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    Side Dish Recipes

    If you are looking for the best side dish recipes for a casual weeknight dinner, a family gathering, an evening with friends or a festive holiday dinner, check out my incredibly quick and easy side dish recipes. Great taste in half the time.

    From my easy no-fuss Homemade French Fries to Southern Baked Pineapple Casserole, Baked Mushroom Casserole, Baked Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes, to Easy Parmesan Potatoes Au Gratin and Sauteed Spinach with Lemon and Garlic, find the perfect side dish recipe to please even your "pickiest eaters."

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    Smoked Baked Beans in a cast-iron skillet.

    Best Smoked Baked Beans

    Smashed truffle potatoes on a bronze plate with a sprig of rosemary.

    Easy Parmesan Truffle Potatoes

    Two biscuit halves topped with tomato gravy.

    Old-Fashioned Southern Tomato Gravy

    A white bowl full of creamed corn garnished with a sprig of thyme.

    Southern Homemade Creamed Corn

    Easy Peasy Purple Hull Peas

    Spinach salad topped with sliced apples, pecans and feta cheese in a white bowl.

    Simple Spinach Salad with Apples & Pecans

    A large bowl of cooked black-eyed peas topped with parsley.

    Southern Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

    A white serving dish full of mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter.

    Easy Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

    A glass dish full of cranberry sauce, topped with lemon peels.

    Easy Cranberry Sauce with Fruit and Nuts

    A collage of sweet potato recipes including a pie, soup, and two casseroles.

    15 Sweet and Savory Sweet Potato Recipes

    A white casserole dish with candied sweet potatoes.

    Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes

    A rectangle white baking dish full of sweet potato casserole.

    Southern Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole

    Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.

    Baked Pineapple Cheese Casserole

    An oval casserole dish with cornbread pudding and a serving spoon.

    Easy Southern Cornbread Pudding

    A white baking dish holding Cauliflower Cheese Bake casserole.

    Baked Cauliflower with Gruyere Cheese

    Thanksgiving dressing and stuffing images.

    23 Savory Dressing and Stuffing Recipes

    Cornbread dressing with sausage and pecans in a dish ready to serve.

    Easy Cornbread Dressing with Sausage

    Halloween deviled eggs with black olive spiders on top.

    Halloween Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs

    A large white oval bowl full of creamed potatoes and topped with parsley.

    Easy Old Fashioned Creamed Potatoes

    Cornbread in a cast iron skillet.

    Easy Southern Cornbread with Buttermilk

    Two clear glass bowls of gazpacho.

    Easy Gazpacho – Cold Spanish Soup

    Two hasselback potatoes on a plate garnished with a spring of rosemary.

    Easy Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes

    A basket full of fried hush puppies.

    Homemade Southern Style Hush Puppies

    Two loaded twice baked potatoes topped with cheese and bacon.

    Easy Air Fryer Loaded Twice-Baked Potatoes

    A blue and white bowl full of watermelon feta salad.

    Watermelon Feta Salad with Basil and Blueberries

    Easy Classic Southern Tomato Pie ready to serve

    Easy Southern Tomato Pie

    Mushroom and broccoli frittata cut into slices in a black skillet.

    Cheesy Mushroom and Broccoli Frittata

    Six hoecakes or fried cornbread on a white plate.

    Quick and Easy Hoe Cakes (Fried Cornbread)

    Southern Broccoli Salad in a white metal bowl with a blue rim.

    Southern Broccoli Salad with Craisins

    Southern deviled eggs on a white egg plate.

    Best Southern Deviled Eggs

    Broccoli cheese casserole on a blue kitchen towel.

    Broccoli Cheese Casserole with Ritz Crackers

    Slices of Texas toast garlic bread are topped with melted cheese.

    Easy Cheesy Texas Toast Garlic Bread

    Spicy Corn Casserole in a cast-iron-skillet.

    Spicy Corn Casserole

    A bowl of cooked sliced carrots topped with chopped bell pepper.

    Copper Pennies (Marinated Carrots)

    Tomato Avocado Feta Salad in a white serving dish.

    Tomato Avocado Feta Salad with Corn

    A white serving bowl with onion casserole topped with Ritz cracker crumbs.

    Southern Sweet Onion Casserole

    Fresh corn salad in a beautiful green pottery bowl.

    Southern Corn Salad

    Smoked sweet potato topped with butter with pecans and chives.

    Smoked Sweet Potatoes

    Crispy fried potatoes in a skillet topped with bacon.

    Southern Fried Potatoes and Onions

    Sweet and sour green beans in a white bowl topped with bacon.

    Sweet and Sour Green Beans with Bacon

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    Celebrate Father's Day with these easy recipes:

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      Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs and Dry Rub
    • Three scoops of bourbon ice cream in a glass dessert dish.
      Bourbon Ice Cream
    • Chili Rubbed Ribeye Steak topped with three pats of Maple Bourbon Butter on a white plate.
      Chili Rubbed Ribeye Steak with Maple Bourbon Butter
    • Two hamburgers topped with pimento cheese, fried onion rings, and a fried green tomato.
      Best Southern Pimento Cheese Burgers
    • Three oysters Rockefeller on a bed of rock salt.
      The Ultimate Oysters Rockefeller Recipe
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      Best Southern Crispy Fried Oysters

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    • A white bowl full of creamy potato salad topped with paprika.
      Classic Southern Potato Salad
    • A clear glass trifle dish with layers of angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream.
      Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake
    • Six hoecakes or fried cornbread on a white plate.
      Quick and Easy Hoe Cakes (Fried Cornbread)
    • Broccoli cheese casserole on a blue kitchen towel.
      Broccoli Cheese Casserole with Ritz Crackers
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      Easy Au Gratin Potatoes and Ham
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