What To Serve With Pizza: 45 Easy Side Dishes

Nothing says Friday night quite like homemade pizza... well it does in this house at least!

I always turn to my tried and tested easy pizza dough recipe when I want pizza. But what are the best side dishes to serve with pizza? Sides that will turn a regular pizza night, into a full-on pizza fest!

Read on for 45 of the best healthy(ish) sides for pizza!

Pizza night in our house usually involves a large meat feast pizza and a white pizza (for my eldest daughter who doesn't like tomato sauce!).

Whatever your choice of pizza, whether it be homemade, fresh, or even frozen pizza, here are 45 easy (and mainly healthy) sides to serve at your next pizza party!

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Salads

Easy salad recipes to serve with pizza! From potato salads to pasta salads to green salads, and much more!

Spicy Potato Salad Recipe

A spicy potato salad with a creamy sriracha, lime, and honey dressing.

Servings => 6

Takes => 24

Calories per serving => 157

Spicy Potato Salad

Chicken and Bacon Pasta Salad

A delicious and satisfying chicken and bacon pasta salad recipe, tossed in a creamy homemade ranch dressing - perfect for barbecues, summer picnics, or a relaxed al fresco lunch.

Servings => 6

Takes => 20

Calories per serving => 453

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Best Curried Rice Salad Recipe

Curried rice salad on a white serving platter.

Enjoy this vibrant curried rice salad with aromatic basmati rice, sweet fruits, crunchy vegetables, and a flavourful dressing made from simple pantry ingredients like curry powder, mango chutney, soy sauce, and lemon juice.

Servings => 8

Takes => 15

Calories per serving => 263

Curried Rice Salad

Caesar Salad Recipe {with homemade Caesar Dressing} - Belly Full

Classic Caesar salad made with crisp romaine lettuce, fresh Parmesan, homemade croutons, and the absolute best homemade Caesar dressing!

Caesar Salad

Asian Cucumber Salad - Beyond the Chicken Coop

Asian cucumber salad is a marinated cucumber and onion salad with a Asian flavor. Made with soy sauce, sesame oil and rice vinegar this salad is packed with flavor.

Asian Cucumber Salad

Mango Avocado Salad (Whole30, Low Calorie) - All Nutritious

Spicing up your regular boring salads can be super easy when you prepare this crazy yummy mango avocado salad. Make this easy low calorie meal this week and enjoy more plant-based lunches this week.

Mango Avocado Salad

Romaine Salad with Simple Vinaigrette

For an easy healthy side dish, you're going to love this Romaine Salad Recipe with a Simple Vinaigrette Dressing. Vegan and dairy-free.

Clean Eating Kitchen

Balsamic Tomato Basil Salad - The Forked Spoon

Made with garden-fresh tomatoes, spicy red onions, delicious sweet basil, and an easy three ingredient balsamic dressing, this Tomato Basil Salad takes just 10 minutes to prepare start to finish. Enjoy this gluten-free, dairy-free, and low-carb Tomato Basil Salad as a light lunch or delicious side.

Balsamic Tomato Basil Salad

Burrata Salad Recipe - Joy Food Sunshine

This Burrata Salad Recipe is made with homemade croutons, homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing tomatoes and spring mix. It's a simple yet elegant salad that serves a crowd!

Burrata Salad

Spinach Mandarin Orange Salad - Champagne Tastes

This vegan spinach mandarin orange salad is served with almond slivers and tossed in a quick Dijon vinaigrette for an easy spring side dish.

Spinach Mandarin Orange Salad

Fries

Regular potato fries and vegetable fries that go great with pizza.

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries

These deliciously crispy air fryer sweet potato fries are super quick and easy to make, but most importantly incredibly tasty! Great as a side dish or just for dipping!

Servings => 4

Takes => 28

Calories per serving => 130

Sweet Potato Fries

Baked Carrot Fries

These healthy baked carrot fries, or carrot chips as they are more commonly known in the UK, are a delicious side dish, but could also be served as a tasty and nutritious after school snack for kids, with dips like hummus or homemade ketchup!

Servings => 4

Takes => 45

Calories per serving => 92

Baked Carrot Fries

Easy Cheesy Chips

Enjoy the ultimate comfort food with this quick and easy cheesy chips recipe! Made with frozen oven chips and a simple cheese sauce, this budget-friendly dish is perfect for family gatherings or a late-night snack. A crowd-pleaser for all ages!

