25 Potato Recipes Sides Meals

From crispy potato sides to creamy mashes and wholesome soups, these potato recipes will get you ready for flavor-rich dishes. For many more side dish ideas, check out our sides category page. They are misunderstood due to their association with comfort food and fried indulgences. But potatoes can be a nutritious addition to your diet and offer many benefits to overall well–being. Let’s look at these wholesome and homecooked meals that make potatoes the star of the table. You can eat them alone or with a dip such as homemade mayonnaise, marinara sauce, chipotle sauce, and avocado spread.

2. Mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes are the ultimate side dish and comfort food in one dish. They’re perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas or any family dinner when you feel like something cozy. Serve it with a square of butter and chives, or enjoy it with our delicious mushroom gravy.

3. Dill potato salad

You can use Yukon Gold, new, baby, red, or russet potatoes for this creamy potato salad. We tested all of them and mixed the potatoes with a yogurt–mayo dressing, and the potato salad turned out delicious and perfect herby. The texture is fluffier than regular mashed potatoes, which makes this recipe incredible and a little lighter to digest.

5. Potato leek soup

You will love this potato leek soup because it is easy to make in one pot, with simple ingredients, and ready in about 30 minutes. Also, it’s light and healthy while delicious, with a mouth-watering creamy texture.

6. Smashed potatoes

Crispy smashed potatoes are a finger-licking delicious potato appetizer, side dish, or snack for a fun everyday dinner or a special meal. Eat them as they are, or drizzle them with a quick salsa verde, chimichurri, fresh tomato salsa, or tahini sauce for a beautiful, colorful, and tasty potato dish. This summer salad accommodates all eaters as it is dairy–free, vegan, and tasty.

8. Potato frittata (no eggs)

If you wonder how to serve potatoes for breakfast or brunch, here is an idea: potato leek frittata. It’s a mix between an omelet and a quiche; it’s soft, tasty, and perfectly moist. We make it made with chickpea flour, baked in the oven, and without eggs, making it easy and healthy.

9. Lentil vegetable soup

This potato lentil soup is a healthy and easy weeknight dinner idea. Here is our tip: add bite-sized diced potatoes (peeled) with the lentils, as they have about the same cooking time. The potatoes turn beautifully tender and are infused with turmeric flavor.

11. Air fryer potatoes

You must try Air fryer potatoes if you want a quick and super easy method for cooking potatoes. They are an excellent side dish with a tender, almost buttery core and a finger–licking good, salty, crispy skin. They are also great as a snack with dips or appetizers; they have a pleasant rosemary aroma and go well with most main dishes.

12. Aloo Gobi

Aloo Gobi is a simple and tasty vegetarian Indian curry with potatoes (aloo), cauliflower (gobhi), and a mix of Indian spices such as turmeric and cumin. Serve this cauliflower potato curry as a starter, side dish, or healthy main with naan bread or rice and your favorite yogurt. Potatoes are great for adding creaminess to soups because they have a mildly earthy but mostly neutral flavor and are rich in starch. When blended, the starch in the potato binds with the cauliflower, making this soup the creamiest, even creamier than soup made with butter.

14. Sweet potato chili

The creaminess and flavors of this simple one–pot sweet potato chili blew us away. With kidney beans, corn, and a rich tomato base, It is one of our favorite make-ahead dinners as it keeps in the fridge for days.

15. Lentil sweet potato salad

Sweet potatoes come in white, purple, and orange varieties. We recommend the classic orange sweet potatoes for this winter-friendly dish. We make this meal-prep-friendly salad with tender caramelized roasted sweet potatoes, meaty green or brown lentils, and plenty of fresh parsley. Check out our homemade potato gnocchi recipe to learn how to make them. You’ll only need russet or red potatoes, all-purpose flour, and salt. We make the dough without egg; you won’t need fancy equipment, just a fork or potato ricer.

17. Sweet potato soup

For this healthy sweet potato soup, we bake the sweet potato in the oven with the other ingredients (onions, carrots, garlic, salt, and pepper). Then, when the veggies are soft and caramelized, we transfer them into a Dutch oven, add vegetable broth, and blend with an immersion blender until smooth and creamy.

18. Easy sweet potato gnocchi

These sweet potato gnocchi have a chewy and irresistible texture; they cook in 1 minute, and you can serve them with your favorite sauce. Our tip for a restaurant-worthy meal is a sauce of butter and sage, cream and mushrooms, lentil bolognese, or arugula pesto. Our tip: Substitute diced sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, or kabocha squash for potatoes.

20. Zucchini soup

Potato is our secret ingredient to make the zucchini soup creamy and silky without adding heavy cream, butter, or cheese. When blended, the starch in the potato binds with the other ingredients, creating a velvety and creamy texture.

21. Pesto pasta

Traditional pasta al pesto from Genova in Italy (the home of basil pesto) is with added boiled potatoes and green beans. We think green beans and potatoes are delicious with pasta, so we’ll show you how to add them for a satiating and Italian–inspired meal. Our tip: You can freeze the soup for up to 3 months and reheat it for busy weeknights. It’s a healthy and prosperous dinner with lots of fiber and flavor.

23. Sweet potato hash

Make sweet potato hash with oven-roasted sweet potatoes to unleash the spuds’ caramelized and slightly charred flavor. We combine black beans, lime, peppers, and cilantro to create this colorful, nutritious, and, most importantly, delicious meal.

24. Tender sweet potato wedges

Roasted sweet potato wedges are a quick and easy recipe that takes no time to prepare and only about 30 minutes of burning in the oven. You can peel the sweet potatoes or make skin-on sweet potato wedges, making the recipe even faster.

25. Sweet potato muffins

We end this list with a snack and dessert idea that is prepared in 30 minutes: easy sweet potato muffins. The recipe is naturally vegan and dairy–free, as there’s no need for eggs or butter. The sweet potato makes the muffins moist, sweet, and irresistible. [adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=”nCUV6cyj” upload-date=”2022-11-24T05:11:52.000Z” name=”Mashed Potatoes.mov” description=”With only 5 ingredients, you can turn your potatoes into a creamy-licious potato mash. Serve it with a square of butter and chives, or enjoy it with our delicious mushroom gravy.” player-type=”default” override-embed=”default”]

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