Healthy Summer Side Dishes (Slide 30)

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Cherry, Wild Rice & Quinoa Salad

This whole-grain wild rice and quinoa salad recipe is perfect for toting to summer potlucks. It features sweet cherries, crunchy celery, nutty aged goat cheese and toasted pecans. If you can find red quinoa, it’s particularly pretty.

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Corn & Basil Cakes

Try these savory corn-and-basil pancakes as a side dish with barbecued chicken or grilled steak.…View slide

Baked Parmesan Tomatoes

A sprinkle of Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil transform tomatoes into the perfect side dish. Or …View slide

Zu-Canoes

Zucchini stuffed with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil make a fresh summer side dish. For the nicest p…View slide

String Beans & Summer Squash

In this summery recipe for summer squash and green beans, cooking the string beans and summer squash…View slide

Provençal Summer Vegetables

This stunning side dish of layered tomatoes, eggplant, summer squash and leeks bursts with fresh fla…View slide

Bobby Flay’s Honey-Rum Ba…

Chef Bobby Flay cooked these baked black beans, spiked with chorizo and rum, on one of his televisio…View slide

Zucchini Chile-Cheddar Mash

This recipe for mashed zucchini with chiles and Cheddar embraces zucchini’s tendency to become ver…View slide

Summer Tomato, Onion & Cucu…

Fresh wedges of tomato, thinly sliced onion and sliced cucumber dressed simply with vinegar and oil …View slide

Summer Succotash Salad

This summer salad is based on the Southern favorite, succotash, and is a fresh-tasting combination o…View slide

Radish, Celery & Snap Pea S…

This stunning spring salad, full of peppery radishes, sliced celery, celery leaves and crunchy snap …View slide

Mama’s Potato Salad

Tossed with mayo, celery, hard-boiled eggs, onion and relish, this is one of the most simple and tra…View slide

Oven-Fried Zucchini Sticks

Our oven-baked zucchini sticks taste every bit as good as their deep-fried brethren with only a frac…View slide

Chili-Roasted Carrots

Roasted with chili powder and cumin then tossed with cilantro and lime juice, these carrots are burs…View slide

Roasted New Potatoes & Gree…

Whoever said potato salad needs to be cold? For this warm version, new potatoes are roasted right al…View slide

Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw

A versatile side dish to go with grilled meats or poultry. Crispy, crunchy and thoroughly delicious.…View slide

Southwestern Calico Corn

Peppers, cumin and chili powder are a natural combination with corn and hominy (dried corn that's ha…View slide

Green Bean Salad with Corn,…

This vibrant summer salad goes well with just about any entree. Be sure to get ultra-fresh beans and…View slide

Blue Cheese-Walnut Green Beans

Tender-crisp green beans tossed with creamy blue cheese and topped with toasted walnuts pair well wi…View slide

Chilled Snap Peas with Crea…

Crisp chilled snap peas with creamy tarragon dressing make a nice alternative to a lettuce-based sal…View slide

Roasted Zucchini & Pesto

Roasted and tossed with your favorite pesto, zucchini turns into an almost-instant summer side dish.…View slide

Tomato Gratin

A gratin is any dish topped with cheese or breadcrumbs mixed with butter, then heated until browned�…View slide

Grilled Corn with Chipotle-…

Fresh lime and smoky chipotles makes this compound butter the perfect match for sweet corn. When the…View slide

Grilled Eggplant & Tomato S…

You can grill the eggplant rounds up to a day in advance, then assemble the eggplant, tomato and moz…View slide

Packet-Roasted Balsamic Gre…

We love to grill these green-bean-and-bell-pepper packets alongside chicken, steak or pork chops.…View slide

Goat Cheese Grits with Fres…

Take grits upscale by adding fresh corn, goat cheese and chives. …View slide

Brown Sugar-Glazed Beets

Try a sweet glaze on beets or other root vegetables to help balance their earthy flavor. This easy r…View slide

Sugar Snap Pea & Barley Salad

You get two sides in one with this dish—whole-grain barley along with crisp matchsticks of vitamin…View slide

Roasted Squash & Fennel wit…

We have only one word for this recipe: magical. As the vegetables roast in the oven, the fennel deve…View slide

Lemon-Garlic Glazed Corn on…

Think it doesn’t get any better than corn on the cob with butter? Try cooking the corn in the butt…View slide

Cherry, Wild Rice & Quinoa …

This whole-grain wild rice and quinoa salad recipe is perfect for toting to summer potlucks. It feat…View slide

Greek Pasta Salad

This quick, healthy Greek pasta salad recipe is tossed with all the elements of a Greek salad—plus…View slide

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