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Mashed potatoes are a popular side dish that can be utilized with almost every meal. This blog post will discuss some of our favorite recipes to answer a question that many home cooks often ask: “what to serve with mashed potatoes?” But what should you serve them with? So, whether you are looking for a new recipe to try or need some advice on what you can serve to help make your mashed potatoes even better, we have you covered.
Mashed potatoes are classic comfort food. They are made by boiling potatoes until they are soft, then mashing them with butter, milk, and salt to taste. Some add other ingredients like garlic, cheese, or sour cream.
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Roasted Chicken In The Oven
Learn how to roast a juicy, flavorful whole chicken in the oven with this easy, no-fail method. Whether you prefer butter or olive oil, this simple recipe delivers tender, perfectly seasoned chicken every time — great for family dinners or special occasions.
Texas Roadhouse Prime Rib
This copy Texas Roadhouse prime rib recipe is so delicious and now you will know exactly how to make it. The best part is that you likely have ALL of the seasonings that you need in your pantry.
Sirloin Steak With Herb Mustard
Steaks belong in that special category of ingredients that “give back” in terms of flavor. Take the time to pick the right cut, use the right tools and ingredients, and learn how to cook it perfectly, there’s no going back.
Easy Cheesy Meat Loaf
In fact, meatloaf is arguably THE quintessential American comfort food. The oatmeal in this recipe is great for retaining moisture and preventing the meatloaf from drying out while cooking.
Mini Meatloaf
These mini meatloaves bake quickly, turning a homestyle classic into a weeknight-friendly meal. As they cook, the cheddar melts into the beef, binding it with rich flavor while the oats help hold the shape and stay tender.
Stuffing Meatloaf
There’s a popular recipe going around to make meatloaf even easier: Stuffing Mix Meatloaf. If you are looking for a dinner idea with few ingredients, tastes good, and you could have leftovers, this is for you.
Honey Garlic Meatballs
As the sauce simmers, the brown sugar melts into the ketchup, the honey lends a gentle sheen, and the soy sauce and garlic deepen the glaze into something savory-sweet. By the time the lid is lifted, the meatballs are cloaked in a glossy, sticky coating that clings to every bite.
Dr. Pepper Glazed Ham
It is sweet, thick, and jammed with flavor. Glazing a ham adds color and texture to make a ham beautiful for presentation.
Crockpot Pork Tenderloin
I love lean and tender (and budget-friendly) pork tenderloin. This crockpot pork tenderloin is one of those fall crockpot recipes that makes a lush, flavorful meal with onions, broth, butter, a packet of mushroom gravy mix, and a couple pantry spices.
Crockpot Ribs
These use just a couple of store-bought ingredients, a seasoning rub and a BBQ sauce, to create tender, delicious and easy slow cooker ribs.
Oven Roasted Pork Chops
They’re cheap, quick and easy to cook, and if you treat them with a little bit of love and care, they come out bursting with flavor! If you’re looking for a quick dish that you can knock out on a busy weekday night, this is a recipe for pork chops in the oven that you can make in 30 minutes.
Mustard Pork Chops
This easy tangy mustard sauce is a must-try if you are ready to give your next pork chop dinner a lift! Pull out a few simple condiments you probably already have on hand, and you’ll have a super satisfying and easy to make dinner.
Brown Sugar And Ketchup Pork Chops
The sauce bubbles and thickens in the oven, wrapping each chop in a glossy, brick-red glaze that clings at the edges and caramelizes where it meets the foil. The sugar deepens to a smoky sweetness as the ketchup concentrates, while the pork stays tender.
Slow Cooker Ranch Pork Chops
This seasoned pork chops recipe is so simple that you can prep it in a minute or two. I love that I can toss everything in the slow cooker, head off to get work done, and come home to tender pork chops loaded with ranch flavor.
Sweet And Sour Pork Chops
These quick sweet and sour pork chops—juicy with pineapple—sear easily and impress every time. This recipe is best with boneless pork chops that are about ½” thick.
