Kid friendly North american side dishes recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Cauliflower Cake

This is such a great way to eat your veggies. It would be so easy to change to suit your tastes too!

Lemon-Pepper-Garlic Overnight Refrigerated Pickles

The easiest and best homemade pickles! We love these.

Zucchini Fritters

A fun and different way to eat your vegetables

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…

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

Cauliflower can be delicious, I promise Even your kids will love this recipe; just tell them it’s Mashed Potatoes. I was a little hesitant at…

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…

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

These are creamy and delicious to add to any meal. Enjoy with Love, Catherine xo

Lemon Potatoes

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…