Quick and easy boil side dishes recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $0.5 per serving

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Fusilli Salad with Fresh Cilantro and Sweet Peppers

Fusilli Salad with Fresh Cilantro and Sweet Peppers

Fusilli Salad with Fresh Cilantro and Sweet Peppers is a healthy, delicious, healthy side dish for your…

Kyle Dalakas
May 2017
Advanced
1 vote
1843 views
Healthy Colcannon

Healthy Colcannon

Healthy Colcannon is a traditional Irish side dish with cabbage and potatoes. This is a must have side dish for Saint Patrick's Day. It takes only…

RecipeKing
Mar 2015
Intermediate
1 vote
2102 views
WW Cranberry-Apple Relish

WW Cranberry-Apple Relish

WW Cranberry-Apple Relish is an easy recipe and is a great option for a Thanksgiving and Christmas condiment to your turkey meal. It is a healthy,…

RecipeKing
Dec 2014
Intermediate
1 vote
2617 views
Spicy Red Anjou Pear Sauce:

Spicy Red Anjou Pear Sauce:

A cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice flavored sauce made from Red Anjou Pears. A tasty side dish to have with pork, chicken or vegetarian as salad or…

Julia Ann Souders
Nov 2014
Intermediate
1 vote
2432 views
Browned Butter

Browned Butter

The Amish use browned butter on their vegetable and over mashed potatoes. You can make it and keep in the refridgerator til ready to use. It has a…

Denise Sherin
Mar 2014
Advanced
1 vote
1158 views
Knepp (Amish Dumplings)

Knepp (Amish Dumplings)

Knepp are Amish dumplings they are part of an old amish dish Schnitz und Knepp. I will post that recipe as well, but these dumplings can be used in…

Denise Sherin
Mar 2014
Advanced
1 vote
2753 views
Lancaster County Lima Beans

Lancaster County Lima Beans

The Amish serve many of their vegetables in cream and most of the are very good. Lima beans in cream are outstanding!

Denise Sherin
Mar 2014
Advanced
1 vote
1458 views
Pineapple Rice with Green Soybeans

Pineapple Rice with Green Soybeans

This colorful rice side or vegetarian entrée is a healthy and novel departure from same-old, same-old steamed…

Salad Foodie
Dec 2013
Professional
1 vote
4916 views
Macaroni and slaw salad

Macaroni and slaw salad

This recipe comes from my Taste of Home cookbook. It is a delicious, easy to make and my go to salad recipe for potlucks.

Micheline
Jun 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
9692 views
Easy Persian Rice in a Rice Cooker

Easy Persian Rice in a Rice Cooker

Admittedly, this doesn't capture the crunch outside of the normal method of making persian rice. But if you…

John Spottiswood
Mar 2013
Advanced
3 votes
13492 views
In-a-Pinch Cranberry Sauce made from Dried Cranberries

In-a-Pinch Cranberry Sauce made from Dried Cranberries

I serve turkey year round but forget to keep canned cranberry sauce on hand; even when I do it's hard to use up…

Salad Foodie
Nov 2012
Professional
2 votes
5124 views
Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage (Colcannon)

Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage (Colcannon)

A perfect way to boost nutrition in mashed potatoes, this is a favorite Irish side dish but can certainly…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2012
Professional
2 votes
5604 views
Kale with Kalamata Olives

Kale with Kalamata Olives

Kale is hearty and healthy, and often teams in winter soups with potatoes and beans. But in this recipe, based on Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian…

Salad Foodie
Jan 2012
Professional
1 vote
2147 views
Sweet Zucchini Pickles

Sweet Zucchini Pickles

Too many zucchini - what to do? A recipe by Chuck Allen (Palm Springs) caught my eye. Expectations are high from this retired chef, so he takes this…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2011
Professional
1 vote
3365 views
Chinese Broccoli (gai lan)

Chinese Broccoli (gai lan)

Excellent side dish to any meal. No bitter taste and a little crunch.

Melinda
Mar 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
2827 views