Must Try Fall Vegetable Side Dishes You Will Actually Enjoy

ByNkechi Ajaeroh, MPH

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These easy fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help you prepare for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Look no further for nutritious veggie side dishes that will elevate your main dish and dinner table and that your family and friends will love! If you enjoy fall flavors, then this collection of fall side recipes will put a smile on your face.

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These easy fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help you prepare for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Look no further for nutritious veggie side dishes that will elevate your main dish and dinner table and that your family and friends will love! If you enjoy fall flavors, then this collection of fall side recipes will put a smile on your face. Also, one of the best things about the majority of the recipes that I have gathered here is that they are easy to make and will not keep you in the kitchen for longer.

Easy Fall Vegetable Side Dishes

If you love vegetables as we do here, you know that fall is the time to enjoy them even better. Vegetables make excellent side dishes during the fall season and beyond. Today, I am so excited to share a compilation of nutritious fall vegetable side dishes you will actually enjoy! Get ready to be wowed with vegetable side dishes you can make for any occasion during this season. Be it for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, or New Year. Vegetables never go out of fashion, so is helping your family eat more of them. I promise these must-try fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help your family do just that! And drumroll, please!

These easy fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help you prepare for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Look no further for nutritious veggie side dishes that will elevate your main dish and dinner table and that your family and friends will love! If you enjoy fall flavors, then this collection of fall side recipes will put a smile on your face. Also, one of the best things about the majority of the recipes that I have gathered here is that they are easy to make and will not keep you in the kitchen for longer.

30 Vegetable Side Dishes for Fall

Super easy healthy braised red cabbage with apples and red onions is the best side dish ever! It's savory, sweet, a little sour, tangy, and wonderfully complements every main dish. This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, keto โ€“ friendly and packed with flavorful herbs and spices. Look no further for a fabulous + tasty, healthy side you need for the holidays especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. Also, it comes together so quickly! #Cabbage #Braisedcabbage #healthysidedish #sidedish

Best Braised Red Cabbage with Apples

Super easy, cozy, healthy braised red cabbage with apples and red onions is literally the best side dish ever!!! It’s savory, sweet, a little sour, tangy, and wonderfully complements every main dish. Look no further for an eye-catching + tasty & healthy side you need for the holidays.

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A simple vegan mashed sweet potatoes recipe with rosemary, coconut milk, and coconut cream is tasty, creamy, fragrant, and sweet, making a perfect side dish for any main. Vegan mashed potatoes is ideal for family dinners or special occasions. Made without any dairy, they still come out dreamy, creamy, and full of that sweet and savory flavor! The secret to making dairy-free mashed sweet potatoes without milk and butter is to use coconut milk and coconut cream. Mashed sweet potatoes recipe is perfect during Thanksgiving and Christmas, etc.

Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Rosemary

A simple vegan mashed sweet potatoes recipe with rosemary, coconut milk, and coconut cream is tasty, creamy, fragrant, and sweet, making a perfect side dish for any main.

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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 including, a drizzle of garlicky, buttery sauce! Garlic green beans are easy, quick, tender, crisp, deliciously delightful, and perfect with any main dish.

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Healthy pomegranate arugula salad with apples and pecans is easy to make, pretty, and perfect for any occasion! My pomegranate salad bursts with delicious flavors from the slightly spiced arugula, sweet and crisp apples, and crunchy pecans. This easy salad is bejeweled with fresh pomegranate seeds or arils and finished with pomegranate salad dressing. This would make an enviable summertime salad recipe as well! #Pomegranatesalad #arugulasalad #pomegranate #salad

Pomegranate Arugula Salad

Healthy pomegranate arugula salad with apples and pecans is easy to make, pretty, and perfect for any occasion! This salad bursts with delicious flavors from the slightly spiced arugula, sweet and crisp apples, and crunchy pecans.

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Are you looking to add more greens to your dinner table? Or do you want a simple Irish fried cabbage for St. Patrick's Day? Sauteed green cabbage with chicken and bacon is just what you need! This easy, tasty, filling, health-ish cabbage stir fry recipe is the perfect side for St. Patrick's Day. Also, excellent for meal prep! It makes an ideal side or main dish; it goes well with rice or plantains and with steak or salmon! The best thing is that you can eat it as is! Also, is green cabbage chicken bacon stir fry low-carb, gluten-free, keto-friendly, and dairy-free?

Sautรฉed Cabbage with Chicken and Bacon

Are you looking to add more greens to your dinner table? Sautรฉed green cabbage with chicken and bacon bites seals the deal. This easy, tasty, filling, health-ish cabbage stir fry recipe is the perfect side for fall!

