Side dish and salad recipes for a crowd — the potluck-ready sides, fresh salads, and simple vegetables that round out every Longstreth family meal.
Not a Fan of Brussels Sprouts? These Have Bacon. These roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon are the ones I make for a holiday crowd. Brussels sprouts, sliced onion, and raw bacon get tossed with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper, then roasted on a sheet pan until they’re caramelized. Even people who aren’t fans of…
The Butter and Cream Cheese Go on Top. Don’t Stir. This crockpot creamed corn is the easiest side on my holiday menu. Frozen corn, milk, a little sugar, salt, and pepper go into the crockpot, then a whole stick of butter and a block of cream cheese go right on top. You don’t stir them…
Nobody Will Know It Came From a Box. I Won’t Tell Them. This doctored-up Stove Top stuffing is my leveled-up box stuffing — sautéed celery, onion, and garlic, a rich buttery broth, and a pan of stuffing topped with pats of butter and crispy fried onions. It tastes homemade, but we’ve got a nice shortcut…
Make It Tonight. Bake It Tomorrow. That’s It. This sweet potato casserole is a holiday classic, and the best part is that you make it the day before — on the big day, all you do is pull it out of the fridge and pop it in the oven. Two big cans of sweet potatoes…
Two Cans and a Handful of Nuts. That Is the Whole Secret. This cranberry apple salad is my mother-in-law’s, and it was a fixture on our Thanksgiving and Christmas tables for as long as I can remember. It is sweet, it is tart, it is warm, and it is made from two cans and a…
Nobody Agrees on the Name. Everybody Goes Back for Seconds. Funeral potatoes, church lady potatoes, hashbrown casserole — I do not care what you call it, and honestly nobody at my table ever has. This is the dish that has been showing up on dining tables for generations, and there is a very good reason…
Every Mama Needs a Side Salad the Whole Crowd Gets Excited About This spinach strawberry salad is the one side my whole crowd actually gets excited about — and it comes together in under five minutes. It is just two main ingredients, a bag of baby spinach and a big bowl of fresh sliced strawberries,…
The Side Dish That Disappears First This herb lemon rice is proof that sometimes it’s not the main dish everybody remembers — it’s the side that disappears first. It’s bright, aromatic, and so flavorful, and the best part is I make the whole thing right in my rice cooker. I dump in the rice, butter,…
The Version I Made So My Husband Could Have It Too This greek yogurt chicken salad is the lighter, no-mayo version of my curried chicken salad — the one I make so my husband can eat it too. He’s been eating Mediterranean-diet style for a couple of years now, and it’s genuinely changed his health,…
No Offense to Grandma, But This One Raises the Bar This curried chicken salad is the one that finally bumped my old standby off the menu. It’s got tender chicken, crisp apple, toasted pecans, a handful of craisins, and just enough curry powder to make people stop and ask what’s in it. I started making…
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