These delicious recipes will have you dreaming of vegetables! These melting veggie recipes feature tender and perfectly cooked produce including cabbage, broccoli, potatoes and beets. You’ll want to pair side dishes like our French Onion Soup-Style Melting Onions or our Marry Me Melting Cabbage with your favorite mains for a mouthwatering and satisfying meal.
Balsamic-Parmesan Melting Cabbage
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Pricilla Montiel, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer
Slow-roasted with a rich balsamic-infused broth and topped with a light dusting of Parmesan, this dish transforms humble cabbage into a side dish to remember.
French Onion Soup-Style Melting Onions
Robby Lozano
These melt-in-your-mouth onions have all the flavors of a classic French onion soup. Beef broth makes the onions super tender, while a cheesy panko topping evokes the bread element of the soup.
Marry Me Melting Cabbage
Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Amanda Hostein, Prop Stylist: Keoshia McGhee
Tender cabbage wedges are coated in a rich and flavorful sun-dried tomato cream sauce for a vegetarian spin on Marry Me Chicken. Make it a main dish and serve it over brown rice or whole-wheat pasta.
Melting Broccoli
Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Lydia Pursell
Slow-roasted broccoli gets a melt-in-your-mouth texture when we cook it in a miso-and-vegetable broth. Chili crisp adds a touch of heat to this satisfying side.
Melting Garlic-Butter Cauliflower
Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless
Garlic butter and Parmesan cheese coat tender cauliflower florets in this melt-in-your-mouth side dish. This dish works wonderfully alongside any protein, or make it a meatless main dish tossed with white beans and served with whole-wheat pasta.
Balsamic-Rosemary Butter Melting Potatoes
Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Jasmine Smith, Prop Stylist: Tucker Vines
These melting potatoes earn their name with a technique that combines high-heat roasting and braising for a crispy outside and a wonderfully creamy texture inside. The broth cooks off, leaving behind a sweet and tangy coating.
Melting Sweet Potatoes with Herbs & Garlic
This savory spin on sweet potatoes uses earthy herbs and aromatics to help cut through the sweetness of the spuds, creating a beautifully balanced dish.
Melting Beets with Goat Cheese
Roasting the beets with broth makes them crispy on the outside, yet tender on the inside. Crumbled goat cheese tops these beets for an easy side dish.
Garlic-Parmesan Melting Cabbage
Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Priscilla Montiel
Tender cabbage picks up the flavors of garlic, Parmesan cheese and a little spice from crushed red pepper as it simmers in a creamy broth in the oven.
Melting Butternut Squash with Cumin & Cilantro
Photographer: Brie Goldman, Food Stylist: Lauren McAnelly, Prop Stylist: Holly Raibikis
This perfectly cooked butternut squash features the flavors of garlic, paprika, cumin and cilantro, which are inspired by the North African condiment chermoula. It’s crisp on the outside and delightfully creamy on the inside for a tasty side.
Melting Cauliflower with Lemon, Feta & Oregano
Photographer: Brie Goldman, Food Stylist: Lauren McAnelly, Prop Stylist: Holly Raibikis
Lemon zest and fresh oregano make this melt-in-your-mouth cauliflower recipe come alive. Low-sodium chicken broth cuts down on the salt, and feta makes it creamy.
Garlic-Parmesan Melting Potatoes
Crispy, buttery, cheesy, garlicky potatoes—what else could you ask for? Serve these potatoes alongside steak, pork chops, chicken or fish. If you have leftovers, throw them into a breakfast scramble the next morning.
Melting Onions
Onions lose their bite when they’re sliced and roasted with butter and fresh herbs and then tenderized further by braising in broth. Serve alongside roasted chicken or cook them in vegetable broth for an easy, elegant vegetarian side dish.
Everything But the Bagel Melting Potatoes
Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle
Everything bagel seasoning, featuring seeds, roasted garlic and onion flakes, offers a delightful blend of flavors and a satisfying crunch to these creamy and crispy potatoes.
Melting Sweet Potatoes with Maple Butter
After browning in a hot oven, thick slices of sweet potato simmer in broth and soak up the flavors of maple syrup and lemon. This simple dish is great alongside roasted chicken, pork or protein of your choosing.
Melting Cabbage
This velvety cabbage melts in your mouth and picks up the flavors of caraway, cumin and garlic as it simmers in broth in the oven. Serve it alongside roasted pork or chicken.
Melting Potatoes with Garlic, Prosciutto & Sage
Photographer: Carson Downing, Food Stylist: Annie Probst, Prop Stylist: Joseph Wanek
These potatoes are unbelievably creamy, with the edges getting lightly crisp. Sage, marjoram and prosciutto combine for a warm flavor. If you don’t have marjoram on hand, use dried oregano or thyme in its place.
