Burgers and hot dogs are an easy meal for any weeknight or cookout! While classic sides like macaroni salad are always healthy sides are also a great option! This list of 55 healthy sides for burgers and hot dogs has some great ideas for delicious sides for your next cookout!
Often when I make burgers or hot dogs on the grill I pair them with the typical potato chips, pasta salad, mac and cheese, or even classic french fries. But I also like to have a healthy option to offer my family, or to take to a picnic or summer cookout.
While I like to cook up something easy like fresh green beans, sweet corn or baked sweet potato fries, I also like to add some variety!
It is easy to change up your menu and add some extra veggies or other healthy options if you’ve got awesome recipes to choose from! That is where this list comes in! These healthy burger sides range from a simple salad recipe to quinoa salad, fruit salad, or broccoli salad. It is easy to offer up a great side dish that your whole family will love!
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- Delicious Loaded Potato Salad- This creamy potato salad is so delicious and easy to make! Loaded with crispy bacon, cheese, green onions and more it is always a hit at any party or picnic!
- Sweet and Creamy Pistachio Salad– This pistachio salad is the delicious sweet, creamy and fruity dish like your grandma used to make! With just a handful of ingredients, it is so easy to make and is sure to be a hit!
Healthy burger recipes-
Not only can you make your meal healthy by adding healthy easy sides but you can also make some delicious healthy burgers! While I love a good burger made with ground beef a great way to mix it up is with a variety of burger patties! These recipes will be a great addition to your burger night!
Healthy Turkey and Zucchini Burgers- Turkey Zucchini Burgers are a delicious variation on a classic burger. Made with shredded zucchini, ground turkey, and spices topped with a bun and your favorite burger toppings. These juicy turkey burgers will be your new favorite!
Black Bean Burgers- If you are looking for a delicious meatless burger you’ll love these black beans burgers! They are hearty, filling, and super tasty, you’ll never miss the meat!
Fajita Burgers- These lean beef burgers are topped with bell pepper and onion seasoned and sauteed in a little bit of olive oil.
55 Healthy Sides for Burgers and Hot Dogs
Are you looking for a tasty dish to serve at your next picnic or barbecue? This delicious sweet potato salad is packed with flavor and perfect to serve to your friends and family! Ditch the boring old potato salad for something a little different!
This Mediterranean quinoa salad is loaded with fresh veggies and a ton of flavor! Makes a great side dish or meatless meal!
Are you looking for a delicious easy to make side dish to serve at you next summer party? Try this cilantro lime coleslaw! It is crisp, tasty, and super simple!
This cranberry apple coleslaw is a tasty twist on traditional coleslaw! Sweet apples and tart cranberries combine with crunchy green cabbage, carrots, and homemade coleslaw dressing to create an easy and delicious side dish for any occasion!
This Mediterranean cucumber salad is a fresh, amazing, blend of delicious flavors! Full of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, olives & feta it is loaded with Mediterranean flavor!
Mexican bean salad is a vegan meal perfect for busy days. It’s spicy, refreshing, filling, full of fiber and plant-based protein. The recipe is vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, high protein, and low calorie.
Ohana Noodles are the beloved side dish served at Disney's Polynesian Resort at the Ohana restaurant. This is a copycat recipe of the Disney Noodles!
Creamy German Cucumber Salad (aka Gurkensalat)! This refreshing and simple side dish recipe is a family favorite. It features thinly sliced cucumbers in the most delicious sour cream dressing. SO GOOD!
This Avocado Corn Tomato Salad is a simple, no-lettuce salad made with healthy fats and a lime-cilantro dressing. It makes a great side dish or a light lunch!
This simple daikon and carrot salad has a refreshing sweet and sour dressing, and comes together in under 10 minutes!
This Chickpea Salad tops the list of easy salads to make with only 4 basic ingredients. It can be perfectly paired with just about any meal or enjoyed as a snack!
