20+ easy vegetable side dishes. Tasty vegetables you can serve alongside your main meals. From homemade coleslaw to spicy peas and beans and more.
Updated May 2026 This Chicory Salad is a fresh, peppery, and vibrant side dish that’s perfect for summer barbecues, lunchboxes, or a light family dinner. Packed with watercress, baby tomatoes, cucumber, and white chicory, it’s tossed in a fiery chilli and ginger dressing that adds a refreshing zing and subtle heat. Chicory adds a slightly...
Updated: April 2026This ranch coleslaw recipe is a quick and easy twist on classic homemade coleslaw. Crunchy cabbage, carrots and red onion are tossed in creamy ranch dressing for a fresh, tangy slaw that’s perfect with BBQ food, burgers, chicken, sandwiches, wraps and baked potatoes. It’s ready in around 15 minutes, uses simple ingredients and...
Updated: April 2026This cauliflower cheese in the air fryer is the easiest way to make a quick, cheesy vegetable side dish with barely any effort. It uses frozen cauliflower, instant cheese sauce and grated Cheddar, so there’s no faff, no homemade sauce and no waste. Just tender cauliflower covered in creamy cheese sauce, finished in...
Updated: April 2026These homemade Nando’s style peas are a quick and easy version of the famous macho peas side dish. They’re buttery, herby, lightly spicy and made with simple frozen peas, fresh herbs, chilli and seasoning. Half the peas are mashed, half are left whole, so you get that lovely chunky texture that makes them...
Updated: April 2026 These air fryer honey roast carrots and parsnips are one of the easiest roast dinner side dishes you can make. They come out golden, tender and lightly caramelised, with just the right amount of honey glaze, and they take much less effort than oven roasting. They’re especially lovely for: The air fryer...
Updated: March 2026 If you’ve ever ordered a curry from an Indian takeaway in the UK, you’ll almost certainly have been served a fresh Indian salad on the side. This simple Indian salad recipe (sometimes called kachumber salad or Indian takeaway salad) is made with crisp lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, coriander and chilli, finished with a...
Updated: 12 March 2026 What To Serve With Chicken Wraps Wondering what to serve with chicken wraps? These easy and delicious side dishes are perfect for turning simple wraps into a proper meal. Chicken wraps are a quick and tasty dinner idea. Whether you're making BBQ chicken wraps, chicken fajita wraps or simple grilled chicken...
Deliciously easy roasted fall vegetables, perfect side dish for casseroles, stews, chicken or sausages. Why You'll LOVE These Roasted Autumn Veggies Healthy and wholesome - we kinda love a big tray of roasted autumn vegetables, they're bursting with great vitamins, all count towards your 5-a-day and are just so simple and easy to throw together....
Mashed potatoes are super versatile and we've got 10 ways to flavor up mashed potatoes and notch them up to the next level! Mashed potato has to be the ultimate cold weather comfort food, a creamy mountain of mashed potatoes makes a great side dish to loads of different family meals. Served alongside delicious slow...
A super easy Christmas Red Cabbage recipe – sweet braised red cabbage with apples. A foolproof Christmas side dish that’s perfect every time. When you’re cooking a Christmas Dinner, it can often be a little stressful! And that’s why we’ve put together a really delicious range of Christmas Side Dishes that are super easy to prepare and...
Our tasty homemade red cabbage slaw is the perfect side dish for a flavour-packed meal! With crisp veggies and deliciously sweet, tangy bang bang dressing. Oh my goodness you guys are going to LOVE this red slaw recipe it's bound to be a hit with friends and family too. Whether you're serving red cabbage slaw...
Our Savoury Rice recipe is super easy, packed with vegetables and ready in just 10 minutes. Plus it makes a delicious side dish to chicken, fish or meat and it's great with a curry. Our Savoury rice is not only really tasty, but it's a great budget recipe that will feed a crowd. It's packed...
Our Winter Slaw is a delicious jumble of winter veggies in a tangy, creamy dressing. Goes great alongside roast ham, pork pies and sausages rolls. Adding a side of Winter coleslaw is a great way to eat fresh veggies during the colder months, and add a little colour to your plate. Winter slaw is delicious...
