Festive Vegetable Sides 2025: luxury to budget; roast, steamed, raw

This selection of vegetable sides for the festive season covers luxury, family and budget-friendly combos, hot or cold.  They are all delicious, a few are a bit sassy and nearly all are pretty healthy too.  Instructions are simple and clear; novice cooks can rest easy.  

PLEASE NOTE: some prices are historical, adjust accordingly.  (date of firsts post is above and to the right of the photo)

CHEAP 'N CHEERFUL SALADS

Lettuce Wedges with Low-fat Thousand Island Dressing

Simple crisp lettuce dolloped with chunky dressing is a refreshing counterweight to festive dishes...and it's so wallet friendly

Wonderful Waldorf Salad: famous New York combo of apples, celery & walnuts; simple prep, low cost, low-fat but hugely delicious with crisp crunchy and creamy (dairy-free opt) ingredients

COOKED

67's top choice: SIMPLE SENSATIONAL SPROUTS  

Vegan with carnivore option, low-salt, low cost; steamer.  Relax; this is so easy & tasty, you can get on with the rest of Christmas dinner without worries!

Simple but sensational: Steamed Sprouts with Savoury Spice Mix & Lemon
'Makes sprouts a tasty must-have; the spice mix utterly makes it!'

  Air Fried Sprouts with Pears & Tangy Mustard Sauce

 Vegan, easy-peasy, eat hot or cold  

Unusual but sophisticated combo for an intriguing delicious side that won't take up oven space!  Dairy-free, kids options.

Festive Sprout Latkes

Vegetarian with vegan opt, wallet-friendly, gluten-free, high fibre

Stonkingly delicious sprout latkes with a tangy balsamic sauce: a worthy addition to any festive table 

ROASTED

Easy Festive Roast Veg from Jaimie Oliver

67 makes no apologies for including these recipes from Jaimie Oliver for zhuzzing up carrots & parsnips for Christmas dinner or Hannakah.  The carrots are roasted with oil, honey or maple syrup, rosemary and clementine.  The parsnips, by contrast, are roasted in olive oil, red wine vinegar and bay leaves. Cook in separate pans or in 2 foil packets in one pan.

Sprout, Parsnip & Baby Corn Melange 

oven roasted: perfect consistency

Careful preparation ensures the dense round sprouts, starchy parsnips
 and crunchy baby corn are all ready at the same time.

RAW VEGETABLES

Christmas Slaw: Sprout, Pear, Walnut & Cranberries:

Every festive table needs raw food - salad or fruit - to offset the richness of festive dishes.  This multi-textured slaw is one less vegetable to cook, prepped ahead & refrigerated until needed.

SINGLE VEGETABLE SALADS: Wallet friendly, healthy (recipe includes all three salad veg shown here)

• One vegetable transforms into a crisp, tart salad in minutes...giving them a new ease of life
  
  
  

  
  
  
  Radishes in tangy creamy dressing, dairy-free option
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

Cucumber, in sweet & sour sauce

Lettuce with Green Herb 

These recipes have been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.