Apple Cider Glazed Pork Chops
Apples are a natural pairing with pork, and this recipe creates the luscious glaze out of some simple pantry staples and a fall favorite: apple cider. This recipe uses bone-in pork chops, but you can use boneless too; just use a meat thermometer to check doneness.
Braised Chicken Thighs
I am entirely enamored with dill pickle flavor on popcorn, dips, and as a pan sauce for this chicken recipe. You’ll get the luscious pickle flavor from the pan sauce and a stovetop sear in a skillet without the time involved from brining chicken quarters overnight.
Balsamic Chicken Legs
They’re juicy, tasty, and you can easily pick one up and eat it in your hands if the mood strikes you. This quick and easy recipe for balsamic chicken legs has become one of our go-to dinner meals.
Ritz Cracker Chicken
Baked in the oven, here’s a tasty chicken recipe using Ritz crackers in the coating! This Ritz cracker chicken recipe is baked chicken breast with a crunchy coating of pulverized Ritz crackers.
Garlic Parmesan Chicken Bake
As the chicken bakes, the butter and Parmesan melt into a golden crust that clings to each piece, mingling with garlic, paprika, and Italian herbs until the edges turn crisp and fragrant.
Saucy Mozzarella Chicken
This easy oven-baked chicken recipe only takes a couple of minutes to prep, and then you bake it in the oven. The best part is that you only need 3 ingredients for this chicken dinner.
Crack Chicken
It is made with shredded chicken, crispy bacon, ranch seasoning, and melted gooey cheese. This chicken recipe is the perfect comfort food!
Blackened Chicken
It turns out that making blackened chicken is not nearly as difficult to make as I first thought. Plus, this blackened chicken recipe is nicely seasoned but still mild, not spicy-hot.
Apple And Brie Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Rich cheese with warm spices and the sweet tang of apple slices meld together in one of the most delightful dishes you’ll make for fall. It’s not a lengthy process, either; you’ll have dinner ready in less than 45 minutes.
Sheet Pan Honey Garlic Chicken
With about 20 minutes at 425F, the broccoli chars nicely, the carrots get tender, and the chicken slices cook through with sticky, bronzed edges. One sheet pan, no stovetop work, and the kind of dinner that makes the whole kitchen smell glorious.
Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken And Veggies
This sheet pan lemon chicken and veggies is a healthy, bright, protein-rich dinner with chicken tenderloins, broccoli, cauliflower, and thin lemon slices share a single pan at 350F for half an hour. One sheeter, pantry seasonings, and dinner’s ready in about 30 minutes from preheat to plate.
Sheet Pan Italian Chicken And Veggies
Cubed chicken breasts roast alongside red and green bell peppers, red onion, zucchini, and yellow squash, all tossed in Italian dressing and topped with as much shredded parmesan as you want. This sheet pan Italian chicken and veggies comes together in 35 minutes, on one pan.
Crockpot Chicken Casserole
This crockpot chicken casserole is the kind of dinner I make when I just know I will not feel like cooking later. Peas and carrots make it feel like a complete meal, and the cheddar melts into the broth and soup to make a thick, creamy sauce.
Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
As the casserole bakes, the crescent rolls rise and turn golden, sealing in a filling that is both creamy and hearty. The result is the flavor of classic chicken pot pie without the fuss of a homemade crust.
Creamed Chipped Beef
It is a 100-year-old recipe that consists of cut up pieces of dried beef and creamy white gravy, ladled over toast. The gravy is a simple sauce that is made out of butter, white flour, milk, salt, and pepper, sometimes called a bechamel sauce.
Sauteed Green Beans
We saute green beans at our house so often that in truth it is probably every 10 days or so. They are such a simple dish to prepare and we love them.
Garlic Green Beans
This garlic green beans recipe makes a fantastic side dish for just about any meal that you can dream up. All that you have to do is steam the green beans and then add in butter, lemon juice, and minced garlic.
