Make aheads are always welcome when you are serving a crowd. This savoury bread pudding is a wonderful side dish to serve with roast beef.
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Leek and Gruyere Bread and Butter Pudding
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Easy Roasted Green Beans with Balsamic Vinegar and Goat Cheese
Roasting beans brings out more flavour than boiling them. Making a roast for a crowd? Throw these beans in the oven after the roast comes out and is resting before carving; the roast and the veg will be ready to eat at the same time.
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Roasted Cauliflower with French Vinaigrette
Your turn to host the big holiday meal and you’re tired of the same old sides? Try this easy cauliflower side dish, large enough for a crowd, but requiring very little prep.
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Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Orange and Spice
Sweet potatoes are a traditional holiday side dish, but are great at any time of year. This big-batch, orangey sweet potato mash is perfect to make if the main course is in the oven so you need to make your side dish on the stove-top.
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Herbed Goat Cheese Gratin
You can substitute any colour of little gems potatoes you’d like, but we like the way the red skinned ones look against the goat cheese.
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Belle Riviere Cauliflower Gratin
Adding cheese sauce to cauliflower or broccoli is a sure-fire way to get the kids to eat it! A wonderful dish to serve alongside a roast. You can steam the cauliflower, if you prefer steaming to boiling.
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Italian-Inspired Vegetable Medley
Jazz up everyday mixed vegetables with Italian flavours of Parmesan and tomato.
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Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta
We know, we know- Brussels sprouts are not a popular vegetable! They are really good for you, so don’t let memories of overcooked, grey sprouts stop you from trying this fabulous recipe.
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Brown Rice Salad with Arugula and Feta
Brown rice is lower on the glycemic index than white rice and contains more fibre, meaning it makes you feel full longer. Try this salad for your packed lunches.
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Hearty Mushroom Barley Pilaf
Barley is high in fibre and low on the glycemic index, making it a great substitute for the usual white rice used in pilaf. Try this side dish with a roast instead of potatoes or rice.




