This big flavored Greek Pasta Salad is packed with crunchy veggies, chunks of feta and salty olives. Â Tossed with a super simple lemon vinaigrette, Â it is the perfect side dish! This salad packs a big punch of crunch! Â Packed full of fresh veggies along with salty olives and fat chunks of feta it will become…
Side dish recipes
We love our flavorful side dishes at Laughing Spatula! Sides dishes don’t get the credit they should- sure, they’re not the main course, but they can still pack a punch with flavor and enhancing your meal. Be it a wedge salad platter, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Garlic and Cheese Stuffed Bread, or Easy One Rise Dinner Rolls, we have your side dishes covered. The in laws will LOVE you for bringing a Laughing Spatula side dish recipe!
Side dishes can highlight a perfect meal! Let us show you how to make easy and delicious side dish recipes.
Asian Slaw with Sesame Peanut Dressing
Crunchy and Fresh Asian Slaw with an easy to make Sesame Peanut Dressing ! Â Perfect side dish for chicken, fish or burgers! Full of fresh crunchy veggies, this recipe goes with everything. Â A perfect salad for all seasons! We first had this at my friend’s place in Palm Springs. Â Â She served this delicious…
The Best Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe
What makes this Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe the best?  Everything!  Blueberries, feta and our dear friend avocado.  Along with a  delicious two minute Poppy Seed Vinaigrette recipe…it is THE BEST! Feels like spring time to me!  This salad has been in our lives for a very long time.  We eat variations of it for…
Cauliflower Rice with Mushrooms and Feta
Cauliflower Rice with Mushrooms and Feta! – This combo will make you quickly forget it’s cauliflower and not rice! Cauliflower rice where have you been all my life!  I mean I have heard of it, but I really didn’t think it would taste like rice…but it does!  Especially with a little help from my beloved mushrooms…
Honey Glazed Carrots with Garlic & Thyme
These Honey Glazed Carrots with Garlic and Thyme taste like savory candy, and they’re absolutely delicious, and perfect for any holiday- Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas, you name it- they’ll do! You’ll simmer these carrots in about 1 inch of water in a shallow stovetop pan for about 2 minutes- any sooner and they’re too crunchy, any…
Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin
 Easy Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin! – This dish looks so fancy but it is so incredibly simple!  It’s just turning the sliced potatoes upside down! Simply toss sliced potatoes with fresh cream, garlic and cheese.  Stack them up and put them in the pan! Don’t touch that dial!  I know, these look sooooo hard to…
Easy Homemade Rolls
These Easy Homemade Rolls are one rise.  No double duty!  This recipe is unique and delicious!  Make these once and you will never go store bought again…they are that easy.  And check out the new video we just added below!  Whats the secret to a great one rise roll?  Nothing fancy…just simple ingredients…
Skinny Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Here is one of my secret diet weapons! Skinny Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup.  Coming in at only 30 calories a cup.  (That is exactly a cup in the photo by the way).  It’s hearty and healthy and great with a half a turkey sammie for lunch. In under 30 minutes you can have…
The BEST and EASIEST Baked Mexican Rice
When I say I like easy- I really mean it. You know what else gets me? Fluffy restaurant style Mexican rice. It’s SO HARD to duplicate at home but guess what? I found a way! You will LOVE my recipe for the BEST and EASIEST Baked Mexican Rice! Yet another recipe I made up but…
Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad
This beautiful Mediterranean Orzo Salad is stuffed with veggies and comes together in less than 20 minutes. It’s fast, fresh and easy to prepare. Â Just the way we love our food around here! This salad is more like an antipasto pasta salad if there is such a thing. We added salami and artichokes to…
Tex Mex Pasta Salad with Chili Tomato Vinaigrette
 Tex Mex Pasta Salad with Chili Tomato Vinaigrette! –  Fresh crunchy corn, black beans, avocado and a plethora of veggies tossed with pasta and a flavorful easy to make vinaigrette! Love me some Tex Mex flavors!  Black beans, peppers, corn and of course our good friend avocado!  We went heavy on the veg for…
Crunchy Mediterranean Couscous Salad
Crunchy Mediterranean Couscous Salad!  – My favorite salad…because it doesn’t taste like your having salad!  Made with easy to prepare couscous and crunchy veggies with a hit of feta! Full of  chickpeas, feta, crunchy cucumbers and a plethora of fresh veggies.  All tossed in our easy  3 minute Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette! I tossed this together this…
Best Spanish Rice
This Easy One Pot Spanish Rice will quickly become a family favorite! Â We use fresh ingredients that you most likely have on hand. Â Chicken stock for added flavor along with mexican spices…even a pepper if you like a little heat! What makes this Spanish Rice recipe the best? We fresh veggies for some crunch….
Twice Baked Potato Bites
Twice Baked Potato Bites! – These were a huge hit and so easy to make!  Not sure I can have another  party without them! I love little bites….I could live on appetizers alone!  These beauties are about two bitefuls and were a hit at my last party! Nothing says yum like double stuffed anything…
Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Galette
Roasted Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Galette –  A galette is a fancy word for a rustic tart.  Around here ‘rustic’ means lazy! This beautifully unformed savory tart comes together in a flash. I love the simplicity.  Store bought pie crust filled with roasted squash, goat cheese and topped with arugula and pomegranate for a pop…
