12 Roast Beef Sides To Serve With Your Roast Dinner this Weekend!
Let’s talk side dishes. Because let’s be honest—no good roast beef dinner is complete without the perfect sides. Whether it’s a cheesy potato bake, the easiest mushy peas, or a simple homemade Dutch oven bread, the sides you serve can turn a simple roast into a feast to remember.
Ps, We’re roast people around these parts and think it’s an absolute crime to save roast dinners only for special occasions, however this collection of recipes also doubles as some of the best side dishes for your Christmas dinner, so be sure to add them to the dinner table over the holiday season too!
Anyway, let’s get started… I’ve rounded up 12 of my favorite roast beef side dishes to serve this weekend with your roast dinner —each one tried, tested, and well-loved around my table. Whether it’s a big, informal family gathering for lunch or a Sunday supper for two (or in our case three!), these beef roast dinner sides are recipes you’ll come back to again and again.
Looking for a good roast beef recipe? Check out my topside beef roast with red wine and rosemary. It’s a goody!
Easy Cheesy Potato Bake with Caramelised Onions
Soft potato slices cooked in cream with flavors of caramelized onion and gruyere. It’s an easy, cheesy and oh so creamy potato bake! Plus is it even a roast dinner without potato side dishes?
Creamy Sweet Potato Mash
Ahhh mashed sweet potatoes…From roast dinners, BBQ pulled pork to a simple weeknight skillet of seared sirloin and beans, this sweet potato mash is the perfect side dish!
Easy Dutch Oven Bread (Hunter’s Bread!)
There’s something homey about a loaf of freshly baked white bread. The golden crust, the light, fluffy interior, and that unmistakable aroma filling your kitchen—it’s hard to beat, isn’t it?! This easy Dutch oven bread is super easy, super delicious, and super great for lunchboxes – just ask Hunter!
Roasted Balsamic Beetroot and Carrot Salad with Labneh
The flavours of my Summer… roasted balsamic carrots and beets on a bed of lentils topped with labneh and dukkah.
Colcannon Mash – Creamy Irish Mashed Potatoes with Cabbage
Is there anything more comforting than mashed potato? Especially creamy mash with other bits in it? For me, Colcannon is king when it comes to Irish potato dishes.
My Super Simple Mushy Peas Recipe
Ok, so I’m pretty sure this Mushy Peas recipe is the easiest recipe I’ll ever share with you. Five simple ingredients. Under 10 minutes to make and you’ve got an easy side dish for every roast you’ll ever make. Mushy peas are about as essential as a yorkshire pudding when it comes to a traditional holiday dinner!
Irish Bacon and Cheddar Soda Bread
Soda Bread… The ultimate quick bread. A time-poor mum’s Sunday morning savior when she hasn’t got a loaf of sourdough on the go. In under an hour, this savory soda bread will save your bacon (pardon the pun!) and give you a delicious, yet totally easy to bake, loaf of bread for the Sunday table.
The BEST Creamy Potato Salad with Egg and Bacon
THE potato salad that my family says is my best dish. Serve this creamy egg and bacon potato salad with your next BBQ or roast dinner
Smashed duck fat roast potatoes with truffle salt
A potato roasted in duck fat is one thing, but to season with truffle salt, just takes it to a whole, out of this world level – they’re an essential part of every holiday meal in this house!
Cast Iron Skillet Rosemary Focaccia Bread
Homemade bread from scratch is just the BEST, isn’t it? This cast iron skillet focaccia bread is super easy to make, with very little resting time. It’s delicious slathered with butter and used to mop up all those roast dinner juices.
A Simple Burrata Caprese Salad
Nothing screams the long days of Summer quite like a Caprese salad. Layers of heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil leaves. This simple salad with a burrata twist is a perfect addition to any meal. A total crowd-pleaser and quick to assemble. It’s a win-win!
Black garlic potato gratin
Serve alongside my Herbs de Provence roast chicken on roast night or as a side to a weekend BBQ, however, I find it’s a good side dish to pretty much any gathering… Because, well, Potatoes!
Well there you have it! Whether it’s a relaxed beef roast with fresh salads and homemade bread or something a little more traditional, like a Sunday roast, I hope you found a sides recipe or two for your next roast beef. Personally, I can never go past mushy peas and duck fat roasted potatoes – both are staple roast dinner sides for me!
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Happy cooking!
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