Easy Vegetable Side Dishes You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less These are the perfect tasty companions for healthy weeknight meals. Close Credit: The Ingalls It's so easy to get into a vegetable side-dish rut, be it the ubiquitous bag of salad greens mixed with a few chopped cucumbers and tomatoes or the ever-so-friendly roasted sheet-pan vegetables. While these are perfectly delicious options, there are so many other wonderful, quick, and colorful ways to eat vegetables that don't take long to prepare. If you're looking to mix it up a little, these recipes—all of which take 30 minutes or less—will help you bring a little pizazz to your dinner plate. 93 Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes to Make Any Night of the Week 01 of 12 Easy Creamed Spinach Credit: Diana Chistruga Spinach, but make it decadent and creamy—and easy to make. Our recipe does it all. There's no sauce since we use cream cheese to bring the decadence to everyone's favorite leafy green vegetable. View Recipe 02 of 12 Roasted Carrots With Feta and Parsley Rich, earthy carrots get a hint of tang from crumbled feta and a sweet touch from fresh parsley. View Recipe 03 of 12 Sautéed Asparagus With Lemon If you usually steam or boil asparagus, try sautéing. It produces crisp spears that retain their green color, and it seems to concentrate the asparagus flavor. View Recipe 04 of 12 Roasted-Vegetable Salad with Garlic Dressing Credit: Maria Robledo Roasting intensifies the flavors and colors of this composed salad, made with fingerling potatoes, delicata squash, baby beets, brussels sprouts, carrots, leeks, and celery root. Serve on a bed of greens and drizzle with the warm garlic dressing. View Recipe 05 of 12 Fried Brussels Sprouts Credit: Martyna Szczesna Working in batches is the key to getting deliciously crispy Brussels sprouts; they need space to crisp up. Be sure to bring the oil back to temperature between batches to prevent the sprouts from getting soggy. View Recipe 06 of 12 Steamed Carrots With Lemon and Sea Salt Credit: The Ingalls For a fresh take on carrots, go back to basics. Steaming lets the sweet flavor of this favorite root vegetable shine. All the carrots need are a squeeze of lemon juice and a sprinkle of sea salt. It looks especially stunning with rainbow carrots, but this recipe also works wonderfully with regular orange carrots. View Recipe 07 of 12 Broccolini With Peperoncini Credit: Paola + Murray Impress your guests with a platter of these grassy, sweet, and garlicky crisp-tender stems of sprouting broccolini at your next gathering—the best way to serve this Italian vegetable! View Recipe 08 of 12 Smashed Potatoes These smashed—not mashed—potatoes are tasty, crispy, and a side both grown-ups and kids will enjoy. Leaving the skin on the potatoes adds extra nutrition, flavor, and color. View Recipe 09 of 12 Shaved Fennel, Zucchini, and Celery Salad Credit: Marcus Nilsson Celery, fennel, zucchini, oil, vinegar, and beans are topped with almonds for extra crunch and nutrition—a simple yet fresh salad that'd beat any packaged one in an instant. View Recipe 10 of 12 Sautéed Baby Boy Choy Credit: Christina Holmes Here's a perfect 15-minute vegetable side dish for all kinds of entrées—serve yours with Korean short ribs, or seared salmon, or tuck them into a bowl of bibimbap! View Recipe 11 of 12 Grilled Zucchini With Miso Credit: Dana Gallagher A few minutes on the grill is all this zucchini needs. Put them on the coals after you've grilled steaks or chicken, and the squash will be ready by the time the meat has finished resting. View Recipe 12 of 12 Sweet Peas With Shallots and Gem Lettuce Credit: Anson Smart Lettuce isn't just for eating raw in salads. This elegant sauté is finished off with Little Gem lettuce leaves, cooked just until they wilt. View Recipe Explore more: Food & Cooking Recipes Ingredients Vegetables