Shredded salad of carrots, jicama, cabbage if you have some leftover w cilantro and lime

Watermelon skewers with tajin

Sliced avocado and tomatoes

Something fresh and light to cut through the juicy barbacoa.

Tacos are a complete meal in my book. Sides are just taking up room that could be used for tacos.

At most, some batons of jicama with lime and tajín to snack on

I really like a simple radish salad, a little rice vinegar, salt, sugar is all you need. Great pairing for rich and spicy foods. 

Elote, change up the rice and beans- borracho, refried, black, etc. white rice with lime and cilantro, tortilla soup?

My favorite is calabasitas next to tacos.

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Roast some chunks of small potatoes with oil, similar spices and salt and then just keep them warm at low temp in the oven, and maybe do something like an elotes salad using frozen corn kernels which you can serve warm or room temp. https://www.seriouseats.com/esquites-mexican-street-corn-salad-recipe

The serious eats Frijoles Charros is fantastic, I use canned beans usually and still comes out really good but just have to reduce the total liquid by half like it says in the story part of the recipe.

https://www.seriouseats.com/frijoles-charros-mexican-pinto-beans-bacon-recipe

A cilantro-lime slaw like this one goes well. A bit of oil instead of the sour cream and mayo are also fine to me, but I love things to be quite acidic.

Esquites and nopales salad

https://www.seriouseats.com/black-bean-salad-corn-cilantro-chili-lime-vinaigrette-recipe is a hit in my household

Cabbage escabeche! It’s like Mexican coleslaw

In Mexico we had iceberg lettuce, onion, cucumber salad dressed with a squeeze of lime and salt.

Pico de gallo, nopal salad (which is basically pico de gallo with chopped nopales added in) or just fresh sliced veggies like radishes or sliced cucumber. Also, I’ve definitely seen both enchiladas and tacos made with veggie fillings like nopales or calabaza flower included. Also, mushrooms is used in some dishes. But lots of Mexican food the salsa is a big part of the veggies. Just because it’s eaten with chips/tostadas or blended doesn’t make the veggie part go away 😁

Even better with fresh corn when it's in season 

I’m pretty big on “it doesn’t need to match”. Like, if you go to a potluck, do you care that all of the food on your plate is random? For most people, the answer is no. Just eat whatever veggies you want to as a side. Asparagus doesn’t necessarily “go” with Mexican food, but asparagus is delicious so I’d eat it with my enchiladas any day. Broccoli, Brussels, zucchini, etc. just eat the veggies you want to eat

Looking up a recipe right now. Thank you!

I've been making this corn and zucchini taco filling for burrito bowls or just skipping the taco part and serving it as a veggie side with other stuff and it's pretty tasty.

https://www.seriouseats.com/charred-corn-and-zucchini-tacos-recipe

Shucked corn tossed with lime juice and cilantro could be a good option. Easy, light, refreshing.

Shredded green cabbage, diced white onion and jalapeno. little bit of white vinegar, shit ton of lime juice.

Jicama salad.

Traditionally tacos are either served with sliced red radishes marinated in some salt and lime juice, or with a cabbage/carrot salad (recipe in spanish that you can google translate)

The best. Oil covered, lemon / lime drenched , dusted wit some onion salt/ buillon/ just kosher salt. These are the best

Someone knows what's up. Don't forget to char off some jalapeños along side the onions. Unbeatable, well done

Cebollitas! Fuck yea A must, for me, when I'm grilling

Where’s the carne asada 😭

Looks like your grill has a few leeks.

Roasted brussels sprouts are my go to halve them, toss with olive oil, salt, balsamic glaze and roast at 425°F until crispy. Add bacon if you're feeling fancy. Honestly veggies need the same treatment as meat proper seasoning and cooking method makes all the difference. Ditch the boiling when possible

I do sheet pan veggies constantly broccoli, cauliflower, whatever with olive oil, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt and pepper at high heat. The charred bits are everything. Also, don't sleep on sweet potatoes cubed and roasted with a bit of maple syrup and cayenne for that sweet/spicy vibe. For summer, grilled asparagus with lemon and parmesan takes like 5 minutes but tastes restaurant level good

I do carrots in butter, honey and brown sugar and they taste like candy. You choose the amounts. It’s the same but different every time.

I also recently did peas and carrots in browned butter with garlic and my stepson had TWO servings.

I surf Pinterest and save veggie recipes and periodically will do a meat free night and use it to just experiment with new veggie dishes and the wins go into dinner rotation.

Learning about Mediterranean foods are what really got me learning veggie dishes.

Roasted root veggies are always a solid.

Chickpeas braised in Tomato puree.

An easy one you probably already have everything for is succotash. As simple as corn and lima beans.

Cabbage sliced super super thing with a mandolin and just a squeeze of lemon juice and salt.

whole roasted cauliflower for a show stopper i prefer a chimichurri or romesco sauce with it, gorgeous and really delicious easy option

Last night I roasted cauliflower with toasted sesame seed oil, garlic powder, curry powder, and paprika. It was amazing with a roasted chicken thigh

I slice them into "steaks" - so delicious!

Boil w potatoes: Corn. Squash. Broccoli. Cauliflower.  Onions Brussel sprouts