This Creamy Cucumber Salad recipe is a delicious contemporary version of the sour cream-based cucumber salad of Poland and Eastern Europe. Greek yogurt makes it healthier and ranch dressing takes it to another flavor level!
This summer dish is filled with all of the good stuff! Crispy bacon, cheese, scallions, and of course, potatoes. Whether you are throwing a backyard barbecue or just want a special side for dinner, this is the potato salad to make.
Brussels sprouts slaw is a delicious alternative to a traditional cabbage coleslaw. This recipe uses dried cranberries, orange zest, orange juice and toasted pecans for added crunch.
For an easy healthy side dish, you’re going to love this Romaine Salad Recipe with a Simple Vinaigrette Dressing. This recipe is gluten-free, vegan, and dairy-free.
This easy summer salad is both healthy and delicious, mixed with quinoa, blackberries, a tangy balsamic vinaigrette, topped with pumpkin seeds and a vegan cashew ricotta.
This Watermelon Feta Basil Salad recipe is the perfect fresh, light salad for summer. It takes only 10 minutes to make and has the perfect balance of salty and sweet from the feta cheese, watermelon cubes and the honey lime vinaigrette.
This Tomato-Basil and Vidalia Onion Salad recipe pairs the combination of grape tomatoes and basil with Georgia sweet onions. It's marinated in store-bought Italian salad dressing for a quick and easy summer side dish.
Make Southern-style Keto Potato Salad without cauliflower using this radish recipe. Ready in 10 minutes.
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad with Bacon and Almonds is filled with fresh broccoli florets, crunchy cauliflower, almonds and red onions, tender bacon pieces and slivered carrots – a flavourful, colourful, healthy, and ideal salad for a BBQ or a picnic.
These Hasselback Potatoes are a thinly sliced potato, seasoned to perfection, baked on a griddle until the skin is crispy and then stuffed with bacon and cheese.
This Italian Marinated Vegetable Salad is loaded with broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, and more, marinated in a simple Italian vinaigrette. It’s perfect for picnics, potlucks, and storing in the refrigerator to enjoy all week long.
This bell pepper salad is an easy, fresh side dish that's both simple to make and incredibly versatile. Fresh oranges and a bit of lemon juice bring a hint of acidity to balance bell pepper's natural sweetness, while parsley, red, and green onions bring a touch of brightness to the recipe.
These no mayo deviled eggs are perfectly creamy and balanced in all the right ways. With just six easy ingredients, you’ll be able to whip up this recipe up for an appetizer in no time.
Israeli couscous salad is a Mediterranean style dish, loaded with artichoke hearts, olives, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil.
If you don’t have a grill, it doesn’t mean that you cannot enjoy delicious Summer meals, like Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob. You can easily cook it in your kitchen and have the same juicy and buttery flavor!
Grilled vegetable skewers add color to your cookout. Fire-licked zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes are a beautiful side dish for any outdoor dinner. Vegan & gluten-free.
Delicate baby potatoes cooked and then finished on the grill are a perfect side dish to your summer barbecues.
These grilled baby potatoes are flavored with olive oil, garlic and fresh rosemary.
This easy chipotle coleslaw has SO much flavor, you won't believe your taste buds!
A deliciously rich and creamy, smoke infused bacon cauliflower low carb mac and cheese recipe. The perfect comfort food side dish made on the grill that everyone can indulge in!
This Israeli or Pearl Couscous Salad with roasted asparagus and chickpeas is the perfect side dish for summer picnics, parties, BBQs and meal prep! The lemon olive oil dressing adds a refreshing burst of flavour that makes it a definite crowd pleaser! It can be made in less than 30 minutes! (Vegetarian)
These Spicy Potato Chips are a fun way to jazz up a bag of plain potato chips with homemade potato chip seasoning. Customize the spice level to your taste, and enjoy warm chips from the oven!
This easy French purple potato salad is based on Julia Child’s pommes de terre à l’huile, and is made with boiled potatoes and a mustard vinaigrette.
