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There’s a lot to love about steak. It fits in with a variety of lifestyle plans and can be a protein-packed addition to your healthy eating guidelines!
But now you’ve got to complete the meal! Of course, you’ll need a delicious variety of healthy steak sides for a wholesome, nutritious and well rounded dinner.
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Healthy Steak Sides
We’re breaking this post into categories for ease. You’ll find great options for healthy steak sides, broken into three categories: salads, veggies and potatoes. (Yes, potatoes can be healthy – healthy is of course subjective, based on what type of lifestyle plan you’re following!)
We will cover a great variety of fresh, wholesome options, with some unexpected items for good measure.
Throw some steak on the grill (or in the oven, or on the stovetop) and let’s get started! These healthy steak sides are going to take your dinner to the next level.

Tips
- Top your steak with steak butter or this delicious red wine sauce for steak for even more flavor that’s also low carb!
- Cook your steak perfectly every time with this free printable steak temperature chart.
- Use leftover steak to make these incredible steak sliders or steak tacos!
- Want a healthy substitute for pasta? Use zucchini noodles in the place of any of these incredible pasta side dishes.
- Looking for more side dish inspiration? Don’t skip these round-ups: Meatloaf Sides, Salmon Side Dishes and traditional Side Dishes for Steak.
Frequently Asked Questions
Steak pairs beautifully with an incredible array of veggies! Earthy mushrooms and asparagus are wonderful choices, but any roasted vegetables or salads are great options too.
Salads tend to be some of the healthiest side dish choices you can make! Roasted veggies are also a great way to get more nutrients into your diet.
Healthy Salad Sides for Steak
Simple Spring Salad Mix
This spring salad mix is the perfect summer salad to take with you to picnics and pot lucks. Full of vibrant fruits, pecans and cheese, you can prep the salad at home and whip up some vinaigrette and have a fresh, easy-to-transport salad.

Arugula Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette
This is an easy and refreshing recipe for an arugula salad with lemon vinaigrette. This simple salad is so perfect for the warmer weather, and is perfect to serve as a simple side or appetizer.

Roasted Beet Salad With Balsamic Vinaigrette
This roasted beet salad is not only gorgeous to serve, it’s more delicious with each and every bite! Loaded with incredibly tender roasted root veggies, it’s a restaurant level salad you’re going to absolutely crave!

Amazing Italian Salad With Italian Dressing
A simple Italian Salad recipe, St. Louis style. Mix up this delicious, memorable salad with fresh and flavorful Italian Dressing in less than 10 minutes!
This Italian Salad is filled with crisp lettuce, red onion, artichokes, pimentos and grated parmesan to ensure each bite is perfectly covered in Italian Salad Dressing.

Handheld Endive Salad
This easy endive appetizer is everything you crave for entertaining! It’s healthy, gorgeous, and simply bursting with fresh flavor. Bonus? Endive lettuce is naturally so easy to hold… your guests will keep coming back for more!

Insalata Mista
A light and refreshing classic Insalata Mista with shaved parmesan, grape tomatoes, and pine nuts tossed in a delcious balsamic vinaigrette. This mixed salad goes great with just about every entree!

Easy Pear Salad Recipe With Walnuts
An easy Pear Salad Recipe with candied walnuts and gorgonzola is all you need to accent any fabulous protein entrée.
Tossed in a homemade white wine vinaigrette, this fruit and nut salad is simple, crisp and irresistible.

Healthy Vegetable Sides for Steak
Low Carb Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
An easy Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes recipe is all you need to replace carbs with veggies. It’s so simple and absolutely delicious.
With a few tips and tricks (shh…it’s cream cheese!) along the way, no one will ever know it’s mashed cauliflower!

Crispy Brussel Sprouts
This Crispy Brussel Sprouts Recipe is bursting with flavor! Brussel Sprouts with pancetta and shallots are sautéed into a fragrant, textural side dish that make them one of the BEST side dishes for steak!

Grilled Green Beans
Meet your new favorite healthy summer side dish! These grilled green beans are perfectly crisp, yet tender and charred just the right amount. They are the best accompaniment to any of your favorite grilled or baked entrees.

Roasted Mushrooms
These are a low carb, low fat side dish that also double as a great topping for your steak!

Italian Vegetables
Served alongside any of your favorite dinner entrees, Italian Vegetables are seasoned and oven-roasted to perfection. Italian Roasted Vegetables are rustic, simple and so beautiful to serve! Of course, they make one of the best Italian Side Dishes too.

Firehouse Green Beans With Bacon
Step aside green bean casserole, Green beans with Bacon are an easy, last-minute side dish for holidays with the best blend of garlic, parmesan and bacon that will have green bean haters begging for the recipe!

Baked Artichokes
Baked Artichoke is one of the easiest side dishes and ways to get your veggies in! These roasted artichoke are so delicious on it’s own or tossed into a salad. It’s not only delicious, but a good source of fiber, Vitamin C and Vitamin K!

Seasoned Green Beans
Learn about the best seasonings for green beans, and how to make the most incredible seasoned green beans as the ultimate side dish!

Roasted Cauliflower
This effortless Roasted Cauliflower is the ultimate healthy side dish. If you think you don’t love cauliflower, this Easy Baked Cauliflower is sure to change your mind!

Healthy Potato Sides
Grilled Baked Potatoes
These grilled baked potatoes are such an incredible side dish for all your summer grilling adventures! Baked potatoes can be one of the best healthy steak sides – just choose your toppings carefully.
Baked potatoes on the grill are so much better than your oven – they have a perfectly moist, soft and fluffy interior but are incredibly crispy and salty on the outside.

Grilled Sweet Potatoes
These quick and easy grilled sweet potatoes in foil make an excellent side dish for all your favorite barbeque entrees! They are healthy, savory and so easy to customize to every individual’s tastes.

Healthy Sweet Potato Fries
Skip the deep fryer with these Healthy Sweet Potato Fries, ready in less than 30 minutes. If you love sweet potatoes, these Gourmet Fries will blow you away!

Roasted Sweet Potatoes
This sweet and salty oven roasted sweet potatoes recipe makes an easy crowd-pleasing side dish. No one can resist these Glazed Sweet Potatoes. You only need four simple ingredients and 10 minutes to prep.

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Healthy Steak Sides
Ingredients
- Simple Spring Salad Mix
- Arugula Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette
- Roasted Beet Salad With Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Amazing Italian Salad With Italian Dressing
- Handheld Endive Salad
- Insalata Mista
- Easy Pear Salad Recipe With Walnuts
- Low Carb Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
- Crispy Brussel Sprouts
- Grilled Green Beans
- Roasted Mushrooms
- Italian Vegetables
- Firehouse Green Beans With Bacon
- Baked Artichokes
- Seasoned Green Beans
- Roasted Cauliflower
- Grilled Baked Potatoes
- Grilled Sweet Potatoes
- Healthy Sweet Potato Fries
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Instructions
- Select your favorite recipes, or try one from each category!
- Organize all the requested ingredients, and print each recipe card to get organized.
- Prep and serve your sides – most are done in under 30 minutes.
Tips
- Top your steak with steak butter or this delicious red wine sauce for steak for even more flavor that’s also low carb!
- Cook your steak perfectly every time with this free printable steak temperature chart.
- Use leftover steak to make these incredible steak sliders or steak tacos!
- Want a healthy substitute for pasta? Use zucchini noodles in the place of any of these incredible pasta side dishes.
Nutrition Information
Estimated nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is not guaranteed.
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