Summer Side Dish Recipes

This classic French potato salad is incredibly easy to make and compliments any kind of meal. Prepare it when dinner is simply too much to handle and you still want to eat healthy food.

This risoni salad, made with lemon mustard vinaigrette and parsley is a fresh-tasting salad that can be made into a main course with the addition of tuna. If you cannot find risoni, a small rice-shaped pasta, or orzo, substitute any small soup pasta for great results.

Tangy, complex balsamic vinegar and a touch of salt turn olive oil and sautéed peppers into a great side dish for a hearty entrée like sirloin croquettes.

Sautéed zucchini with walnuts is an easy, healthy way to add a bit of color and flavor to your French menu.

This spinach soufflé recipe is a perfect stand-alone for a light lunch or great served with roasted lemon rosemary chicken for a special dinner.

This savory tomato tarte Tatin is welcome twist to appetizer trays at a cocktail party. Serve it as a first course with red wine, or with mixed greens with pears and blue cheese as a light lunch with white wine.

This piquant side dish is a perfect example of Martinique’s cuisine. It combines fennel seeds from the South of France with tropical melon and lime for a flavor that is exclusively Caribbean.

This healthy vegetable side dish, pepped up with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, is the perfect accompaniment to roasted meat or poultry. Using virtually no preparation time or hard-to-find ingredients, this roasted asparagus recipe goes from the refrigerator to the table in less than twenty minutes.

Creamy and comforting, this cauliflower gratin recipe features a classic Béchamel sauce punched up by just a little bit of fresh thyme. This gratin is a classic at Provencal tables.

Wrapping bacon or ham around bits of dried fruit and grilling or broiling them is a popular way to make appetizers in the south of France. This easy grilled bacon-wrapped figs recipe is a perfect example of why the cured meat and fruit combination is a tradition. The mixture of crispy grilled ham and caramelized figs is irresistible.