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For a healthy side dish with loads of flavor, turn to cauliflower rice. Seasoned with cilantro and lime, it's refreshing, filling, and utterly delicious. Cilantro lime cauliflower rice is perfect for when you're trying to stick to those resolutions or simply trying to work more veggies into your meals! If you are currently on a low-carb diet or thinking about it, this cauliflower rice will be suitable for you. Versatile and perfect for meal prepping. You can cook your cauliflower cilantro lime rice at the start of the week and then have it on hand during the week. Amazingly, this recipe caters to most of the diet preferences as it is gluten-free, vegan, paleo-friendly, keto, whole30, and dairy-free!

Cauliflower Cilantro Lime Rice

Ready for a refreshing, flavorful, low-carb side dish? For a healthy side dish with loads of flavor, turn to cauliflower rice. Seasoned with cilantro and lime, it’s refreshing, filling, and utterly delicious.

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Buttery air fryer sweet potato slices (sweet potato rounds) are easy and the best potato side dish for any main! 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

Air Fryer 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 potatoes cooked in an air fryer are easy to make and make excellent sides!

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Roasted Broccoli with Balsamic Vinegar

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.

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Easy and healthy paleo stuffing with plantains and sausage is sweet, savory, flavorful and insanely delicious! This stuffing is gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free and whole30 complaint! The sweetness of the sweet ripe plantains combined with the savory sausage, coconut milk, bell peppers, herbs, and spices is insanely delicious! This stuffing is moist, flavorful, tasty, kid-friendly, and a crowd-pleaser! This healthy paleo stuffing is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Sunday roast, or any time you wish, etc. Pair this paleo stuffing with some juicy turkey, turkey breast, or this leg of lamb! #Paelostuffing #stuffing #Thanksgivingstuffing #healthystuffing

Thanksgiving Stuffing with Plantains and Sausage

Easy and healthy paleo stuffing with plantains and sausage is sweet, savory, flavorful, and insanely delicious!ย Just an excellent side for Thanksgiving and beyond!

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Red Beet Puree

Silky red beet puree, aka beetroot puree, is simply a recipe of pureed cooked beets, coconut milk, fresh garlic, salt, and pepper. Red beet puree is sweet, savory, flavorful, colorful, and comes with a perfect kick of freshness from the fresh raw garlic.

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Vegan, Dairy-free, Gluten-free, and Paleo, Baked Brussels Sprouts Recipe - super easy to make and insanely delicious.

Baked Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Vegan, Dairy-free, Gluten-free, and Paleo, Baked Brussels Sprouts Recipe โ€“ super easy to make and insanely delicious. This healthy side dish is a crowd-pleaser!

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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!

Sweet Potato Cubes in the Air Fryer

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.

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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.

Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Goat Cheese and Balsamic Glaze

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.ย 

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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!

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. This buttery air fryer roasted acorn squash recipe is the perfect fall side dish for the holidays!

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Classic Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

Look no further for a perfect holiday side dish; this cauliflower mac and cheese recipe is festive, flavorful, and fabulous! You are bound to fall in love with this!

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Air Fryer 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!

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A simple recipe of sautรฉed beet greens is nutritious, delicious, and super easy to make! Beetroot leaves are easy to cook as they require only a few ingredients, including beet greens, olive oil, onions, salt, and pepper. If you love satuรฉed spinach or any other sautรฉed vegetables, then you will most definitely love these delicious pan-fried beet leaves. You can pair sautรฉed beetroot greens with fish, chicken, or tofu. You can also fry an egg by side to serve beet greens as breakfast. Sautรฉing beetroot leaves is one of the simplest ways to make a healthy, delicious side dish. It takes about 10 minutes from cooking to plating.

Easy Sautรฉed Beet Greens Recipe

Nutritious sautรฉed beet greens is a perfect alternative to sautรฉed spinach. You can pair your sautรฉed beet greens with a protein of choice. So tasty and packed with the vitamins and minerals that your body needs,

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Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash

This Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash is an all-in-one mealย that’sย bursting with fall flavors. The savory goodness comes from sautรฉed onions, celery, mushrooms, and warm spices. Get this Recipe from Melissa!

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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.

Air Fryer Roasted Maple Butternut Squash Cubes

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

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Baked sweet potato

Baked sweet potato served with whipped honey butter is the ultimate side dish for fall/autumn. Sweet, butteryย andย so comforting.ย Get this recipe from Alida!

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A simple quinoa bowl with air fryer roasted beet (beetroot), roasted air-fried butternut squash, and baked quinoa is filling, satisfying, healthy! This roasted beet butternut squash bowl with quinoa is colorful, making it a perfect side dish for every main dish and every occasion! Quinoa, beets, and butternut squash is a combo you didn't know you needed. The leftovers keep well in the refrigerator and make great additions to quinoa salads. #quinoa #butternutsquash #beet

Roasted Beet Butternut Squash Quinoa Bowl

A simple quinoa bowl with air fryer roasted beet (beetroot), roasted air-fried butternut squash, and baked quinoa is filling, satisfying, healthy!

