How to Use side dish in a Sentence

side dish

noun
  • Use dairy as a side dish to your meal.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Use dairy as a side dish to your meal.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This side dish tastes and looks like spring on a plate.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
  • To make this side dish a meal, toss in some cubed ham.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Any of these roasts on their own can be served as a side dish too.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Consume lentils as a side dish at any meal.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This cold salad side dish is best made ahead of time.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This cold salad side dish is best made ahead of time.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • These chicken breasts can be served with just about any side dish.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Each pie is served with mashed potatoes, a side dish and dessert.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Serve warm with sour cream and smoked salmon as a first course or as a side dish.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • It can be served as a side dish or as the star of smaller plates.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • It can be cooked and pureed into soups, or mashed as a side dish.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Feel free to make a grain side dish, like quinoa or rice, instead.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Acorn squash can be baked, roasted, or steamed for a tasty side dish.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Acorn squash can be baked, roasted, or steamed for a tasty side dish.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 July 2025
  • Acorn squash can be baked, roasted, or steamed for a tasty side dish.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This fruity casserole can be served as a side dish, a dessert, or both!
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • With its in-your-face flavor, this is not a shy side dish, though.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
  • They can be mashed for a side dish or a flavorful dip.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 16 June 2026
  • As easy as a side dish gets, it can even be made all in one casserole dish.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022
  • This one-pan side dish is full of flavor and color.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Sauté them with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper for a quick side dish.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Fresh summer squash is the star of this classic side dish.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Eat them as a lighter dinner, a hearty side dish, or as just part of a feast.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Try them as a side dish for fajitas or eat them over rice.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • This holiday side dish is good enough to serve any time of year.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • Meals include a main course and side dish and come fully cooked.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • This is one of my favorite side dishes for any time of the year.
    — Amanda Cushman, charlotteobserver, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Spoonbread meets grits soufflé in this cheesy side dish.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025

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