[Augie]

What are some of your favorite side dishes?

Do you put a lot of emphasis on how well you think it'll pair with your main dish? Or do you make whatever sounds good?

[Mod-The Lesha]

steamed broccoli is my favorite. Stone wont eat it cooked, so he gets fresh.

Mason loved mashed potatoes so that's a side that is used often.

I like things that compliment the main dish but its not a necessity. And I do try to have more veggies than carbs. I.e. I try not to serve mac n cheese & taters together.

[Keakie]

I'm most concerned that it's somewhat balanced, but usually things go together well enough anyway.

I make a lot of simple barley side dishes, and use whole grain rice once a week or so, too. Oven roasted potatoes are popular around here too. I can also make an awesome risotto, so that's another versatile option for us.

I do a lot of steamed vegetables, occasionally sauteed and sometimes I'll just do a salad.

It's all pretty standard fare but I try to find ways to make it fun or special, depending on what the rest of the meal is and what I have in the house.

[Augie]

I usually try to pair things well. Last night I made some garlic cheddar biscuits with dinner despite knowing they wouldn't pair well just because I REALLY wanted them.

[babyloves2dance]

We do mashed potatoes a lot.

I usually try to pair my sides with the main dish.

[C&K'sMama]

Originally Posted by Keakie

I make a lot of simple barley side dishes, and use whole grain rice once a week or so, too. Oven roasted potatoes are popular around here too. I can also make an awesome risotto, so that's another versatile option for us.
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Please share the wild rice and barley ideas


Anyone wanna post their side dish recipe? I make a mean mac and cheese, or mashed potatoes, but that's really the only thing that I know how to make in regard to sides (and 100 other ways to make potatoes, but it's so redundant).

[Brittanie]

I just pretty much make whatever I want...I don't necessarily think that something like cheddar biscuits WOULDN'T go with just about everything! lol

I do biscuits and lipton rice sides a lot. We try to have a veggie side, too, usually corn or green beans (although I LOVE the Green Giant Steamers "Healthy Colors" line), or a fruit.

[Happy Song]

I like my sides to go with my main dish. Although matching is a rhyme or reason only understood by me.

Side fall under carb or veggie in my mind. Or fav is anything potato...

[Mama.Angie]

I make everything to pair well with the main. We have typically done more rice or noodles than potatoes, but lately we've been making a lot of roasted potatoes. DD likes corn, so we eat a lot of that as well.

[JennyLee]

I try to make them somewhat go together. We aren't big vegetable eaters (though I'm trying to incorporate more), so we have a lot of different potato and pasta sides. We do like green salad and have those often. Corn, especially fresh Iowa sweet corn in season, makes frequent appearances.

[...Aimee...]

I love broccoli cooked with bacon. Roasted asparagus. Zucchini and yellow squash sauteed with garlic and onion. Those are probably the sides I make most often. I do try to make sides go with the main dish but sometimes it's hard to come up with something