What to Serve With Grilled Cheese

If you are trying to figure out what to serve with grilled cheese sandwiches, this list is exactly what you are looking for. Grilled cheese sandwiches are a family favorite and a hearty hot sandwich on their own.  But they really need a simple side to make a complete meal. Therefore, you will want to pick the best easy side dish to go well with your favorite grilled cheese recipe.  Whether you enjoy calling it a panini, Croque Monsieur, melt, or cheese toast, all these side dishes are perfect to serve with them.

If you want a salad, soup, vegetables, fruit, or potato, we have you covered with so many choices on what to enjoy with your sandwich. Many fellow food bloggers have shared some of their quick and easy side dish recipes to eat with grilled cheese sandwiches. All of these sides pair well with the toasty buttered bread and salty melty cheesy inside that makes them so irresistible. 

In our house, we love a simple grilled cheese sandwich with sourdough bread and good-quality cheddar.  But we do mix it up sometimes and will add avocado, tomato, bacon, or other fun ingredients.   One of my favorites is my recipe for a salty, sweet, and spicy version - GRILLED CHEESE WITH FIGS AND HOT HONEY! If you want a great grilled cheese without a stove or pan try my sandwich recipe hacks - Microwave Grilled Cheese or Toaster Oven Grilled Cheese.

What to Serve with Grilled Cheese

This is a tasty list of what to eat with grilled cheese sandwiches.  To help you decide what to serve with them, I have broken down the list into some subcategories. So based on your mood, preference, or diet, there is something for everyone.  There are healthy salads, mayo-based salads,  low-carb, keto, vegan, and fancy sides.  This list of what to make with grilled cheese includes:

• Side Dishes by The Short Order Cook
• Soup & Salad Side Dishes
• Fruit & Vegetable Side Dishes

Side Dishes by The Short Order Cook

Air Fryer Green Beans

In just 10 minutes, this recipe for crispy air fryer green beans is the best. This simple side dish with few ingredients is quick & easy.

Air Fryer Green Beans

Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli

Instant pot steamed broccoli is a healthy and easy recipe that comes out perfect every time. In just a few minutes fresh broccoli is cooked and ready to enjoy.  This method works in any electric pressure cooker with or without a steamer basket and results in fresh steamed broccoli that is not mushy. 

Instant Pot Broccoli

Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle French Fries

For an easy foolproof method for cooking frozen crinkle-cut french fries in the air fryer, try this recipe. They will be hot, crispy, and yummy with just the right amount of time to cook in the air fryer. Plus delicious dips and seasonings to add for the best air fryer french fries.

Air Fryer Crinkle French Fries

Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes

Crispy air fryer keto radishes are the low-carb answer to those that love roasted potatoes. These seasoned radishes are an easy recipe & done in 15 minutes. 

Air Fryer Radishes

Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries

Homemade deep-fried sweet potato fries are a quick and easy family favorite recipe. This fantastic method to deep fry & season them makes the best appetizer or side dish.

Sweet Potato Fries made in the Deep Fryer

Easy Keto Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

Sweet, creamy, and rich butternut squash soup is comfort in a bowl. This low-carb recipe is great for those on a keto diet.

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup

Easy Vegetable Rice Soup (vegetarian & gluten-free)

An easy vegetable rice soup that is vegetarian and full of flavor. This recipe uses vegetable broth, fresh vegetables, tomatoes, rice, and seasonings for a hearty vegan soup that everyone will love.

Vegan Rice Soup with Vegetables

Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup

This restaurant-quality low-carb keto cream of mushroom soup is easy to make and simply delicious. The creamy texture with sherry creates a rich velvety mushroom soup that is so much better than any Campbell’s condensed version you can buy. 

Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup

Pot Pie Soup

Homemade creamy pot pie soup is an easy recipe that is tasty with any savory protein filling like chicken, turkey, beef, or a vegetarian option.

Pot Pie Soup

Asian Avocado Peanut Coleslaw

If you want an easy peanutty coleslaw recipe, this Asian avocado peanut coleslaw is the best. This chopped slaw recipe is bursting with fresh vegetables that are dressed in a homemade Asian-inspired dressing that is salty, sweet, and spicy. This slaw is vegan and gluten-free and sure to be one that everyone loves.

Avocado Coleslaw

Broccoli Apple Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing (no mayo)

This healthy broccoli salad with carrots, raisins, apples, and cheese is amazing. The creamy greek yogurt dressing is low-fat and made without mayo. It is tangy, crisp, fresh, and sweet in every bite. It holds up great for potlucks and barbecues. It is even great as a leftover, unlike other salads.

