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What to Serve with Stuffed Peppers

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Need ideas to make a meal? Here’s what to serve with stuffed peppers: all best side dishes that don’t use up oven space!

What to serve with stuffed peppers

Making stuffed peppers and not sure what to serve with them? The challenge to serving this delicious main dish is: how do you find side dish ideas that complement it without using your oven? Since the oven is tied up with making the peppers, you’ll need to rely on side dishes you can prep without it.

As two cookbook authors and recipe experts, here are all our best side dish ideas for what to serve with stuffed peppers! You’ll want to focus on easy salads, sauteed vegetables, whole grains, and make-ahead breads to round out your meal.

Note: The side dishes below are selected to pair with Italian-style or Mediterranean-style stuffed peppers. If you’re making Mexican stuffed peppers, there are many more options! See our list of sides to go with tacos for more inspiration.

And now, what to serve with stuffed peppers!

Favorite stuffed pepper recipes

Of course, we couldn’t leave you with only what to serve with them! Here are some of our best stuffed pepper recipes:

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Need more side dish ideas? We’ve got you covered:

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We're Alex & Sonja Overhiser: cookbook authors, busy parents, and a real life couple who cooks together. Since 2010 we've shared simple, seasonal recipes from our home kitchen, every one tested on our family and photographed by us.

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  1. Shirley McClary says:

    I love looking at the different dishes that can go with green peppers. I’m such a picky eater, Where as my husband is not. He’ also a chef, but I don’t want to ask him. I want it to be a surprise.

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