What To Serve With Risotto 25 Sides

We’ve selected 25 of our best sides, appetizers, and easy recipes to upgrade your risotto to main meal status. Browse through this list and pick your favorite for your next serving of risotto: roasted and healthy vegetables, fresh salads, protein-rich dishes, and many more. These recipes will give you new inspiration for what to serve with a creamy risotto.

Risotto as a side dish or main dish?

For many more side dish ideas, check out our sides category page. Since risotto is a hearty and creamy dish, fresh salads and raw vegetables pair well and will cleanse your palate. It’s a quick and refreshing way to add fresh greens to your risotto dinner. Marinated in lemon juice, and fresh herbs, the zucchini becomes amazingly flavorful and aromatic. They’re perfect with a creamy plate of risotto and they are ready in just 10 minutes. You can eat it on its own, as a side dish, or use it in lots of other recipes. It’s a colorful and easy recipe to get your loved ones to eat more veggies. It’s perfect for hot summer evenings, or as soon as you start finding ripe and local tomatoes. Serve next to your main dish for a vibrant and healthy meal. You can customize them with your favorite marinade and serve in summer and autumn with your favorite risotto. Serve it as a starter, or serve it next to risotto to increase your veggie intake. Everyone loves crostini because they are tasty and fun to eat. This soup will easily make your risotto dinner extra green and velvety smooth. They add extra veggies and protein to your risotto dinner, and they can be easily prepared the day before eating. Serve it as a side with risotto along with a side salad. A great way to add extra veggies and fiber to your serving of risotto. A perfect Italian side dish with risotto and pasta dishes. It’s perfectly paired with a plate of creamy risotto.

Starter: Italians typically serve risotto as a primo piatto (starter) without veggies or sides. Serve risotto as the starter, followed by a plant-based main course, such as vegan pasta or any of these dinner ideas. Main meal: Serve risotto for dinner by pairing it with an easy side salad, arugula salad, or pear salad.Risotto is a grain–based meal, and combined with greens and protein, you’ll get a complete and satiating meal.

Mushroom risotto (button mushrooms, parsley, garlic, rice, vegetable broth, etc.) Asparagus risotto (asparagus, lemon, parmesan, or dairy-free cheese, etc.) Butternut squash risotto (butter or vegan butter, butternut squash, sage, etc.) Saffron risotto (saffron, onions, arborio rice, olive oil, etc.)

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