North american side dishes recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $2.0 per serving

Fat Free Sweet Potato Souffle

If you live in the Carolinas you are pretty much required to love sweet potatoes. And generally they’re pretty healthy but to make them really tasty…

Taco Sauce #2

This is inexpensive to make, stays in the fridge for weeks, and is a nice, basic sauce to drizzle on tacos or over tortilla dishes for decoration,…

Homemade Cole Slaw

A perfect side for burgers and sandwiches.

German Potato Pancakes

I loved these “pancakes” when I was a child and visited my grandmother’s house. My mother made them occasionally, but they were always a staple at…

Roasted Vegetable Succotash

Of all traditional Thanksgiving dishes, succotash is the most likely one that was served at the first feast. Introduced to colonial cooks by the…

Savory Baked Sweet Corn

A farm dish makes it to the city table. Use fresh sweet corn for a tasty creamy hot side dish with fried chicken and green beans. ©2007-2014…

Creamed Spinach - Steakhouse Style

This dish is very versatile and it pairs well with turkey, ham or pork loin and but goes especially well with…

Caraway Coleslaw

Dehydrated Onions

It's easy to use a handful of dehydrated onions to flavor your food.

mashed potatoes

These are special, and go well with the pan gravy recipe I am posting. Using Yukon Gold potatoes, you can either leave all the skins on, or, as I…

Balsamic Mayonnaise

This is mayonnaise set on it's ear. I came up with it one day while making my traditional homemade mayo. I searched my pantry, and to my dismay, I…

Roasted Potatoes with Thyme and Gorgonzola

Creamy Gorgonzola cheese turns this basic potato recipe into a savory and spectacular side! Try this with all…

Pineapple Rice with Green Soybeans

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

Healthy Watergate Salad

Healthy Watergate Salad is an easy no cook, quick, healthy, low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low carbohydrates, low sugars, diabetic friendly,…

Lemon~Dill and Capers Rice Side Dish

Works so well with Baked Chicken,