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Christmas Side Dish Recipes

Find healthy, delicious Christmas side dish recipes including cranberry relish, sweet potato and green bean recipes. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Slow-Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes

This simple slow-cooker mashed potatoes recipe skips tedious peeling and boiling and helps save precious stovetop space by letting the slow cooker do the work.

Slow-Cooker Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Healthy sweet potato casserole

Cut calories and added sugar by adding pineapple as a sweetener and replacing traditional marshmallow topping with a healthy meringue.

Healthy sweet potato casserole

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Roasting vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, makes them sweeter. This healthy Brussels sprouts recipe makes a healthy side dish for dinner or a holiday.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Green Bean Bundles with Garlic Browned Butter

Pomegranate Molasses-Glazed Carrots with Pistachios

Rosemary Mashed Potatoes

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta & Sage

Easy Holiday Side Dishes

Festive, healthy side dishes for the holidays.

Apple, Fig & Brussels Sprouts Salad

Brussels Sprout Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Lemon-Chile Vinaigrette & Toasted Hazelnuts

Kale Salad with Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

10 Brussels Sprout Salad Recipes That’ll Steal the Show This Christmas

The holidays are full of delicious treats, but they’re also a great way to showcase some of the best in-season produce. We think Brussels sprouts deserve a rightful place on your table alongside the traditional casseroles and mashed potatoes this Christmas. These 10 Brussels sprouts salad recipes are the perfect way to add a festive pop of green to your Christmas dinner and will have you craving Brussels all year long.

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Crispy Potato Stacks with Fresh Sage

Hasselback Potatoes with Cheese

Loaded Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon, Cheddar & Chives

Garlic & Chive Mashed Potatoes

22 Delicious Potato Side Dishes to Make for the Holidays

Call us traditional, but a holiday meal just wouldn’t be complete without potatoes on the table. From Thanksgiving mashed potatoes to latkes for Hanukkah, we’ve compiled 22 of our favorite potato side dishes to carry you through the holidays!

Sausage, Apple & Wild Rice Stuffing

Swapping in cauliflower rice can help create a lower-carb holiday side. To ensure a perfect texture, wild rice and riced cauliflower are cooked separately and then combined.

Roasted Green Beans with Applewood Bacon

Cooking bacon and green beans on a sheet pan together simplifies holiday meal prep. Red-wine vinegar and lemon juice provide a balanced, bright flavor.

Mashed Turnips & Potatoes with Roasted Garlic

Replacing some of the potatoes with turnips gives this mash a slightly sweet flavor that pairs well with sharp Parmesan. You can also substitute goat cheese, blue cheese, or Cheddar.

Kale-Butternut Squash Gratin

This colorful gratin dish livens up any holiday plate. Creamy melted Gruyère is comforting, while a blend of cumin, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper lends a warm, spicy note.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Buttermilk

These garlic mashed potatoes are extra creamy, thanks to the addition of both butter and buttermilk. To prevent the potatoes from getting gummy, be sure not to overmix them in Step 2. Mashed vegetables tend to get cold easily; keep all tools--the ricer and bowl--warm by running under hot water before using.

Corn-on-the-Cob Pudding

Fresh summer corn meets up with Italian bread and jalapeño peppers in this calorie-trimmed corn casserole. Serve it alongside grilled chicken or steak at your next summer gathering.

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Whole-Wheat Stuffing

Homemade stuffing tastes so much better than any mix you can buy at the grocery store, and this recipe is quick and easy. It takes just 25 minutes to prepare and goes well with grilled or roasted beef, pork, chicken, and fish.

Fig & Walnut Wild Rice Dressing

This gluten-free dressing (or stuffing, if you prefer) leans on a blend of brown and wild rice for a complex nutty flavor. Look for dried Mission figs in the bulk aisle or with the packaged dried fruit in your grocery store. You can swap in dried cherries or cranberries if you can't find dried figs.

Green Bean Casserole Salad

Trying to lighten up your green bean casserole? Try this quick and easy salad version, which combines fried shallots, croutons, mushrooms, green beans, and chopped chard leaves for a lighter take on a holiday classic.

Roasted Heirloom Squash with Sea Salt & Local Honey

Local honey not only supports your neighborhood bee farmers, but it's unprocessed and pure, unlike the filtered honey that's available in your grocery store. Just a couple tablespoons of honey is all that's needed to sweeten this yummy roasted squash recipe. The sweet taste contrasts nicely with the sea salt to make each bite melt in your mouth.

Loaded Bread Stuffing

This bread stuffing has more than your basic celery and onion--you'll love the unexpected addition of mushrooms, red pepper, carrots and water chestnuts! And while it's the perfect addition to your holiday menu, it's also a great choice for serving with chicken or fish any night of the week.

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Green Beans with Toasted Almonds

Don't overpower the flavor of fresh vegetables--sometimes all you need is a touch of the right seasoning and a bit of crunch. These 20-minute green beans are flavored with a coriander-annatto spice blend and are topped with toasted almonds. Serve this side dish alongside any meat or fish.

Green Beans & Onions

Don't settle for boring green beans! In this quick-and-easy side-dish recipe, onions, roasted red peppers, olives and a sweet and tangy sauce add flavor and interest.

Fennel Cornbread Stuffing

This unique cornbread stuffing is seasoned with sweet fennel and kohlrabi. Starting with a packaged corn muffin mix saves prep time and allows you to focus on other holiday dishes while this bakes in the oven.

Creamy Green Beans & Mushrooms

This take on a green bean casserole from José Andrés features perfectly cooked green beans in a mushroom sauce made with real cream. Andrés even gives the traditional canned french-fried onions a run for their money with some freshly frizzled shallot rings. Serve for Thanksgiving or as a side for roast beef or roast chicken.

Garlic & Chive Mashed Potatoes

Russets are our potato of choice for this garlicky mashed potato recipe because they cook up super-fluffy.

Apple & Ham Stuffing

Smoky Black Forest ham, celery and onion are common in stuffing, but the real surprise here is the addition of applesauce, which keeps the stuffing moist while boosting the flavor of the diced Granny Smiths.

Skillet Green Bean Casserole

Juggling space in the oven on Thanksgiving is always a challenge. This stovetop version of a classic favorite casserole made with fresh green beans has all the traditional flavors, but doesn't take up any precious oven space.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Make this classic comfort food side dish in an electric pressure cooker, like the Instant Pot, to get the potatoes soft and tender in a jiff! This easy, 5-ingredient recipe is perfect for the holidays because it's all done in one pot and doesn't take up any extra oven or stove space.

Vegan Cornbread Stuffing

Whether you call it stuffing or dressing, now this classic side dish is available to everyone. We love the deep flavor of cornbread in this entirely plant-based recipe. Our secret to getting that traditional flavor without chicken broth or turkey stock is adding in poultry seasoning--despite the name, there is no poultry in it!