15 Vegetable Side Dishes to Dress Up Your Mains

These delicious zucchini spears are a great substitute for classic potato fries. Serve with your dish of choice, or as a party appetizer.

Leave regular old boiled carrots in Christmas past. Look to the future with sweet, soft carrots soaked in buttery whisky glaze.

Red pepper flakes give this green bean, mushroom and kale dish a happy little kick.

Get Giada De Laurentiis’ recipe for Spicy Parmesan Green Beans and Kale.

Sweet and tart cranberries combined with bitter Brussels sprouts are baked and tossed in a sugary balsamic reduction in this flavourful side.

An easy and absolutely delicious way to serve squash to a crowd.

Roasted red beets make a colourful complement to your mains, and this recipe only calls for four ingredients!

Get Laura Calder’s recipe for Roasted Beet Roots With Greens.

This minimal-ingredient fry from The Pioneer Woman featuring sweet butternut squash and nutrient-rich kale is a cinch to pull together and can serve as a side or a main.

This fresh and cheesy vegetable dish makes for a palate-pleasing side to serve alongside just about any summery main course.

The beans and tomatoes are simmered on low for an hour, making them melt-in-your-mouth tender. Adding savoury bacon at the beginning lends a meaty flavour to this dish.

Take this vegetarian side or main from prep to table in just 15 minutes. What could be easier than that?

Once you scrape out the seeds, you have a nice vessel for a wonderful autumn ratatouille.

Get Anna Olson’s recipe for Autumn Vegetable Stuffed Squash.

This gorgeous dish is served family style with a variety of seasoned roasted root vegetables and garlic.

Soft and tender potatoes are coated in butter, salt, pepper and tons of fresh parsley.

This savoury side dish with tender collards, smoked ham hock and plenty of garlic is sure to please the family.

Get Tyler Florence’s recipe for Slow-Cooked Collard Greens.

Enjoy these stuffed eggplants as a side to your main course or even as the main course itself!

Get Rachael Ray’s recipe for Stuffed Eggplant with Veal and Spinach.