Air Fryer Vegetable Sides For Christmas

ByNkechi Ajaeroh, MPH
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Veggies make the best side dishes for any occasion, especially during the holidays! And your vegetables cook quicker with less energy when you use your air fryer! If you don’t want to sweat for your Christmas dinner, these air fryer vegetable recipes are all you need! The best thing about these air fryer veggie recipes is that they require only a few ingredients!

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Veggies make the best side dishes for any occasion, especially during the holidays! And your vegetables cook quicker with less energy when you use your air fryer! If you don't want to sweat for your Christmas dinner, these air fryer vegetable recipes are all you need! The best thing about these air fryer recipes is that they require only a few ingredients! These air fryer vegetables with your ribs, steak, chicken, salmon, and pork chops.

Christmas Side Dishes But in Your Air Fryer

The air fryer is an essential tool in the kitchen, especially during the holidays. If you don’t want to sweat in the Kitchen for your Christmas dinner, I hear you, and I got it. Here is a list of air fryer vegetable sides you will love, and your entire family and friends will enjoy!

The best thing about these air fryer veggie recipes is that they require only a few ingredients! That’s a win-win in my book! And did I mention that you can pair any of these air fryer vegetables with your ribs, steak, chicken, salmon, and pork chops? Additionally, these air-fried veggies are excellent for Christmas (well, hello), Thanksgiving, Easter, and any other occasion!ย P.s. this is my air fryer!

Air Fryer Vegetable Sides For Christmas and Other Occasions!

A simple recipe of air fryer mushrooms requires sliced mushrooms, paprika, olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, dry thyme, salt, and pepper! Making mushrooms in your air fryer is the easiest way to make mushrooms. It takes only a few minutes, resulting in the best tasting mushroom ever! You can add sliced air-fried mushrooms to salads and bowls or use them as appetizers or snacks. This easy salt and pepper air fryer mushroom recipe with paprika is vegan and can replace meat/fish!

BEST Air Fryer Mushrooms

A simple recipe of air fryer mushrooms requires sliced mushrooms, paprika, olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, dry thyme, salt, and pepper! Making mushrooms in your air fryer is the easiest way to make mushrooms.

Diet: Vegan | Low-carb | Gluten-free

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These buttery air fryer sweet potato slices are the best potato side dish and so worth it! Crispy, buttery, and tender sweet potato slices in air fryer are easy to make, come through very quickly, and are absolutely satisfyingly addictive! If you are a sweet potato lover, then you are in for a treat because these sliced air fried sweet potatoes are heaven. They are fantastic for any main dish, snack, or simply add some to salad bowls, lunches, or casserole and enjoy! #sweetpotatoslices #sweetpotatorounds #sweetpotatorecipe #sidedish #healthysidedish

Sweet Potato Slices

Easy buttery air fryer sweet potato slices are the best potato side dish and so worth it! Crispy, buttery, and tender sweet potato slices in an air fryer are easy to make, come through very quickly, and are absolutely satisfyingly addictive!

Diet: Vegetarian | Gluten-free

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A simple and easy recipe for air fryer green beans with garlic butter sauce requires only a few ingredients; fresh green beans, onions powder, salt, pepper, avocado oil as well a drizzle of garlicky, buttery sauce! Air fried garlic green beans are easy, quick, tender, crisp, deliciously delightful, and perfect with any main dish. P.s. I love it with salmon! This air fryer fried green beans recipe cooks in less than 10 minutes in the air fryer (well, obviously)! But we don't stop there; I take it a little further with my garlic butter sauce. #airfryergreenbeans #greenbeans #garlicsauce #airfryerrecipe

Green Beans with Garlic Butter Sauce

A simple and easy recipe for air fryer green beans with garlic butter sauce requires only a few ingredients: fresh green beans, onion powder, salt, pepper, avocado oil, and a drizzle of garlicky buttery sauce! It is such a tasty side dish your family and friends would enjoy!

Diet: Vegetarian | Gluten-free

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Acorn squash is a winter squash variety that is loaded with nutrition. It's low in calories but full of fiber and deliciously hearty. This buttery roasted air fryer acorn squash recipe is flavorful, easy, and perfect for your holiday dinners. Need a quick and delicious side dish everyone will want to pile onto their plates? Air fryer roasted acorn squash is the answer you need! You can also bake fresh acorn squash in the oven if you do not have an air fryer! Baked acorn squash is the best fall side dish for the holidays!

Easy Roasted Acorn Squash

Acorn squash is a winter squash variety that is loaded with nutrition. It’s low in calories but full of fiber and deliciously hearty. Makes a perfect side each time!

Diet: Vegetarian | Gluten-free

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Delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-make air fryer sweet potato cubes are the best side dish. In just 15 minutes, your air fryer renders these bite-sized sweet potato pieces into heavenly bits. They're crispy on the outside while having that soft and tender inside. Perfect with any meal or enjoyed as a snack. Easily seasoned with pantry spice for a savory flavor you'll love. Plus, sweet potatoes are healthy, and this recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and sugar-free!

