasted Acorn Squash is a beautiful and delicious side dish. Sliced acorn squash is oven roasted in a sweet and spicy buttery sauce, then topped with toasted pumpkin seeds, pomegranate arils, and orange zest for a holiday table showstopper!

Green Bean Casserole

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Homemade Green Bean Casserole with Fresh Green Beans is a comforting side dish recipe for your holiday table! A classic recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter. Crisp beans cooked in a mushroom creamy sauce topped with fried onions.

Baked Potato

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This Healthy Baked Potato is stuffed with the tastiest vegetables like spinach and mushrooms. It’s easy, healthy and makes the ultimate comfort food. This Healthy Loaded Baked Potato is perfect for any occasion.

Layered Sweet Potato Casserole

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Layered Sweet Potato Casserole is a classic side dish often enjoyed during Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. It features sliced or mashed sweet potatoes layered with a sweet mixture typically made with brown sugar, butter, and spices. The casserole is often topped with marshmallows or a streusel topping, then baked until the sweet potatoes are tender and the top is golden and bubbly, creating a rich and comforting side dish that combines sweetness and warmth.

Fried Corn with Bacon

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This fried corn is cooked with bacon and chives until golden brown and caramelized. The ultimate easy summer side dish that pairs well with grilled meats, fish and hamburgers. A Southern classic that never goes out of style!

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Pesto Vegetables

Experience the delightful combination of vegetables and aromatic pesto sauce in our pesto vegetables recipe. This culinary fusion is sure to satisfy. Prepare to savor the vibrant flavors and enticing aromas as roasted veggies are perfectly paired with a flavorful pesto sauce!

Recipe: pesto vegetables

Grilled Vegetable Napoleon

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This grilled vegetable Napoleon is a showstopper with vibrant, char-grilled layers of veggies like eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, portobello mushroom, and more. If you want a visually stunning and flavorful side dish, look no further. Served with aromatic basil pesto, it is stunning and flavorful.

Recipe: vegetable napoleon

Funeral Potatoes

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Funeral potatoes are creamy and cheesy potatoes that are topped with buttered cornflakes and baked to golden brown perfection. A super easy casserole that’s perfect for feeding a crowd and always gets rave reviews!

Savory Baked Pears with Gorgonzola

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Savory Baked Pears with Gorgonzola is a sophisticated and flavorful appetizer or side dish. This dish involves baking ripe pear halves, often seasoned with herbs and a drizzle of honey, and then topping them with crumbled Gorgonzola cheese. The combination of the sweet, soft pears and the creamy, tangy cheese creates a delightful balance of flavors and textures, making it a favorite choice for those who appreciate savory-sweet pairings.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

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Cranberry sauce is a classic Thanksgiving side that pairs well with not only turkey but ham or lamb as well. It’s a family favorite that everyone loves and very noticeable when it’s missing from the table! Fresh cranberry sauce made from scratch is so much better than the jelly stuff you’d get from a can. This recipe is so easy, and made with such simple ingredients, that you’ll never go back to store-bought cranberry sauce again!

Fall Pasta Salad

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Fall pasta salad is an easy and flavorful side dish to serve at your next fall gathering. Seasonal ingredients like broccoli, pecans, and cranberries are tossed with pasta in a flavorful homemade vinaigrette and served cold.

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Roasted Potato Salad

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This Roasted Potato Salad is hands down one of my very favorite ways to make potatoes and many readers have had great success with it as well. The crispy roasted potatoes are topped with a whole grain dijon dressing and fresh goat cheese while still hot out of the oven.

Cheezy Spicy Spinach Dip

This spinach dip is a creamy and flavorful dip that is perfect for any occasion. Made with whole food ingredients like veggies and spinach leaves, it’s a healthier alternative to traditional cheesy dips.

Recipe: spinach dip

Mac and Cheese

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Looking for a healthy and delicious mac and cheese recipe? Look no further than this creamy sauce that’s ready in just 20 minutes!

Recipe: mac and cheese

Smashed Potatoes with Garlic and Herbs

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These smashed potatoes are baby potatoes that are boiled until tender, then smashed flat, topped with garlic and herb butter, and roasted until crispy and browned. A unique and unexpected potato preparation that always gets rave reviews!

Cheesy Pull-Apart Bread

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This pull-apart bread is loaded with garlic butter, herbs and plenty of cheese, all baked together to gooey perfection. The ultimate side dish or appetizer option for a crowd! You can never go wrong with garlic and cheese bread, my favorites include garlic knots, cheese bombs, and this super easy pull apart loaf.

Sauteed Mushrooms in Soy Sauce Glaze

These garlicky soy sauce sauteed mushrooms are a quick and delicious side dish that’s perfect for any meal. The umami flavor of the soy sauce and the caramelized garlic make these mushrooms irresistible.

Recipe: sauteed mushrooms

Mashed Potatoes with Celery Root

Mashed potatoes are a must in every household. But when do you say that you made the best mashed potatoes? Well, we say it if it is creamy, fluffy and flavorful. How to do that? A bit of butter, a bit of milk and the addition of other veggies like celery root to make it even more unique.

Recipe: mashed potatoes

Sweet Potato Fries

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These sweet potato fries are perfectly crispy and crunchy, just like you’d get at a restaurant! Sweet potato fries can be deep fried, or oven baked to golden brown perfection. Serve your fries alongside grilled meats or sandwiches.

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