Servings => 3

Takes => 23

Calories per serving => 714

Cheesy Chips

Roasted Baby Potatoes

Easy oven roasted baby potatoes with garlic and herbs! No peeling, no parboiling, and ready in 35 minutes!

Servings => 4

Takes => 40

Calories per serving => 221

Baby Roasted Potatoes

Quick Air Fryer Roast Potatoes

Crispy roast potatoes in just 25 minutes without parboiling - this quick air fryer roast potatoes recipe is perfect for busy weeknights.

Servings => 4

Takes => 1

Calories per serving => 361

Air Fryer Roast Potatoes

Airfryer chips recipe (fries & chunky chips too!) - KatyKicker

Delicious crisp yet fluffy air fryer chips are the perfect simple airfryer recipe that takes just minutes to prepare and are SO tasty!

Air Fryer Chips

Potato Wedges In Air Fryer - Culinary Shades

This is an easy recipe to make fresh potato wedges in air fryer from fresh white potatoes and a seasoning. They are vegan, gluten-free, and absolutely yummy.

Potato Wedges In Air Fryer

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries + Video - Recipes From A Pantry

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries are healthy, delicious and soooo quick and easy to make! Crispy and golden, these Parmesan zucchini fries are totally crave worthy.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Bread

You can never have too much bread, even when the main meal is pizza! Here are some delicious bread-based sides for pizza.

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Pizza Dough Garlic Balls - Bite on the Side

Simple to make with just a few simple ingredients, these pizza dough garlic balls are filled with a garlic herb butter and are so delicious!

Pizza Dough Garlic Balls

Easy Cheese Stuffed Breadsticks - Berly's Kitchen

For your next big game party try our cheese stuffed breadsticks. Pizza crust seasoned with Italian spices and stuffed with gooey mozzarella cheese!

Easy Cheese Stuffed Breadsticks

Cheese and Garlic Pull Apart Bread - Madhu's Everyday Indian

This Cheese and Garlic Pull Apart Bread is loaded with butter, herbs and loads of cheese. Perfect appetizer or a side for any gathering!

Cheese and Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Homemade Garlic Bread Recipe - Little Sunny Kitchen

Buttery, garlicky, and crispy garlic bread goes great with everything. This homemade garlic bread recipe will be the only one you'll ever need.

Homemade Garlic Bread

Focaccia Bread - Fantabulosity

Focaccia Bread: An easy recipe that's perfect to serve as a stand-alone side, as a sandwich, or even as an appetizer!

Focaccia Bread

Soups & Dips

Easy soups and homemade dips to serve with pizza.

Easy Tomato Soup - Veggie Desserts

This delicious easy tomato soup recipe only takes 20 minutes to make and 6 simple ingredients. It's quick, creamy, and delicious!

Easy Tomato Soup

Crostini Dip - Madhu's Everyday Indian

Crostini Dip -Ricotta Cheese is whipped with herbs and serrano chili and topped with pan roasted cherry tomatoes. This decadent yet simple dip is served with toasted baguette slices.

Crostini Dip

Creamy Italian Salad Dressing - great with Pizza! - Fab Food 4 All

Creamy Italian Salad Dressing is made with mayonnaise, white wine vinegar, oregano & parsley amongst other things and is the perfect accompaniment to pizza!

Creamy Italian Salad Dressing

The Best Homemade Pizza Dipping Sauce to Serve - Walking on Sunshine Recipes

Homemade Pizza Dipping Sauce is delicious and easy to make and serve with pizza sliced into strips or use to dip the pizza crust in!

Pizza Dipping Sauce

Chicken

From wings to drumsticks, we've got the perfect chicken sides for pizza!

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts

Air fryer chicken breast with crispy potatoes.

Tender and juicy air fryer chicken breasts are quick to make, super tasty and so versatile. Eat them with potatoes, rice, pasta or salad for a simple weeknight dinner.

Servings => 4

Takes => 23

Calories per serving => 291

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts

Garlic Butter Chicken

Juicy, tender, and full of flavour, this garlic butter chicken recipe is sure to become a real family favourite, and best of all it's ready in just 20 minutes!

Servings => 4

Takes => 20

Calories per serving => 349

Garlic Butter Chicken

Air Fryer Buffalo Drumsticks - Recipes From a Pantry

Buffalo Drumsticks are a delicious full-size version of the classic snack! Buffalo chicken legs are quick and easy to make in the air fryer.

