5 Ingredient Side Dish Recipes

Need a unique side dish substitute to plain rice? Try this.

This quick and easy recipe for bok choy stir fry goes nicely with any meat. I like to add 1/4 teaspoon chicken soup base (such as Penzey's®) to the hot bok choy. You can substitute 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger for the fresh ginger, if desired.

Yum.

Butter beans with bacon are delicious.

Add some oomph to those boring mashed potatoes!

This is my favorite way to eat grits! Simple and delicious grits flavored with sauteed mushrooms and Parmesan cheese.

This is very easy and healthy. It tastes like pumpkin pie!

Pan-roasting in duck fat gives these potatoes a luxurious flavor that can't be added any other way. These potatoes will step up your breakfast game and have everyone beg you to make them again and again! This also makes a wonderful breakfast dish; just serve alongside some eggs and bacon and you are all set!

This microwave baked potato tastes like it was slow-roasted in the oven.

Try this easy, sautéed green bean recipe with a garlicky butter sauce.

Use a little sugar and lemon juice in the water to make the sweetest, quickest, tastiest boiled corn on the cob.

Roasted butternut squash with garlic is a quick and easy side dish ready in less than an hour for a weeknight or a holiday gathering.