Father’s Day is about spending time appreciating the father figures in our lives.

Add grilled or roasted chicken for a quick main dish.

Serve alongside anything from roasted chicken to fish or steak.

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Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

Loaded Sweet Potatoes

Cheddar cheese, scallions and bacon flavor these “twice baked” sweet potatoes.

Macaroni Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Give classic pasta salad a fresher, more flavorful spin.

This fast pasta dish calls for avocado to replace some of the mayonnaise, which makes it extra creamy.

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Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

Broccoli & Grape Salad

An unlikely pairing of grapes and broccoli creates an out-of-the-ordinary quick side dish.

Enjoy it for lunch or double the recipe for an easy potluck recipe everyone will love.

Smashing the zucchini increases the surface area that absorbs the flavors of cilantro, cotija cheese and lime beautifully.

a recipe photo of the Sauteed Broccolini

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

If you might’t find cotija cheese, feta cheese is a good substitute.

Feta adds the perfect creamy, salty, tangy edge, and mint makes this salad taste even brighter.

This is one easy side salad you’ll want to serve at all your summer BBQs.

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Zucchini & Mushroom Saute

Serve this simple side dish with grilled turkey burgers.

Other fresh herbs, like thyme or oregano, work well too.

Fresh basil elevates an easy vinaigrette recipe that dresses up this simple salad into something extraordinary.

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Turmeric-Roasted Cauliflower

Roasting cauliflower transforms it into a crispy, tender vegetable.

Tahini can get bitter, but we balance that with a bit of honey.

We liked the combination of parsley, tarragon and dill for the herbs.

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Grilled Zucchini with Parmesan

Grilled zucchini is one of the great food joys of summer.

Serve this healthy side with grilled chicken, fish or shrimp or as part of a vegetarian summer meal.

This recipe is easily doubled or tripled if you have a bumper crop of zucchini.

Cucumber Salad with Peanuts

Brittany Conerly

Serve these balsamic roasted carrots as an easy weeknight side dish.

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a recipe photo of a bowl of Cilantro Lime Rice

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn

a recipe photo of the Smashed Zucchini with Lime, Cotija & Cilantro

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

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a recipe photo of the Creamy Macaroni and Cheese with Corn

Photographer: Rachel Marek, Food stylist: Annie Probst

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a recipe photo of the 4-Bean Salad with Herbed Tahini Dressing

Photographer: Rachel Marek, Food stylist: Annie Probst

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