Root Veg Mash is a super easy, tasty and warming vegetable side dish. And, when you're cooking for a family, it's a great way of helping the kids hit their 5-a-day! Our root veg mash is just the perfect winter warmer food! Delicious served with sausages, casseroles or roast dinners. Or you can use the...
Butter braised cabbage is one of our favourite ways to cook Savoy cabbage. Lush green cabbage, slowly cooked down in garlicky butter with just a sprinkling of nutmeg. It's so good! Our simple Savoy cabbage recipe is really easy to make and totally delicious to eat. A great vegetable side dish for alongside your roast dinner, or...
I know this might not sound like much of a recipe, but trust me, you have to try my cheesy mashed potatoes - they're ridiculously good! It’s such a quick and easy way to jazz up regular mashed potatoes, and honestly, it goes perfectly with anything from sausages to a cozy beef stew or pork...
Say HELLO to the BEST Sweet Potato Wedges Air Fryer Recipe! We'll show you how to make the perfect wedges that are crispy on the outside, tender inside and just so delicious! Everyone just LOVES these piri piri sweet potato wedges cooked in the air fryer! They're a great side dish to burgers, fajitas, chilli...
Our air fryer bell peppers recipe makes just the BEST roast peppers and they're ready to eat in less than 15 minutes! Using the air fryer to make roast vegetables is not only faster, but uses way less electricity than a conventional fan oven. You can have these delicious air fryer bell peppers ready to...
Buttered Leeks are a super simple vegetable side dish that goes great with roast dinners, casseroles and stews. Slowly frying chunkily sliced leeks in butter with thyme leaves and seasoning creates a really simple, tasty vegetable side dish. It's a super easy leek recipe and tastes just so good alongside a roast dinner or with...
Cauliflower And Broccoli Cheese is the perfect side dish to slide onto the plate alongside your roast beef dinner. Match made in dinner heaven! Broccoli and cauliflower cheese just notches up the deliciousness of a traditional cauliflower cheese dish. This creamy, cheesy side dish is perfect nestled on the plate with a roast beef dinner....
In addition to being delicious and simple to cook, roast new potatoes work well with just about any meal. Roasted new potatoes, with their salted crispy skin and soft, fluffy centres, are just so scrumptious! They taste great both hot and cold, so you can serve them with anything from casseroles, stews and roast dinners...
Tricolore Salad is a beautiful Italian salad with juicy tomatoes, avocado, creamy mozzarella and fresh basil. Tricolore salad or the Italian way, Insalata Tricolore is a beautiful fresh salad that's just bursting with sunshine flavours! There's something simply delicious about the combination of plump, juicy, sweet tomatoes with slices of creamy mozzarella. And then to...
A proper roast dinner just wouldn't be complete without a mound of carrot and swede mash. This delicious vegetable side dish is super simple to make and super comforting to eat. Carrot and swede mash is such a tasty vegetable side dish. And it goes so well as a side dish to a whole load...
A super easy Christmas Parsnips recipe – maple roast parsnips. A foolproof Christmas side dish that’s perfect every time. When you’re cooking a Christmas Dinner, it always seems to be a little stressful. And that's why we've put together a really delicious range of Christmas Side Dishes that are super easy to prepare and cook....
A super easy Christmas Sprouts recipe – tender sprouts with smoky bacon and garlic butter. A foolproof Christmas side dish that’s tasty every time. It just wouldn't be Christmas Dinner without the sprouts now would it? And when cooked properly instead of boiled to a weird green grey mushy ball, Brussel sprouts can be one...
A super easy Christmas Carrots recipe - sliced carrots baked with butter, honey and thyme in a foil pack. A foolproof Christmas side dish that's delicious every time. When you're cooking a Christmas Dinner, it doesn't matter whether it's for four or twenty, it always seems to be stressful! And that's why we've put together...
Our yummy Paprika Wedges are super tasty and oh so easy to make! They’re delicious served with burgers, chicken, pizzas… pretty much anything really! Okay, we think these are just the BEST Paprika Wedges. Crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside and so simple to make! I leave the skins on the potatoes, it...
Is there anything better than Patatas Bravas and a cold beer? We think not! And we've got just the most delicious, easy tapas recipe that's perfect for summer. What Is Patatas Bravas? Patatas Bravas is a really popular tasty Spanish potato tapas dish that's super simple to make. These delicious Spanish potatoes are Cubes of...
