Side Dishes and Vegetable Recipes

Mustard greens are a healthy green with a bit of a mustard-like tangy flavor. This easy vegetable side dish recipe is full of vitamins and minerals, so eat up!

When cooked properly, brussel sprouts are actually very tasty, despite the bad reputation they receive! This vegetable side dish recipe for balsamic roasted brussel sprouts is very quick and easy to prepare, but make sure you use fresh brussel sprouts and trim the ends first. A simple vegetable recipe for an easy and healthy side dish.

What makes these stuffed tomatoes so quick and easy to prepare? The secret is that they aren't actually stuffed! These tomatoes have a filling pile on top rather than stuffed inside, making them the quickest and easiest stuffed tomato recipe you'll ever find. Perfect for dinner, as a vegetarian side dish or a simple appetizer.

Blanched spinach is pureed with basil in this gourmet spinach side dish recipe. A simple yet elegant vegetable side dish for vegetarian and vegan meals.

A simple side vegetable dish. Baby carrots are naturally sweet, and this quick and easy vegetable recipe brings that natural sweetness out with a simple glaze. The whole family will enjoy these healthy glazed carrots.

This easy vegetarian butternut squash casserole with apples would make an excellent Thanksgiving side dish. Peeling and seeding butternut squash does take a bit of effort, but you'll want to use fresh rather than frozen butternut squash in this recipe. For a vegan butternut squash casserole, you could use a dairy-free margarine instead of butter.

If you're bored with the usual vegetable side dishes, try this recipe for veggies cooked with an Indian coconut curry. Or, add some tofu and serve over rice for a healthy vegetarian main dish.

A vegetarian and vegan recipe for oven-roasted sunchokes, also called Jerusalem artichokes. This roasted sunchoke recipe would make a nice alternative to oven-roasted potatoes for dinner anytime. A simple vegetable recipe for an easy and healthy side dish.

You'll love eating your collard greens if they're spiced and cooked properly. This simple vegetarian and vegan recipe for collard greens adds just a few basic spices to give them a bit of a kick! Collard greens and rice can be served as a vegetable side dish, or, add some sauteed tofu to turn it into an entree.

A simple recipe for lightly wilted escarole greens for a vegetarian or vegan side dish.

A vegetarian vegetable side dish of roasted wintery vegetables in a lightly sweetened sauce. This recipe combines sweet potatoes, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts into a healthy and simple vegetable side dish to accompany any meal. Use vegan margarine instead of butter to make these vegetables vegan and a bit lighter. Suitable for those on a...

This is a quick and easy asparagus recipe that uses just a few simple ingredients, including soy sauce, sesame oil and dijon mustard, and topped with crunchy sesame seeds for extra flavor and texture. This quick asparagus recipe is both vegetarian and vegan.

A healthy Chinese restaurant-style recipe for broccoli in a sweet garlic sauce, served with rice. Feel free to add in some other veggies too, perhaps sliced carrots or baby corn, or even some tofu for a heartier meal.

Fry up some vegetarian Italian "sausages" to add to a normal stir-fry recipe. A few bell peppers might also go well with this basic stir-fry. Try it alongside toast for breakfast.

Oil-free "Fried" zucchini is a low-fat healthy vegetable side dish that is absolutely delicious and very easy to prepare, though you may have to plan on making a double-batch!

Sweet potatoes, carrots and turnips combine in a low fat and healthy pureed vegetable side recipe that the whole family will love. Perfect side dish for a vegetarian Thanksgiving or fall evening.

If you like traditional vegetarian tabbouleh salad, try this gourmet tabbouleh made with feta cheese and edamame soy beans. Serve it either as a side or as a main.

Creamy Spiced Broccoli and Cauliflower

Sweet potatoes, carrots and parsnips create the base of this simple yet elegant vegetarian and vegan side dish.

A quick and easy side dish of carrots with a bit of sugar and spiced with cinnamon.

With just five ingredients, and done in five minutes, there's no excuse not to eat your spinach! This easy creamed spinach recipe is a healthy and low-fat vegetable side dish and is both vegetarian and vegan.

Side dishes and vegetable dishes for a healthy vegetarian Thanksgiving menu, including mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans and more.