Air-Fried Sweet Potato Cubes

Delicious, nutritious, and easy to make air fryer sweet cubes are the side for any occasion! In just 15 minutes, your air fryer renders these bite-size sweet potatoes pieces into heavenly bits!

Diet: Vegan | Gluten-free | Low-carb

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Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

Air fryer roasted potatoes are perfect for the holidays, and the amazing flavors of garlic and rosemary make this dish incredibly flavorful and inviting!

Diet: Vegan | Gluten-free

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Tasty, crispy, sweet, and tangy air fryer Brussels sprouts are cooked in the air fryer, drizzled with balsamic glaze, aka balsamic reduction, and finally topped with creamy goat cheese. These Brussels sprouts are crunchy, still tender inside, and crispy outside. That balsamic glaze gives this air-fried Brussels sprouts a sweet and tangy taste, while the goat cheese adds the perfect level of creaminess. This dish is the perfect appetizer or side dish for any night of the week. Also, it will impress guests as a holiday dinner.

Brussels Sprouts & Goat Cheese

Brussels sprouts are cookedย in the air fryer (well, huh), drizzled with balsamic glaze, aka balsamic reduction, and finally topped with creamy goat cheese. Tasty, crispy, sweet and tangy. YUM!

Diet: Vegetarian | Low-carb | Gluten-free

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Whole Baked Potatoes

The air fryer baked potatoes are our new dinner obsession because they’re super easy to make, requires a few pantry staples. In the air fryer you get delicious fluffy potatoes with incredibly crispy skin.

Diet : Vegetarian | Gluten-free

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Super easy, tasty, and healthy air fryer beets, aka beetroot, is the ultimate vegetable side dish you didn't know you needed! Air-frying beets is straightforward; air frying may be the best way to cook beets! You end up with colorful pretty-looking beets that complement any main dish. This easy air fryer beets recipe ensures you get tender and sweet beets right from your air fryer. Also, this beets recipe is vegan and gluten-free! #Beets #beetroot #airfryer

Air Fryer Roasted Beets (Beetroot)

Super easy, tasty, and healthy air fryer roasted beets, aka beetroot, is the ultimate vegetable side dish you didn’t know you needed!

Diet: Vegan | Gluten-free | Low-carb

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Tastiest Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli

Cooking broccoli in the air fryer is easy and takes only a few minutes. This easy air fryer roasted broccoli with balsamic vinegar is crunchy, tender, tasty, tangy, and sweet. And will make a great side dish to any main dish.

Diet: Low-carb | Gluten-free | Vegan

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Air fryer roasted maple butternut squash is sweet, savory, and tasty, and it makes a nutritious and mouth-watering side dish for any main! The best thing about this air-fried butternut squash recipe is that it is super easy to make, packed with fall flavors, and you can add it to other dishes! Roasted butternut squash is perfect with salads, bowls, and casseroles.

Roasted Maple Butternut Squash

Air fryer roasted maple butternut squash is sweet, savory, and tasty, and it makes a nutritious and mouth-watering side dish for any main!

Diet: Vegetarian | Gluten-free

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What to Pair with Air Fryer Vegetables:

Looking for easy main dishes and desserts to pair these air fryer veggies? Here you go:

Main Dishes That Go With Air Fryer Vegetables:

Cooking baby back ribs in the air fryer without barbecue sauce makes the best crispy ribs everyone will enjoy. Super easy-to-make juicy, tender, tasty, and crispy air fryer ribs are perfect for summer BBQs, potluck, and picnics! Thereโ€™s no need to spend hours making pork ribs in the oven or grill if you have an air fryer. When you put baby pork ribs in the air fryer, they come out absolutely amazing. And with this recipe, you wonโ€™t miss BBQ sauce!

Appetizers That Go With Air Fryer vegetables:

Are you ready for the holidays? If you are still not there, check out my 7-day dinner plan. You may get some ideas!

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Veggies make the best side dishes for any occasion, especially during the holidays! And your vegetables cook quicker with less energy when you use your air fryer! If you don't want to sweat for your Christmas dinner, these air fryer vegetable recipes are all you need! The best thing about these air fryer recipes is that they require only a few ingredients! These air fryer vegetables with your ribs, steak, chicken, salmon, and pork chops.

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6 Comments

  1. Such a wonderful collection of easy sides for the holidays! I especially love the Sweet Potato Slices and Air Fryer Roasted Beets.

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  2. This is such a useful roundup of delicious recipes for the holidays! Perfect for anyone with an airfryer.

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  3. All of these air fryer side dishes look and sound marvelous. I’ll be making these throughout the year.

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  4. Sara Welch says:

    These are some easy and delicious recipes that do not disappoint! Quick, easy and delicious; the best side dishes with any main course, indeed!

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  5. Air fryer is a great way to cook for the holidays to free up that stove and oven. I definitely wan to try the acorn squash.

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