 

Broccoli, Apple, & Cheddar Salad

Butternut Squash, Apple, and Kale Salad with Honey Dijon Vinaigrette

Butternut squash and kale make the perfect Fall salad. The crunchy pecans, crisp apples, sweet raisins, and roasted butternut squash make the most amazing Autumn harvest salad recipe.

Butternut Squash & Apple Kale Salad

Spinach Blueberry Salad

A colorful salad of fresh spinach, ripe blueberries, sharp parmesan, & crunchy pecans is a lovely spring recipe. It's fresh, nutty, sweet, & savory in every delicious bite. 

Spinach Blueberry Salad

Grilled Peach & Goat Cheese Salad

Sweet grilled peaches, creamy avocado, tangy goat cheese, and spicy arugula are a summer salad sensation. This recipe for Grilled Peach, Avocado, and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad is fresh, sweet, crisp, & juicy. This simple summer salad is easy & perfect for bbq, cookouts, & parties.

Grilled Peach & Avocado Arugula Salad

French Potato Salad (no mayo)

Tender potatoes in a Champagne dijon vinaigrette with fresh herbs are bright, tangy, and crowd-pleasing. This is the best potato salad recipe without mayo. French potato salad is great for parties, picnics, & BBQs. The recipe can be made ahead of time & lasts for days. Bonus, it is gluten-free, vegan, & healthy. A fun summer side dish recipe to serve with grilled or smoked meats.

French Potato Salad

Toaster Oven Baked Potato

Making baked potatoes in the toaster oven is an easy and delicious way to cook this classic side dish. The skin turns out crispy and the inside is soft and fluffy. If your toaster oven has a convection setting, this baked potato recipe is super quick

Toaster Oven Baked Potato

Homemade Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Onion rings are a classic fried treat that is so easy to make homemade. This beer-battered recipe for onion rings is the perfect side dish, snack, or appetizer.

Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Homemade Pickles with Leftover Pickle Juice

Homemade pickles are so easy to make when you reuse pickle juice for this recipe. In 24 hours quick refrigerator pickles are crisp and ready.  

Pickles Made in Leftover Pickle Juice

Soup & Salad Side Dishes

Potato Leek Soup

4 ingredients can make a wonderful velvety cream soup. This potato leek soup is quick, easy, and completely amazing.

Potato Leek Soup

Roasted Tomato Soup

The perfect pairing for grilled cheese is always a delicious homemade tomato soup. The recipe is bright, fresh, and has a wonderful pesto basil swirl.

Roasted Tomato Soup

Caprese Salad

The simplicity of fresh mozzarella, juicy tomatoes, and sweet basil is what makes Caprese salads so yummy. This Italian classic is a wonderful pairing for your favorite grilled cheese (panini style maybe?)

Caprese Salad

Vegetable Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing

Crisp fresh vegetables are tossed with a homemade Italian dressing for a healthy side salad.

Vegetable Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing

Fruit & Vegetable Side Dishes

Air-Fryer Broccoli

A quick recipe for fresh broccoli. A few spices, including red chili flakes, helps give this a lot of flavor.

Air-Fryer Broccoli

Pickled Avocado

A unique way to preserve avocado. A wonderful side or addition to any grilled cheese sandwich.

Pickled Avocado

Crispy Oven Fries

No deep fryer needed to make these crispy french fries. Fresh cut russets and a few simple steps make these oven french fries crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Crispy Oven Fries

Orange Cranberry Quinoa Salad

This bright and fresh salad is packed with so much flavor. Sweet dried cranberries, tart juicy oranges, and nutty quinoa make for a satisfying unique salad recipe.

Orange Cranberry Quinoa Salad

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What to Serve With Grilled Cheese

Angela

All the best recipes to serve with grilled cheese. Pair this hot sandwich with soups, salads, vegetables, fried foods, & more. They all go well with grilled cheese for lunch or dinner to complete the meal. Including healthy, gluten-free, vegetarian, & low-fat sides.

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Prep Time 0 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• Air Fryer French Fries
• Broccoli Apple Salad
• Tomato Soup
• Chopped Salad
• Onion Rings
• Sweet Potato Fries
• Cream of Mushroom Soup
• Air Fryer Green Beans
• Spinach Blueberry Salad

Instructions

 

• Pick one recipe to make.
• Make your favorite grilled cheese sandwich.
• Enjoy together.