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Roasted Pumpkin Chickpea Salad

This Roasted Pumpkin Chickpea Salad is a flavorful fall side dish! It’s roasted and tossed with hearty greens, chickpeas, feta cheese, and a homemade balsamic dressing. Get this recipe from Christine!ย 

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Mashed rutabaga

Mashed rutabaga, loaded with bacon, cheese, and green onions, is a healthy but delicious low-carb alternative to mashed potatoes. Get this recipe from Lisa!

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Carrot casserole

Fluffy and sweet, this carrot casserole is a delightful twist on a classic dessert. Easy to make, it’s the perfect addition to any holiday gathering. Get this recipe from Renae.

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Butternut Squash Mashed Potatoes

Give your potatoes a fallย make overย with these delicious Butternut Squash Mashed Potatoes studded with fresh chives and parsley. Get this recipe from Heather!

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Roasted Brussels sprouts and green beans

Delicious, easy to makeย andย ready in just 40 minutes.ย Thisย is the perfect side for any dinner! Get this recipe from Neil.

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Batataย harra

Batataย harraย is a simple and delicious Lebanese/Syrian dish of spicy potatoes,ย red peppersย andย garnished with lots of fresh coriander.ย Get this recipe from Brian!

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Air fryer gochujang cauliflower

Cozy up to your dinner table with this crispy air fryer gochujang cauliflower. Youโ€™ll love these crispy, crunchy florets tossed in a sticky, savory-sweet sauce. Get this recipe from Christine!

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Creamy roasted cauliflower soup is a perfect hearty soup recipe for every family member! Not only is cauliflower soup easy to make, but it requires only a few ingredients โ€“ cauliflower, onions, garlic, ginger, fresh thyme, chicken broth, and coconut milk! This soup is nutritious, healthy, and ideal for anyone on a special diet! This gluten-free and dairy-free roasted cauliflower soup is a flavorful, hearty soup that is excellent for fall and winter nights. Cheers to enjoying the most satisfying, cozy, tasty, flavorful cauliflower soup EVER!

Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup

You need this luscious, creamy, flavorful, cozy, and hearty roasted cauliflower soup! It is easy to make, gluten-free, dairy-free, and absolutely delicious!!

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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!

Sliced Air Fryer Mushrooms with Paprika

A simple recipe of air fryer mushrooms requires sliced mushrooms, paprika, olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, dry thyme, salt, and pepper!

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The fall season calls for hearty, warming side dish recipes like those mentioned above. What recipes would you be making? Mashed sweet potatoes and braised cabbages are my go-to. Hopefully, you can give that and others a try! You can find video recipes on my YouTube Channel.

While you are here, please make sure to check out my yummy butternut squash recipes for fall. So are our pumpkin recipes. Happy fall!

These easy fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help you prepare for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Look no further for nutritious veggie side dishes that will elevate your main dish and dinner table and that your family and friends will love! If you enjoy fall flavors, then this collection of fall side recipes will put a smile on your face. Also, one of the best things about the majority of the recipes that I have gathered here is that they are easy to make and will not keep you in the kitchen for longer.

10 Cozy Main Dishes For Fall:

Get ready for the easiest dinner ever with this one-pot turkey leg dish! Legitimately, the most comforting and hearty fall-off-the-bone oven-baked smothered turkey legs! A simple recipe of turkey legs baked in the oven results in the most extraordinary, cozy turkey dish you and your family will enjoy. The best is that you can actually make this any time of the year. However, I also enjoy making this during the holidays, especially for Thanksgiving, when it is only us or when we have only a few guests. It is such an easy way to have turkey without cooking the whole bird. Hear me when you will never make turkey legs another way if you try these oven-baked smothered ones! So effortlessly good! These turkey legs are dairy-free.

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These easy fall-inspired vegetable side dishes recipes will help you prepare for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Look no further for nutritious veggie side dishes that will elevate your main dish and dinner table and that your family and friends will love! If you enjoy fall flavors, then this collection of fall side recipes will put a smile on your face. Also, one of the best things about the majority of the recipes that I have gathered here is that they are easy to make and will not keep you in the kitchen for longer.

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I'm Nkechi Ajaeroh, a 2x International Best Selling Author, Food Enthusiast, and Public Health expert with a Master's in Public Health. Originally from Nigeria, I now reside in the United States. My passion is crafting heart-healthy Nigerian meals with an American twist. My blog explores the joy of food and life, sharing my personal and professional journey and helping you navigate your healthy lifestyle. I am dedicated to impacting lives through storytelling and inspiring others to achieve their personal goals. LEARN MORE ABOUT ME

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