Whether you call it cranberry sauce or cranberry relish, no Thanksgiving or Christmas meal is complete without some, and this is a healthy homemade recipe that is fat-free and low-calorie.

Tempura is deep-fried and battered vegetables. If you'd like to try making a vegetarian tempura recipe at home, this is an easy vegetarian and vegan recipe to try. My favorite vegan tempura ingredient is sweet potatoes!

Another healthy vegetable recipe for a nutritious side dish, this one made from kale cooked in a roux and baked into a side casserole dish. Kale is such a healthy vegetable, it makes a great addition to any meal as a simple side dish.

A vegetarian tabbouleh (also spelled tabouleh or tabouli) salad, made with healthy, whole grain and high-protein quinoa. It's really a two-in-one: you get a quinoa salad as well as a traditional Middle Eastern tabbouleh, and it's vegetarian and vegan.

Use tofu to make a cholesterol-free lower-fat ricotta cheese substitute that is 100% vegan and dairy-free! If you need a ricotta cheese substitute for a vegan lasagna or ravioli, try this simple yet convincing ricotta cheese substitute.

Looking for a healthy quinoa recipe or wondering what's the best way to cook quinoa? Look no further! Here are my favorite fabulously easy and healthy vegetarian and vegan whole grain quinoa recipes.

If you like creamed spinach, you'll like this healthy vegetarian creamed kale recipe. Kale is one of the healthiest foods on the planet, and, prepared properly, can be delicious as well.

Vegetarian Hominy and Cheese Salad Recipe

Try this unique mushroom gratin recipe for a French inspired creamy vegetable side dish. If you like mushrooms, you'll really enjoy this mushroom gratin as a side dish to your vegetarian meal.

Gluten-Free Mashed Turnips

Gluten-Free Cheesy Rice Balls

Vegetarian Turnip Gratine

Enjoy raw kale chips with this fun, crunchy, nutritious recipe made in the dehydrator or the oven. Make curly kale a new friend at your dinner table with this simple recipe for Raw Kale Crisps.

These easy Spanish tapas mushrooms are lightly cooked with sherry and fresh chopped parsley for a light and healthy flavor. If you've never tried cooking vegetarian tapas (Spanish appetizers) before, this is a fairly simple vegetarian and vegan tapas recipe to start with.

Chinese spring rolls served fresh or fried are a tasty vegetarian and vegan meal or appetizer. These vegetarian Chinese spring rolls are wrapped with bean thread noodles, bamboo shoots and lots of cilantro for a flavorful Asian dish.

This summery recipe uses fresh apricots for a quick yet tasty appetizer or hors'd oeuvres. You can make this vegetarian recipe vegan by using a vegan cream cheese.

A good vegan cornbread shouldn't be too crumbly, and should have plenty of moisture. This is a super quick and easy vegan cornbread recipe using self-rising cornmeal.

A cheesy vegan garlic bread recipe made with vegan soy cheese and vegan mayonnaise for a dairy-free but still traditional vegan garlic bread. Perfect for a vegan barbecue or cookout.

A yummy vegetarian matzo appetizer or snack using non-dairy cream cheese and matzo meal. Blend together a few easy ingredients, then stuff the mushrooms.

Vegan Jalapeno Poppers Recipe

However you prefer to eat your Indian samosas, be sure to serve them with a dipping sauce and enjoy your traditional Indian food meal!

Perfect for your vegetarian Passover Seder meal. Using an organic wine and unrefined sugar will make this recipe suitable for all of your vegan guests, no matter how strict their diets!

By adding just a touch of sugar to naturally sweet carrots, I guarantee you will get your entire family to eat their veggies! This quick and easy vegetable side dish recipe is both vegetarian and vegan, just be sure to use a vegan margarine.

Curried quinoa is a healthy and low-fat side dish that is delicious hot or cold. This recipe is both vegetarian and vegan.

If you like fresh healthy Thai or Vietnamese spring rolls, try this easy recipe for vegetarian tofu spring rolls. You could use basil or just about any fresh herb that you like instead of mint.

Vegans love cornbread too! Skillet cornbread is a southern favorite. If you're vegan, you don't have to miss out - try this dairy-free and egg-free version of vegan skillet cornbread.

