Easy veggie side dishes?

cablegirl · April 2012

Hi all! We seem to eat the same 10 vegetable side dishes due to picky eaters and lack of ideas and time on my part.

Our usuals are: breaded cauliflower, cucumber tomato salad, edamame, peas, corn, baked sweet potatoes, broccoli slaw, creamed spinach, au gratin potatoes, green beans and avocado/ guac. I'd like to expand a little and will take any quick and easy ideas you have. BTW, broccoli and brussel sprouts are a no-go; two of my favorite, but no one else here will touch them.

Thanks!

CKinLA · April 2012

I love to slice up summer squash and saut? it with butter (heavenly) or a smudge of olive oil.

One of my favorites is to cook carrots, new potatoes and leeks wrapped in parchment. I add a little garlic, butter, s&p and it's amazing.

I also will just steam stir fry veggies and add a tsp of coconut oil. It really livens them up.

living_insanity · April 2012

I like baby carrots with a brown sugar glaze

I just saw some sweet potatoes with feta that seemed yummy!

I also like Bobby Flays grilled sweet potatoes with balsamic

sparklesf611 · April 2012

I'm sending you the Side Dish Solutions link in my blog (there is one broccoli in there but there are some other things in there I think your family might like).

sparklesf611 · April 2012

living_insanity:
I like baby carrots with a brown sugar glaze
I just saw some sweet potatoes with feta that seemed yummy!
I also like Bobby Flays grilled sweet potatoes with balsamic

I love those baby carrots! Too bad DH eats baby carrots every day at work otherwise I'd make them way more often.

cablegirl · April 2012

sparklesf611:
I'm sending you the Side Dish Solutions link in my blog (there is one broccoli in there but there are some other things in there I think your family might like).

Thanks so much for this!