Air Fryer Buffalo Drumsticks

Oven Baked Chicken Wings - Simply Stacie

These Oven Baked Chicken Wings are the BEST wing recipe ever! Juicy chicken wings are oven baked in a flavorful honey garlic sauce.

Oven Baked Chicken Wings

Air Fryer Chicken Bites - Crumb Top Baking

Air Fryer Chicken Bites are homemade chicken nuggets with a crispy and tender texture, a simple panko crumb breading and minimal oil.

Air Fryer Chicken Bites

Lemon Pepper Wings - Budget Delicious

Lemon Pepper Wings are crispy and flavorful. Just 4 ingredients are all you need to make delicious lemon pepper chicken wings at home.

Lemon Pepper Wings

Desserts

The best dishes to eat for dessert....after devouring that extra cheesy pizza!

5 Ingredient No Churn Honeycomb Ice Cream

Indulge in this homemade, no-churn honeycomb ice cream with just 5 ingredients (including Cadbury Crunchie bars). Whip up this creamy, preservative-free treat with ease!

Servings => 8

Calories per serving => 462

Honeycomb Ice Cream

Lotus Biscoff Mug Cake Recipe

Biscoff mug cake in a large black mug sprinkled with lotus biscuit crumbs.

This delicious Biscoff Mug Cake is the perfect sweet treat for one! It's the easiest Biscoff dessert you'll ever make, ready in just 5 minutes with a few pantry staples.

Servings => 1

Takes => 5

Calories per serving => 968

Biscoff Mug Cake

Lemon Curd Tartlets

A lemon curd tartlet topped with raspberries and cream.

These no-bake mini lemon curd tartlets with a biscuit base are sweet, tangy, and buttery, all rolled into one!

Servings => 4

Takes => 1 5

Calories per serving => 455

Lemon Curd Tartlets

Nutella Swirls

Quick and delicious 2-ingredient Nutella swirls made with ready-rolled puff pastry and a rich, creamy chocolate hazelnut filling

Servings => 16

Takes => 20

Calories per serving => 167

Nutella Swirls

Easy Chocolate Orange Pots

Chocolate orange pots dusted with icing sugar.

Easy 2 ingredient chocolate orange pots made with Terry's chocolate orange and double cream! Silky smooth and indulgent!

Servings => 4

Takes => 2 5

Calories per serving => 171

Chocolate Orange Pots

Easy Lemon Blueberry Blondies

Moist, buttery, and golden, these lemon blueberry blondies with a sweet white chocolate drizzle are the perfect bake for afternoon tea or to pop into lunchboxes.

Servings => 16

Takes => 32

Calories per serving => 181

Lemon and Blueberry Blondies

Easy Mini Egg Ice Cream (No Churn)

A delicious homemade mini egg ice cream recipe made with sweetened condensed milk, double cream, and crushed mini eggs! Easy no-churn recipe!

Servings => 8

Takes => 4 15

Calories per serving => 589

Mini Egg Ice Cream

Easy Nutella Blondies Recipe

Dense, soft, and fudgy, these easy Nutella blondies take just a few minutes to throw together and will definitely fix your sugar craving! Delicious on their own or served with ice cream, you are not going to want to miss this recipe!

Servings => 12

Takes => 38

Calories per serving => 451

Nutella Blondies

Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies

Easy Cadbury creme egg brownies studded with white chocolate chips, topped with halved Cadbury creme eggs, and drizzled with a sweet white chocolate glaze.

Servings => 12

Takes => 38

Calories per serving => 446

Creme Egg Brownies

Biscoff Tiffin

Indulge in the ultimate treat with our no-bake Biscoff tiffin! This easy and delicious recipe features a crunchy base of crushed Lotus Biscoff biscuits and digestives, layered with smooth white chocolate and Biscoff spread. Perfect for Biscoff lovers, it's a quick and irresistible dessert that will leave you craving more!

Servings => 16

Takes => 2 10

Calories per serving => 277

Biscoff Tiffin

Easy Cinnamon Apple Muffins

Make the most of apple season with these simple and delicious apple and cinnamon muffins. Made using tart Bramley apples and coated with a dusting of cinnamon sugar, these muffins have a light and fluffy texture, making them the perfect choice for packed lunches, bake sales, and picnics.

Servings => 12

Takes => 26

Calories per serving => 266

Cinnamon Apple Muffins

The best and easiest fruit salad! - Urban Bliss Life