Featured Side-Dish Recipes
Boulangère Potatoes
Lighter and healthier than Dauphinoise and just as impressive, perfect for a cold winter's night
Author:Mary Cadogan
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 8
Cook: 1 hr Prep: 20 mins
Mexican Tomato Rice
Enjoy this easy Mexican rice as a side dish to accompany beef burritos or chilli. You can choose to make it veggie if you like by using vegetable stock
Author:Barney Desmazery
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4-6
Cook: 30 mins Prep: 10 mins
Thai Minced Chicken Salad
Known as larb gai in Thailand, the hot spiciness in this chicken salad recipe works really well with the crunchy veg, creating a perfect balance of flavour and heat
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4 as a light meal or starter
Cook: 10 mins Prep: 40 mins
Barbecued Plantains
Cook perfect plantains by wrapping them in foil and barbecuing them. This Latin American relative of the banana is delicious in sweet and savoury dishes.
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 6
Cook: 30 mins Prep: 10 mins - 15 mins
Chinese-Style Kale
Give a good ol' British fave an Asian edge with a few simple shakes of the right sauces
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 2 - 3
Cook: 10 mins Prep: 5 mins
Spiced Bulgur Wheat With Roasted Peppers
This filling vegetarian salad has the spicy flavours of cumin and warming cinnamon
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4 generously
Cook: 4 mins Prep: 10 mins
New Potato & Rosemary Focaccia
This easy Italian-style loaf is inspired by the classic chip buttie - perfect as an alternative to a dinner party bread basket
Author:Miriam Nice
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4 - 6
Cook: 50 mins Prep: 40 mins
Japanese Rice/gohan
No Japanese meal is complete without gohan – fluffy, slightly sticky rice. Top this versatile food with pickles, spring onions, nori or katsuobushi flakes
Author:Elena Silcock
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: 30 mins Prep: 5 mins
Goma-Ae Japanese Greens
Serve this flavour-packed side dish alongside a Japanese feast. Spinach and green beans are tossed in a dressing of soy, miso, mirin and sesame seeds
Author:Elena Silcock
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 4
Cook: 5 mins Prep: 10 mins
Aubergine Couscous Salad
A handful of mint leaves really brings this salad alive, veggies will love it, but if you do need some meat lamb cutlets are the perfect addition
Author:Good Food
Difficulty:Easy
Serves:Serves 2
Cook: 15 mins Prep: 10 mins