Roasted Parmesan Green Beans
But I’ve only recently learned that green beans are a delicious veggie roasted, too. One reason I love doing green beans in the oven is that the seasoning stays on the beans and bakes in.
Green Beans With Tomatoes
Green Beans With Tomatoes is an easy, stovetop vegetable side dish recipe that can be your jumping off point for your favorite seasonings, or a basic one-two punch of fresh vegetable flavor. But that’s the joy of fresh green beans—the straight-out-of-the-garden snap!
Texas Roadhouse Green Beans
If you have ever been to Texas Roadhouse you know how divine their green beans are. This recipe starts with cans of cut green beans with a handful of additional ingredients, like cooked bacon, onion, garlic, and a bit of sugar, so it’s just enough cooking time for the flavors to meld.
Creamed Spinach
If you are looking for a creamy and delicious spinach side dish, this is the perfect recipe for you. Now we love cheese in this household so we really amped up the cheese in this recipe.
Sauteed Spinach
Learning how to saute spinach is one of the easiest things that a new cook can learn how to do. You can expect spinach to shrink by at least 50% when it is sauteed.
Sauteed Broccoli
It really is that simple and quick to saute broccoli. From start to finish this broccoli side dish should only take you 15 minutes.
Blackened Broccoli
It only means that the dish is cooked at very high heat so that the edges of the food item would become just a tiny bit overtoasted for enhanced flavor. The burnt bits will give you a nice charred flavor that works so well with the rest of the roasted vegetable.
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus
Every now and again, you might get a hankering for a fancy appetizer and this Easy Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus is just the ticket. This amazing and quick appetizer brings together the salty flavors of prosciutto perfectly with the subtle sweetness of roasted asparagus, and puts them in little snackable bundles that ticks all the boxes for “perfect finger food”.
Sauteed Zucchini
This quick and easy recipe for how to saute zucchini is perfect for busy evenings when you need a simple yet delicious side dish. From start to finish you can have a healthy side dish in less than 15 minutes.
Oven Roasted Zucchini And Tomatoes
Here’s an easy sheet-pan side dish that tastes straight out of an Italian restaurant! Try this Oven Roasted Zucchini & Tomatoes Recipe!
Zucchini Fritters
This delicious zucchini fritter is so easy to make and is a fantastic healthful baked snack. Lots of shredded zucchini, cheddar, some parmesan, and you have a hearty finger food!
Zucchini Rollatini
If your garden is overflowing or your neighbor has been generous with their extra zucchini, here is a delicious recipe to make a ricotta stuffed zucchini I think you’ll love. The fresh basil chopped and mixed into the cheese takes this over the top.
Grilled Tomatoes
This Grilled Tomatoes Recipe is absolutely one of the best ways to add wonderful flavor to any cookout, side for steak, or top a salad! Now we can’t stop eating these luscious red delights.
Marinated Tomatoes
This marinated tomatoes recipe may be a truly perfect dish. It is simple, fresh, and only requires a handful of simple ingredients and a little time.
Sauteed Okra
This sauteed okra recipe is so simple that you will find yourself making it as a side dish over and over again. It is a perfect side for chicken fried steak, pork chops or braised chicken thighs.
Roasted Carrots With Thyme
This Oven-Roasted Carrots With Thyme Recipe brings out the sweetness with a golden brown char, and the deep flavor of fresh thyme is activated, making this a scrumptious veggie side dish.
Glazed Carrots
I love carrots because they’re a versatile vegetable: They keep for a long time in the fridge, filling, and inexpensive. For a quick weeknight side dish, this recipe works great.
Roasted Butternut Squash
This recipe for roasted butternut squash starts off with a few minutes in the microwave so you can peel it easily then finishes in the oven. It has a slightly sweet taste with a richness to it.
The bottom line
Mashed potatoes are a versatile and delicious side dish that can be served with various main courses. So the next time you’re wondering what to serve with your favorite meal, don’t forget the mashed potatoes! They’re understated but oh-so flavorful, and they’re sure to make your meal even more special.
