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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Most popular sides to serve with pizza
Before we get stuck into the recipes themselves, here's a list of some of my favorite side dishes to serve with pizza!
- Chicken Wings
- Caesar Salad
- Onion Rings
- Potato Salad
- Mozzarella Sticks
- Dough Balls
- Jalepeno Poppers
- Green Beans
- French Fries
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Zucchini Fries
- Grilled Chicken Breasts
- Wedge Salad
- Broccoli Salad
- Kale Salad
- Buffalo Wings
- Tomato Soup
I bet you're thinking 'soup?..with pizza?'. You've obviously never tried dipping a cheesy pizza slice into creamy tomato soup then!
Salads
Easy salad recipes to serve with pizza! From potato salads to pasta salads to green salads, and much more!
Spicy Potato Salad
A spicy potato salad made with baby potatoes in a creamy sriracha, lime, and honey dressing.
Servings => 6
Takes => 24 minutes
Calories per serving => 157
Spicy Potato Salad
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
A tasty and filling chicken bacon ranch pasta salad recipe perfect for BBQ's, summer picnics, or an easy al fresco lunch!
Servings => 6
Takes => 20 minutes
Calories per serving => 453
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Easy Curried Rice Salad
A delicious vegan-friendly curried rice salad recipe, packed with flavour and colourful veggies and fruits!
Servings => 8
Takes => 15 minutes
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 minutes
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 minutes
Calories per serving => 92
Baked Carrot Fries
Easy Cheesy Chips
A British chip shop classic, these easy cheesy chips are comfort food in a bowl, and can be made with very little effort at home! They also go down very well with teenagers and their friends!
Servings => 3
Takes => 23 minutes
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 minutes
Calories per serving => 221
Baby Roasted Potatoes
Easy Air Fryer Roast Potatoes
These crispy air fryer roast potatoes are super quick to make and require no par-boiling! Perfect with your traditional Sunday Roast, or equally delicious as part of an easy weeknight dinner.
Servings => 4
Takes => 1 hour
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.
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
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 minutes
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 minutes
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!
No Churn Honeycomb Ice Cream
An easy no-churn honeycomb ice cream recipe made with Cadbury Crunchie Bars, double cream, and condensed milk. All you need is an electric whisk and loaf tin to enjoy this summer-time treat.
Servings => 8
Calories per serving => 462
Honeycomb Ice Cream
Biscoff Mug Cake
This delicious Biscoff Mug Cake is the perfect sweet treat for one! It's the easiest dessert recipe you will ever make, taking only 5 minutes and a handful of pantry staples!
Servings => 1
Takes => 5 minutes
Calories per serving => 968
Biscoff Mug Cake
Lemon Curd Tartlets
These no-bake mini lemon curd tartlets with a biscuit base are sweet, tangy, and buttery, all rolled into one!
Servings => 4
Takes => 1 hour 5 minutes
Calories per serving => 455
Lemon Curd Tartlets
Nutella Puff Pastry Swirls
These easy Nutella puff pastry swirls are perfect for parties, snacks, and even breakfast! Made and baked in just 20 minutes!
Servings => 16
Takes => 20 minutes
Calories per serving => 167
Nutella Swirls
Easy Chocolate Orange Pots
Easy 2 ingredient chocolate orange pots made with Terry's chocolate orange and double cream! Silky smooth and indulgent!
Servings => 4
Takes => 2 hours 5 minutes
Calories per serving => 171
Chocolate Orange Pots
Easy Lemon & Blueberry Blondies
Moist, buttery, and golden, these lemon and blueberry blondies with a sweet white chocolate drizzle icing are the perfect bake for afternoon tea, or to pop in lunchboxes.
Servings => 16
Takes => 32 minutes
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 hours 15 minutes
Calories per serving => 589
Mini Egg Ice Cream
Nutella Blondies
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 minutes
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 minutes
Calories per serving => 446
Creme Egg Brownies
Biscoff Tiffin
These insane no-bake Biscoff tiffin bars are not only fuss-free and quick to make, but incredibly moreish, indulgent and out of this world amazing!
Servings => 16
Takes => 2 hours 10 minutes
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 minutes
Calories per serving => 266
Cinnamon Apple Muffins
The best and easiest fruit salad! - Urban Bliss Life
Perfect for picnics, barbecues, potlucks, and any family meal. Recipe on UrbanBlissLife.com
Fruit Salad
So there you have it! 45 tasty and delicious side dishes for pizza. What would be on your list?
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