you’re able to make one of these winter sides in just 20 minutes or less.

A vibrant parsley and hazelnut sauce finishes the dish with a bright and nutty flavor.

Cauliflower Rice

Learn how to make cauliflower rice with this quick recipe.

Caramelized Broccolini with White Beans

Photo: Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Margret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely

The two easiest ways to make riced cauliflower are with a food processor and with a grater.

Here, the cauliflower rice is made into an herbed pilaf that can be served alongside any protein.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

What could be more satisfying than mashed potatoes?

a bowl of broccoli salad

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Margret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely

Serve this easy slaw alongside grilled shrimp or use it to top a grilled fish sandwich.

Pistachios add an extra layer of crunch.

A sharp chef’s knife works well to slice the Brussels sprouts thinly.

Spinach Salad with Warm Maple Dressing

A microplane grater is best for finely shredding the goat cheese.

Serve alongside grilled chicken, pork or fish.

Match them with mellower-flavored greens, such as red leaf lettuce, baby spinach or even Boston lettuce.

Caramelized Broccolini White Beans

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Margret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely

If you have one handy, a small mandoline makes it easy to slice the Brussels and apple.

To make it a dinner salad, top with shrimp or chicken.

This easy recipe will work with steamed carrots, turnips or rutabaga too.

a bowl of cauliflower rice and herbs

In 2004, Deborah Madison waxed poetic about winter ingredients, particularly nuts.

Pan-Roasted Carrots

This recipe gives you a faster route to “roasted,” lightly caramelized carrots.

The results are beautifully browned, crisp-tender carrots that take about a third of the time as oven-roasted.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

A hint of hoisin and maple syrup enhances the sweetness of the carrots without rendering them cloying.

Warm Beet & Spinach Salad

A platter of Simple Cabbage Salad on pink stone surface with serving utensils.

Greg DuPree (Photographer), Ruth BlackBurn (Food Stylist), Julia Bayless (Prop Stylist)

Winter Salad with Balsamic Berry Vinaigrette

a recipe photo of the Bang Bang Cabbage Slaw

Photographer: Rachel Marek, Food stylist: Holly Dreesman

a recipe photo of the Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad

Photographer: Stacy K. Allen; Prop stylist: Julia Bayless; Food stylist: Ana Kelley

Broccoli, Chickpea & Pomegranate Salad

Simple Sautéed Spinach

Simple Green Salad with Citronette

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Winter Salad with Toasted Walnuts

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a platter of pan-roasted carrots on a denim surface

Alexandra Shytsman

Balsamic Broccoli & Cauliflower

Ted & Chelsea Cavanaugh

Warm Beet & Spinach Salad