What to Serve with Risotto: 25 Sides

Our first side dish recipe to serve with risotto is a raw salad with shaved brussels sprouts.

Since risotto is a hearty and creamy dish, fresh salads and raw vegetables pair well and will cleanse your palate.

You can never go wrong with a serving of easy side salad.

It's a quick and refreshing way to add fresh greens to your risotto dinner.

Crunchy and juicy, this fennel orange salad will add a fruity and colorful twist to your creamy serving of risotto.

If you're serving risotto as a summer dinner, you can serve a raw zucchini salad with roasted pine nuts on the side.

Marinated in lemon juice, and fresh herbs, the zucchini becomes amazingly flavorful and aromatic.

This asparagus is slightly crispy on the outside while soft and juicy inside.

They're perfect with a creamy plate of risotto and they are ready in just 10 minutes.

This sauteed zucchini is the easiest and most versatile of all zucchini recipes and perfect with risotto.

You can eat it on its own, as a side dish, or use it in lots of other recipes.

A classic Italian recipe that you can eat as an eggplant side dish, or as a crispy side on toasted bread next to your risotto meal.

Here's a fun and indulgent side dish for risotto: eggplant pizza.

It's a colorful and easy recipe to get your loved ones to eat more veggies.

You can quickly upgrade your risotto to dinner status by serving it with an Italian salad. Add croutons, fresh veggies, and olives, and you'll have a vibrant and crispy side dish.

A crispy and easy salad that you can enjoy as a starter or as a side dish with risotto.

It's perfect for hot summer evenings, or as soon as you start finding ripe and local tomatoes.

Tomatoes made this way can elevate any kind of meal; as a juicy side dish, a starter served with toasted bread, or as a topping on your risotto.

Smokey, tender-crisp, and juicy grilled asparagus is one of the best ways to enjoy this delicious, flavorful vegetable.

Serve next to your main dish for a vibrant and healthy meal.

Tasty, juicy, and perfectly charred, these grilled zucchini are easy and quick to make!

You can customize them with your favorite marinade and serve in summer and autumn with your favorite risotto.

Air fryer eggplant is so easy you can make it in 15 minutes and enjoy it as a healthy and tasty side dish with risotto.

Here's a great way to add healthy protein and veggies to your risotto dinner: tender eggplant salad with fresh veggies and a quick dressing.

A slightly more indulgent veggie side for risotto, this breaded eggplant complements creamy mains very well with its crusty and aromatic breading.

A crunchy, juicy, and perfect appetizer and starter. You can make it in just 10 minutes with a few basic ingredients, so it's a perfect easy side dish with risotto.

Our stuffed eggplant is delicious and easy to prepare, made with tender roasted eggplant boats and three different quick and easy stuffing.

Serve it as a starter, or serve it next to risotto to increase your veggie intake.

Crostini are small slices of crunchy toasted bread you can eat as an appetizer or with soups, risotto and stews.

Everyone loves crostini because they are tasty and fun to eat.

Zucchini soup is easy! And it's also incredibly creamy, tasty, healthy, and silky smooth.

This soup will easily make your risotto dinner extra green and velvety smooth.

You are going to love our zucchini boats because they are filled with an earthy lentil-tomato mixture.

They add extra veggies and protein to your risotto dinner, and they can be easily prepared the day before eating.

Our focaccia bread is golden and crisp on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside.

Serve it as a side with risotto along with a side salad.

A light, healthy, and tasty dish that is easy to make with a few simple, fresh ingredients.

A great way to add extra veggies and fiber to your serving of risotto.

This delicious appetizer is made with tender diced eggplant cooked with a few simple ingredients and served on crunchy bread.

A perfect Italian side dish with risotto and pasta dishes.

Roasted butternut squash soup is an easy and hearty recipe for colder autumn and winter days.

It's perfectly paired with a plate of creamy risotto.