This fresh and easy tomato corn salad is a perfect summer side dish! Simply toss together roasted corn, tomatoes, avocado, herbs, and an easy vinaigrette.
This fresh mixed berry salad recipe is ridiculously easy to make, low carb, and the perfect side for all of your picnic or BBQ dishes!
Lightly roasted Swiss brown mushrooms mixed with a tangy parsley vinaigrette to create a flavoursome vegan Pickled Mushroom Salad. Perfect for party platters and easy lunches.
Our 15 minute Summer Strawberry Salad is perfect for outdoor barbeques and great to bring for potluck gatherings. The sweetness of strawberries matched with rocket and bocconcini, layered with crunchy maple candied walnuts and drizzled with tangy aged balsamic vinegar, is a match made in heaven.
An addictive spicy sauce that gets its "kick" from gochujang dresses up Grilled Cabbage Wedges with Gochujang Glaze... This grilled cabbage is anything but bland, and super easy to make!
Air Fryer Zucchini is quick and easy to make with simple ingredients, resulting in a crispy and delicious side dish or appetizer.
Roasted brussel sprouts is a great nutritious veggie to add to your meals. It is vegan, gluten-free and absolutely flavorful. Checkout how to make roasted brussel sprouts in the air fryer with just about 10 minutes of prep work.
This air fryer broccoli roasted with garlic is a quick and easy side dish and goes well with Asian meals. It is vegan, gluten-free, and can be made using fresh or frozen broccoli florets.
This raw Kohlrabi Slaw salad recipe is healthy and easy to make! This coleslaw side dish is tossed in a creamy cilantro lime dressing.
Fire Roasted Corn with Jalapeños is a fabulous summer side dish, and it’s perfect with almost anything you throw on the grill. You can serve it warm, cold and even as an appetizer with a bowl of chips.
Grilled Asparagus in Foil has just a few ingredients and big delicious flavors. It’s so easy to prepare and throw on the grill alongside your main course for outdoor spring and summer meals.
If you’re looking for an easy side dish to bring to a summer picnic or enjoy alongside a quick weeknight dinner – this corn tomato avocado salad is for you!
10-minute spicy watermelon feta mint salad! This simple, refreshing watermelon salad recipe is perfect for hot summer days and BBQs.
Peach Burrata Salad with Bacon, Butter Lettuce, Basil, and Pistachio
Peach Burrata Salad with Bacon, Butter Lettuce, Basil, and Pistachio comes in a clutch during the summer months when you have more fresh peaches than you can devour! This salad is a lovely balance of sweet and savory flavors, and creamy and crunchy textures.
This jicama salad with apples is light, crisp, tart, and refreshing. It's quick and easy to make and packed with nutrition. It's the kind of thing you can make quickly for a light lunch or in a large quantity for a summer cookout.
When it comes to healthy side dishes, it doesn’t get much better than this Broccoli Slaw Salad! It’s crunchy and addictive, tossed in a creamy homemade coleslaw dressing, and it’s perfect for any gathering.
I love this Asparagus Salad Recipe. It is full of asparagus of course, olives, and tomatoes with a hint of blue cheese. This is a cold asparagus salad and it is super easy to prepare.
The ultimate BBQ side dish is back to your keto table, just in time for summer. Loaded with all the classic flavors you love without all the heavy carbs! Cauliflower Potato Salad is the healthy alternative your whole family will love!
This easy Quinoa Salad Recipe is fresh and delicious! Quinoa, veggies, avocado & dill are tossed in a homemade lemon vinaigrette for a nutritious summer salad! It's a vegan, paleo & gluten-free salad that's perfect for BBQs & potlucks!
Summer Slaw with Corn, Peaches, and Tomatoes is the perfect summer side dish! The best fruits and vegetables of the season come together in this colorful, crunchy slaw.
Simple and easy five ingredients smashed potatoes that are crispy on the outside, but soft and tender on the inside. Use blue/purple potatoes for an impressive side dish.
Tiffany Simpson says
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