Side Dish Recipes

150+ Side dish recipes that are budget-friendly and delicious. We’ve got pasta, salads, beans, rice, vegetables, potatoes and more!

Easy Side Dish Recipes

a piece of oven roasted broccoli being dipped into a cup of comeback sauce

Perfect Oven Roasted Broccoli

$3.34 recipe / $0.84 serving

Creamy Cucumber Salad

$2.31 recipe / $0.58 serving

Cowboy Caviar

$5.30 recipe / $0.53 serving

close up of three bean salad in the bowl

Classic Three Bean Salad

$2.79 recipe / $0.56 serving

Side view of sautéed vegetables in the skillet

Simple Sautéed Vegetables

Vegetarian Side Dishes

Holiday Side Dishes

Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes

$2.05 recipe / $0.34 serving

Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes in a casserole dish with a wooden spoon on a blue background with leaves and pine cones on the side.

Maple Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecans

$6.77 recipe / $1.13 serving

Wild Rice Pilaf

$2.73 recipe / $0.68 serving

Overhead view of green bean casserole in an oval dish with a spoon

The Best Green Bean Casserole (no canned soup)

$7.85 recipe / $1.31 serving

This simple cranberry sauce only requires three ingredients but has enough flavor to add excitement to your holiday meal. BudgetBytes.com

Classic Homemade Cranberry Sauce

$2.77 recipe / $0.46 serving

Roasted Carrots

$2.38 recipe / $0.60 serving

Potatoes Au Gratin

Sweet Molasses Dinner Rolls

$1.87 recipe / $0.16 each

Newest Side Dish Recipes

Roasted Cauliflower

$3.87 recipe / $0.97 serving

Roasted cauliflower is an easy and versatile ingredient that makes a great side dish or can be added to any meal for more flavor and texture.

Butternut Squash Salad

$6.43 recipe / $1.61 serving

This colorful butternut squash salad features roasted butternut squash, tender greens, flavorful toppings, and a maple Dijon vinaigrette.

Sweet Potato Casserole

$5.94 recipe / $0.74 serving

Greater than the sum of its parts, this buttery sweet potato casserole is a breeze to put together and will be the star of your dinner table!

Mashed Potatoes

$2.83 recipe / $0.57 serving

Follow these easy steps to make the smoothest, fluffiest, cloud-like mashed potatoes you've ever had! Plus ideas for more flavor add-ins.

Overhead shot of a white bowl of red beans and rice.

Puerto Rican Rice And Beans

$8.24 recipe / $0.69 serving

Boricuas eat Puerto Rican Rice and Beans almost every day because the dish has bold flavors, it's easy to prepare, and it's budget-friendly!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad

$7.20 recipe / $1.44 serving

This cozy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad features roasted vegetables, toasted pecans, creamy goat cheese, and a tangy maple dijon dressing.

close up of a baked sweet potato with butter.

Baked Sweet Potatoes

$3.22 recipe / $0.81 serving

Baked sweet potatoes are an easy and inexpensive way to bulk up any meal. Serve them as a side dish or the base of your favorite meal!

Roasted Spaghetti Squash

$1.51 recipe / $0.37 serving

There's a hard way and an easy way to roast spaghetti squash. Here's the easiest way to get roasted strands of squash on your table fast.

Hot Honey Cornbread

$7.38 recipe / $0.92 serving

The days of dry, crumbly cornbread are over. Check out this recipe for succulent, sweet, and spicy Hot Honey Cornbread.

Baked Beans

$7.56 recipe / $0.76 serving

These baked beans combine the simplicity of canned beans with bacon and a sweet, smoky, and tangy homemade BBQ sauce.

Succotash

$5.46 recipe / $0.55 serving

Succotash is a simple and colorful side dish made with corn and lima beans that is savory, subtly sweet, and full of delicious flavor.

Close up side view of Deruny on a plate with sour cream.

Deruny (Draniki) – Ukrainian Potato Pancakes