Your goto easy dishes or sides that taste good

Canned green beans with a little butter and a little seasoning.

If im feeling insane, ill cook down some onion in a little butter with some tasso and then add the green beans with some seasoning and garlic and let those slow go on the stove. Ive always been a huge canned green bean fan. Fresh one are good too as long as they aren't crunchy. I hate when people dont cook fresh beans low and slow enough and they are crunchy and bland. You cant frick up canned green beans.

Penne pasta
Alfredo sauce from a jar
Smoked paprika H-E-B mix
Italian herb H-E-B mix

A bag of salad

Completely agree. I've worked in many kitchens from upscale to fast food and I love canned green beans with a little bacon .

I like to make penne and then add a jar of roasted red peppers, a few handfuls of baby spinach, and grated parm. Pretty damn tasty dish that I can have that ready in about 20 minutes.

Brussels sprouts with bacon, smothered okra, Greek salad, fresh snap beans with new potatoes, squash casserole.

I can tighten up a box of mac n cheese like no one's business. I use the recipe on the box, then add some grated cheese and some sour cream. The creamiest cheesiest mac n cheese ever.

Smothered sweet corn.
Brown some onions and Tasso / bacon in olive oil. Add the corn until it is slightly browned. Slowly add heavy whipping cream, small amount salt and pepper. Simmer....... eat dat!!!!!

Roasted brussel sprouts with pancetta and shaved parmesan cheese.

Cooked carrots: slice carrots in 1/2” round, add water in the pot til water just covers carrots, add sugar and some cinnamon and bring to a boil and then down to simmer for 20 minutes or until tender.. add salt, pepper.

Smothered cabbage: Render down a couple slices of bacon and remove the bacon and let drain on a paper towel. Chop a head of cabbage in a rough chop and toss into bacon grease, fry cabbage in bacon grease oh medium high fire until it turns golden and browns. Reduce fire to low, cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally until cabbage wilts considerably. Turn off the fire and crumble bacon slices over the cooked cabbage. Any salted pork meat can be used. You can also throw in some sliced smoked sausage or pulled pork.

Roasted Beets: Take a fresh bunch of beets and cut the leaves off approximately one inch from the top of the beet. Wash the beets thoroughly with a vegetable brush to remove any dirt from the skins and wrap each beet tightly in foil to prevent leakage of the beet juice. Place the beets in a cooking tray and bake at 400 degrees for an hour or until a fork can easily pierce through the beet.

Yukon Gold and Sweet Potato Mash
If you want to Double the recipe: Cook the potatoes in a Dutch oven rather than a large saucepan.

1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks
1/2 cup(s) low-fat milk
2 tablespoon(s) butter
1 teaspoon(s) brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon(s) salt
1/4 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper

Directions
Place potatoes and sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until very tender when pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes.
Drain the potatoes, then mash them in the pot to the desired consistency. Place milk and butter in a small bowl and microwave on High until the butter is mostly melted and the milk is warm, 30 to 40 seconds. (Alternatively, place in a small saucepan and heat over medium until the milk is warm.) Stir the milk mixture, sugar, salt and pepper into the mashed potatoes until combined.