23 Vibrant Spring Side Dishes To Make With Fresh Produce
- 23 bright and vibrant spring side dish recipes perfect for BBQs and outdoor gatherings are featured, including a succulent marinated shrimp Cobb salad and a Mediterranean pasta salad with a lemon vinaigrette.
Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad
Spring is now upon us, which means warmer weather—and backyard barbecues! With these 23 bright and vibrant spring side dish recipes, BBQs and outdoor gatherings will be a delicious hit.
One of the best parts about the spring season is the additional daylight we receive. With that bonus sun time, we start noticing our gardens flourish. Even more, the grocery store aisles are overflowing with countless varieties of produce upon each and every visit. When selecting produce, it's imperative to have a ready-to-go recipe in mind. This is where these amazing side dishes come into play!
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23 Best S pring Side Dish Recipes
We have you covered with many options for the best spring sides. From glazed carrots to roasted asparagus to salads galore. Not your average salad though—we are talking a succulent marinated shrimp Cobb salad, loaded with hearty veggies and cheese. As well as a Mediterranean pasta salad, with a savory and tangy lemon vinaigrette.
Even better, you will find vegan and gluten-free options to help cater to any dietary restrictions. From diary-free coleslaws to roasted veggie quinoa, there is most certainly a side dish here for everyone.
So be sure to peruse through this list to find the perfect side dish for your next spring meal.
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Belly Full
This easy recipe for oven-roasted asparagus is a fantastic healthy side dish that goes with just about everything and is perfect for spring. It's low-calorie, low-carb, keto-friendly and absolutely delicious!
Get the Recipe: Roasted Asparagus
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Get the Recipe: Honey-Glazed Carrots
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Budget Delicious
Sweet, tangy, colorful and fresh, strawberry avocado pasta salad with poppy seeds is ready in under 20 minutes and is a great side dish or main course for everyday eats or holiday gatherings.
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad
Grand Baby Cakes
Easily made with spinach, smooth cream cheese, flavorful spices and a blend of decadent cheeses, this creamed spinach recipe is pure comfort food! It is an irresistible side dish that serves as the perfect accompaniment to any weeknight or holiday dinner!
Get the Recipe: Creamed Spinach
Get the Recipe: Montreal Steak Seasoned Roasted Baby Potatoes
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These Montreal-seasoned roasted baby potatoes will taste great with whatever you're grilling this spring, from steaks to chops or chicken.
Get the Recipe: Montreal Steak Seasoned Roasted Baby Potatoes
Dash of Jazz
This Nigerian Jollof Rice recipe is easy to make for a hearty dish or dinner. It includes red bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and spicy peppers. Serve jollof rice with chicken, or your favorite protein.
Get the Recipe: Jollof Rice
Razzle Dazzle Life
This Cobb Salad with Cilantro Lime Marinated Shrimp is made with a variety of vegetables, and topped with a succulent shrimp marinated with cilantro and lime. It is the perfect side dish, or hearty enough to be a stand-alone meal!
Get the Recipe: Shrimp Cobb Salad
Stylish Cravings
These keto-loaded oven-roasted radishes are the perfect thing to replace potatoes as a healthy side dish—and kids love them too!
Get the Recipe: Keto-Loaded Radishes
Vikalinka
This Asian Noodle Salad with thinly sliced red cabbage, julienned carrots and radishes in spicy peanut dressing is ideal for picnics, barbecues or a delicious work lunch.
Get the Recipe: Asian Noodle Salad
Sweet Tea and Thyme
Strawberry spinach salad is this salad hater's favorite salad! Delicious and classic with juicy strawberries, creamy feta cheese and crunchy candied nuts with a bright lemon poppyseed dressing!
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Spinach Salad
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A deliciously colorful Mediterranean Pasta Salad loaded with healthy goodness and topped with an incredible lemon basil vinaigrette. With its robust zesty flavors, this appetizing pasta salad is a definite crowd-pleaser! It's gluten-free with a vegan option!
Get the Recipe: Mediterranean Pasta Salad
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Planted 365
Delicately fragrant and beautifully colored, these Hibiscus Noodles are the perfect side dish for just about any main course.
Get the Recipe: Hibiscus Noodles
Dude That Cooks
This warm quinoa & roasted veggie salad combines the taste and texture of roasted veggies and fluffy and nutty quinoa with a delicious homemade vinaigrette dressing.
Get the Recipe: Quinoa Roasted Veggies
Soup Addict
A beautifully colored slaw with crunchy strips of juicy apples, perfectly paired with fennel and a lemony, herbed Dijon vinaigrette, apple fennel slaw is a light and refreshing side for warm-weather cookouts.
Get the Recipe: Apple Fennel Slaw
Drive me Hungry
This Asian sesame broccoli salad is made with crisp broccoli and a tangy garlic sesame oil dressing.
Get the Recipe: Asian Sesame Broccoli
Healthy Christian Home
Sweet cherry tomatoes, gooey cheese, fresh basil, white beans, toasted wholemeal bread—it's like a savory bread pudding!
Get the recipe: Tomato Casserole
Fearless Dining
This kid-friendly maple-roasted carrots recipe is so easy to make. It pairs with so many wonderful meals.
Get the recipe: Maple-Roasted Carrots
Muy Bueno Cookbook
This budget-minded dish is chock-full of colorful veggies and black beans, dressed with a tangy, spicy homemade dressing. Whether you call it Texas Caviar or Cowboy Caviar, it is perfect as a side dish or an appetizer served with tortilla chips.
Get the Recipe: Texas Caviar
Spice Up The Curry
Black bean and corn salsa is one of my favorite appetizers/snacks and it's always a crowd favorite! It has such a deliciously fresh and vibrant flavor with just a perfect blend of ingredients. It is the perfect refreshing dip or topping.
Get the Recipe: Black Bean and Corn Salsa
Dancing Through the Rain
This Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad is the perfect side dish for spring! Bright and delicious, this can be served hot or cold depending on your preference!
Get the recipe: Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta
I Heart Vegetables
These crispy crunchy green bean fries are baked in the oven so they're a perfect healthy side dish! Pair them with your favorite veggie burger for an easy dinner!
Get the Recipe: Crispy Green Beans
Nourish Plate
These grilled veggie kabobs with halloumi are so delicious, flavorful and very easy to make! A great grilling side (or main) that everyone will love.
Get the recipe: Veggie Kabobs
The Rising Spoon
A crunchy and refreshing red cabbage coleslaw mixed with carrot, apple, jalapeno, cilantro and green onion, then tossed in a tangy and slightly sweet apple cider vinegar dressing. No mayo in this recipe!
Get the recipe: Red Cabbage Coleslaw
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