Thai style spring rolls, also called fresh rolls, are super easy and quick to make! Be sure to make a dipping sauce to serve along with your spring rolls!

Vegan Bean Bruschetta

If you've got lots of fresh seasonal apples on hand, this is a great way to use them all up in a sweet, salty and savory side dish of cooked apples with leeks.

Vegan Hush Puppies Recipe

Cauliflower and Pepper Hash Recipe

Beet casserole is the perfect colorful side dish for your vegetarian or vegan Passover or Seder meal.

This vegetarian Chinese-style spring roll recipe uses shiitake mushrooms and soy sauce for a very Asian flavor.

Though the combination of apples and potatoes may seem odd at first, this simple recipe for apple mash is surprisingly flavorful and sure to please. Add this vegetarian and vegan dish to the menu for your Irish or St. Patrick's day event.

If you like Indian spices such as curry or ginger, you'll love this recipe of mixed carrots, peas and potatoes simmered in a generous amount of aromatic Indian spices. This recipe for curried Indian mixed veggies is both vegetarian and vegan.

This broccoli recipe will be a hit with the kids, and is quick and simple to prepare. Using just a few easy ingredients, this casserole combines nutritious rice and broccoli with a cheese sauce that kids will enjoy. Serve as a vegetable side dish or as an entree.

A vegetarian and vegan spring roll recipe with lettuce, cucumbers, sprouts and noodles. This basic spring roll recipe uses low-fat and low-calorie ingredients, so it makes for a very light appetizer or small meal.

This is an easy and flavorful recipe for roasted potatoes with rosemary. If you can turn on the oven, you can make this recipe!

If you can't get your family to eat their spinach, try this creamy, cheesy and vegetarian crock pot spinach casserole recipe for a healthy vegetable side dish.

This easy mayonnaise-free vegetarian and vegan potato salad recipe is great for a picnic, since you don't have to worry about refrigeration.

No added sugar is needed, since this recipe is naturally sweet. Just be sure to use sugar-free, naturally dehydrated fruits in order to make this recipe truly raw.

Kale is a very healthy and nutritious vegetable side dish, and this kale recipe is a great way to serve it up.

These cajun-style greens have a bit of a kick, but you could reduce the amount of spices for a tamer dish.

This simple carrot dish uses a Thai peanut sauce to create a filling and healthy side dish.

Simple recipe for stuffed grape leaves from About.com's guide to Middle East cuisine.

Sunchokes, also called Jerusalem artichokes are absolutely delicious when grilled, and pick up lovely charred grill marks quite well.

A homemade vegan stuffed tomato recipe filled with a rice and veggie mixture and topped off with a bit of vegan cheese. Vegan stuffed tomatoes can be served as an appetizer, side or main dish.

A vegetarian recipe for black eyed pea salad, with celery, onion, tomato and mayonnaise.

Wondering how to broil eggplant in the oven? Here's a simple broiled eggplant recipe for a side dish or vegetarian appetizer. Eggplant is drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then broiled in the oven.

Breaded zucchini chips for vegans - Baked zucchini chips - Low-fat fried zucchini for vegans - Here's an easy way to make breaded and baked zucchini chips without milk or eggs - completely vegan.

Easy cranberry sauce recipe with apples. A homemade vegan cranberry sauce recipe.

Grilled broccoli with hoisin sauce

Gourmet cranberry cabernet sauce recipe

Vegan maple wheat rolls are a simple and easy yeast dinner roll. They're sugar free and fairly quick and easy to prepare.

Ran out of skewers? No problem! Just toss all your veggies on some foil, add a few seasonings, wrap it up and toss the entire packet on the grill. This foil-grilled vegetable packet recipe has a few Asian flavors in it, and would go well with rice or noodles, but they're also delicious just on their own.

Creamed Swiss chard for vegans! If you like creamed spinach, try this creamed Swiss chard recipe for variation. Any kind of Swiss chard will do - red, white or rainbow! This dairy-free chard recipe is made with flour, soy milk and a dash of nutritional yeast instead of milk or cream.

This is a vegetarian recipe for Greek Soufle Kounoupithiou, a baked cauliflower and cheese souffle.

About's Guide to Mexican Cuisine shares this quick recipe to add spice and color to plain corn.