A super easy recipe for Honey Roast Parsnips - honestly these are just the BEST roast parsnips for serving alongside your favourite roast dinner. Our honey roast parsnips are deliciously tender in the middle and sweet and sticky and caramelised around the edges - just the most perfect roast parsnips. Roast parsnips are not only...
You'll fall in love with these delicious, super easy oven baked sweet potato wedges, you'll want to make (and eat them) ALL the time - they're so good! These sweet potato wedges are one of my favourite things to cook at the moment. They always taste good and well, that lemon and dill mayonnaise drizzled...
Eat deliciously with our super easy Waldorf salad recipe. A zingy, fresh and moreish salad you can have on your plate in just 10 minutes. Our deliciously easy Waldorf salad is zingy, fresh and moreish. This simple classic salad has celery, apples and grapes tossed in a creamy mayonnaise dressing and finished with a sprinkling of...
A vibrant little mix of braised red cabbage, apples and onions with a sweet delicious taste - perfect Christmas Dinner side dish. Our super tasty, punchy braised red cabbage with apples makes the perfect side dish for any dinner. Our red cabbage recipe is really easy to prepare and cook, making it a delicious, faff...
Our basic Coleslaw Recipe is just so simple to make, you can throw this together in just a few minutes and it only uses 5 ingredients. It tastes great, low cost way of squeezing more veggies into your diet. And it's a great side dish for chicken, burgers or BBQ food. Coleslaw RECIPE Ingredients How To...
Make the most of deliciously sweet roasted butternut squash with this super easy vegetarian roast squash and feta couscous meal idea. Super simple and really tasty! A delicious and easy recipe for roast squash and feta couscous. This simple little dish is packed with flavour and big enough to be a midweek dinner for two...
We love this little side dish, sweet and spicy corn is quick to throw together and great alongside burgers, hot dogs in fact, anything off the BBQ! And it tastes just so good! Sweet And Spicy Corn Ingredients How To Make Sweet And Spicy Corn Make Spicy Corn Your Way How To Serve Your Corn...
A refreshing, quick and simple summery salad. Our radish and cucumber salad is easy to throw together and it's zingy, lemony caper dressing gives it added bite. Great alongside grilled meat, fish or a big dish of pasta. You'll just need a handful of ingredients and ten minutes. Make radish and cucumber salad your way How...
Super tasty aubergine tapas recipe - vegetarian, easy to make and perfect with crusty bread and a glass or two of wine. Enjoy! Aubergine Tapas Recipe A fiery tomato and aubergine stew makes a great little addition to a tapas spread and is super easy to make. It tastes good fresh out of the pan...
Our perfect tomato salad is not only super tasty but it's really easy to throw together too, ready in just minutes, a vibrant colourful side salad that'll perk up any dinner. Why You'll Love This Tomato Salad Recipe Super Colourful - We like to make the tomato salad with a mix of different tomato varieties...
A quick and simple cucumber salad that's perfect for serving alongside cold roast meat or salmon, vegetable hotpot, or creamy potato gratin. Simply slice the cucumber thinly and lay onto a plate. Scatter over chopped cornichons and baby capers. Mix up a plain vinaigrette dressing using olive oil, white wine vinegar and season with salt...
Delicious recipe for seasonal autumn apple coleslaw. Crunchy apples, red cabbage and carrots in a creamy dressing. Perfect with pulled pork! Homemade autumn apple coleslaw is such a treat to eat. Loaded with fresh crunchy vegetables which all count towards your 5-a-day and it tastes oh so good stuffed into bread rolls with pulled pork....
It's super easy to make up batches of oven dried tomatoes and use them in some totally tempting tomato based recipes. First of all let's make up a tray of oven dried tomatoes, you can use any of the small varieties of tomatoes you like, my favourites include cherry tomatoes, piccolo tomatoes and baby plum...
Beautifully summery and vibrant our courgette and feta salad is zingy with a kick of heat and perfect for serving alongside summer meals. A grilled zucchini salad you'll just LOVE! Chargrilled zucchini slices tossed together with crumbled tangy feta cheese. Served with a scattering of finely sliced red chilli and lemon zest finished with a...