The dishes that round out the plate. Roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, holiday casseroles and the sides that keep getting requested year after year, with make-ahead timings for the ones that need them.
Ina Garten roasted shishito peppers with easy hollandaise skips the double boiler, because the sauce comes together in a microwave. Seven ingredients, one sheet pan, and a quick whisk make this the kind of easy side dish you bring to a dinner party. The hollandaise will break if you rush the microwave, so go in …
Ina Garten roasted butternut squash with brown butter & sage comes from a simple recipe she adapted from David Tanis’s Market Cooking. Seven ingredients, one sheet pan, and about 40 minutes get you caramelized squash drizzled with nutty sage butter for an easy side. The brown butter makes or breaks this dish, so swirl it …
Ina Garten maple-roasted honeynut squash is an easy 5-ingredient side, creamier than any butternut version. She fills each half with brown sugar, butter, and maple syrup, then roasts them in their skins. Prep it ahead for a family dinner and reheat. The trick is cutting each squash in half so the cavity holds the filling. …
Ina Garten fingerling potatoes need just 4 ingredients, a recipe she picked up from Hamptons farmer Jim Pike, who sells sweet little fingerlings every fall. Boil them, steam them dry, then toss with salt, pepper, and good olive oil for the easiest side dish of the week. Cover the drained potatoes with a kitchen towel …
Ina Garten easy sesame noodles skip the stovetop sauce entirely, because every ingredient goes straight into a blender. The prep-ahead peanut dressing coats hot spaghetti in under 20 minutes, and it works as a quick side dish or weeknight dinner. Toss the sauce with hot pasta right before you plan to eat, because the soy …
Ina Garten balsamic roasted baby peppers are easy because nothing gets seeded or stemmed first. Whole peppers go straight into the dish, which makes this a five ingredient side dish for a dinner party. Aged balsamic at the end does the rest. The peppers need to brown in spots without turning black, so start checking …
Ina Garten caramelized butternut squash is easy in a way most holiday sides are not: she tosses it right on the sheet pan. No bowl, just five ingredients, one pan to wash, and it still stretches to feed a dinner party of eight at Thanksgiving. The cubes need a single layer on the pan, because …
Ina Garten marble potatoes with garlic & herbs, easy enough for a weeknight side dish and quick enough for a family dinner tonight. You skip the peeling step entirely because marble potatoes are tiny, so they brown in butter in about 15 minutes. The lid has to stay on tight the whole 10 to 15 …