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    Home » Recipe Roundups

    Updated: Jan 27, 2024 · Published: Mar 30, 2022 · by Angela · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    What to Serve with Pot Roast

    A beef roast is a comforting warm entree and often has gravy or sauce with it - comforting sides work best. For anyone trying to figure out what to serve with tender pot roast for dinner, this list of sides is exactly what you are looking for. Which recipe will you try first?

    4 recipe images for whipped sweet potatoes, peach cobbler, dinner rolls, air fryer radishes.

    These sides are great with any pot roast recipe, whether with you bake it, cook it in the CrockPot, Instant Pot, or do it slowly in a dutch oven. I love making it in the crockpot so they can take all day to cook and there is not much work.

    I often want a bit more for dinner along with this such as a salad, vegetables, or more. Whether you want something healthy, light, homebaked, or unique, I have you covered with so many choices on what to eat with pot roast. All of these sides pair well with the rich gravy, fork-tender beef, and often a few vegetables that make it so amazing.   

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    • What to Serve with Pot Roast
    • Soup & Salad Side Dishes
    • Baked Goods Side Dishes
    • Vegetable Side Dishes
    • Potato Side Dishes
    • Bonus - Desserts too!
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    What to Serve with Pot Roast

    This is a tasty list of what to offer with pot roast.  Based on your mood, preference, or diet, there is something for everyone.  To help you decide what to serve with it, I have broken down the list into some subcategories that I shared below. The fall and winter classic main course is popular for a reason, it is so amazing & soulful.

    There are wonderful salads, soups, fresh-baked loaves of bread, vegetables, and more.  There are also gluten-free, keto, low-carb, and healthy side dish recipes. This list of what goes well with beef roast includes:

    • Soup & Salad Side Dishes 
    • Baked Goods Side Dishes 
    • Vegetable Side Dishes
    • Potato Side Dishes
    • Desserts too!

    Bonus - a few amazing desserts too to enjoy at the end of your meal.

    4 recipe images for sweet potato fries, chocolate chip cookies, kale apple salad, and baked potato

    Soup & Salad Side Dishes

    All of these soups and salads make a great first course or side dish. Whether you are having a simple weeknight dinner or a big family holiday meal with a pot roast, these all go well together. Complete your meal with any of these great recipes.

    • Instant Pot Cream of Celery Soup featured overhead of bowl of soup ready to eat with celery stalks in top left corner and a spoon to the left with crackers on the right top corner
      Instant Pot Cream of Celery Soup
    • Broccoli Apple Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing (no mayo) overhead featured
      Broccoli Salad with Apples & Cheese
    • Butternut Squash Apple pecan and Kale Salad on a platter.
      Butternut Squash and Apple Kale Salad
    • POMEGRANATE SPINACH SALAD WITH PEARS AND GOAT CHEESE
      Pomegranate Spinach Salad with Pears and Goat Cheese
    • Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup bowls ready to eat with a spoon & on the table with fresh basil & napkin.
      Roasted Cherry Tomato Soup
    • Simple Spinach Salad made with baby leaves, homemade croutons, & red onion dressed with oil & vinegar.
      Simple Spinach Salad
    • Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup featured overhead two bowls
      Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • Slow Cooker Potato Leek Soup overhead
      Slow Cooker Potato Leek Soup

    Baked Goods Side Dishes

    For something freshly baked (or pressed in a waffle iron) these recipes are fun and tasty. The savory gravy in pot roast is just begging to be sopped up with some bread. These recipes are perfect to make along with pot roast. Why have plain white bread when you can have one of these tasty fresh-baked goodies?

    • Soft Dinner Rolls
      Easy Homemade Soft Dinner Rolls
    • fat head keto rolls the short order cook
      Fathead Keto Rolls
    • Ciabatta partially sliced on a cutting board.
      How to Make Artisan Ciabatta Bread
    • Keto Cornbread Chaffles featured 3 fanned chaffles on the left and right is a partial bowl of chili w parsley
      Keto Cornbread Chaffles

    Vegetable Side Dishes

    For something healthy, gluten-free, and yummy, these vegetable side dishes really hit the spot. Pick one of your new favorites to make along with pot roast for the ultimate comfort food meal. Most are keto, low-carb, and Paleo side dish recipes.

    • Caramelized Brussel Sprouts with Brown Sugar, Bacon, & Blue Cheese featured
      Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Brown Sugar, Bacon, & Blue Cheese
    • Plated oven-roasted green beans sprinkles with everything bagel seasoning
      Roasted Green Beans with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
    • Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes featured side view of tiny plate with food ready to eat
      Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes
    • Steamed Broccoli featured in instant pot overhead shot
      Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli

    Potato Side Dishes

    Besides mashed potatoes, here are some great side dish recipe ideas to make with pot roast. These potato recipes all are easy to make and make a perfect accompaniment on the plate. Besides the typical mashed potatoes try something different like homemade sweet potato fries.

    • Plate of oven roasted broccoli florets and cubes of potatoes.
      Roasted Potatoes & Broccoli
    • 2 air fried sweet potatoes cut open and plate next to forks and a stick of butter.
      Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes
    • Pan Fried Potatoes & Onions in a cast-iron skillet topped with fresh parsley.
      Pan Fried Potatoes & Onions
    • Plate piled with baked potatoes made in the air fryer and the top one is split open topped with butter and sour cream.
      Air Fryer Baked Potatoes
    • Toaster Oven Baked Potatoes featured 4 ready to eat and plated
      Toaster Oven Baked Potato
    • Whipped Sweet Potatoes featured two ramekins full of sweet potatoes with a red napkin spoon and fresh parsley on the table
      Whipped Sweet Potatoes
    • Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle French Fries featured plate full of cooked fries and a small dish of ketchup
      Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle French Fries
    • Instant Pot Ranch Salt Potatoes
      Instant Pot Boiled Baby Potatoes
    • Deep Fried Sweet Potato Fries featured close up with dipping sauces on the bottom
      Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries
    • bowl with french potato salad topped with fresh herbs
      French Potato Salad
    • Sweet Potato Marshmallow Casserole featured overhead square casserole dish with toasted marshmallows on top
      Candied Sweet Potato & Marshmallow Casserole
    • Instant Pot Cubed Sweet Potatoes featured side view of bowl filled with cooked sweet potato and fresh parsley in the background
      Instant Pot Cubed Sweet Potatoes

    Bonus - Desserts too!

    All these dessert recipes are great with pot roast. Whether you want something light, rich & decadent, or even gluten-free or keto/sugar-free.

    Cheesecake, pie, cookies, and more so you just cannot go wrong. My recipe for CARAMELIZED HAND PIES, is a McDonald's fried pie copycat and personally is a favorite way to end a meal.

    • 4- Ingredient Key Lime Pie in graham cracker crust topped with whipped cream.
      Easy 4- Ingredient Key Lime Pie
    • Puff Pastry Apple Galette in a cast iron skillet topped with 3 scoops of ice cream and caramel sauce.
      Puff Pastry Apple Galette
    • Graham Cracker Crust Sweet Potato Pie Featured Slice plated with whole pie in background sideview.
      Graham Cracker Crust Sweet Potato Pie
    • Sea Salt Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies plated and ready to enjoy.
      Sea Salt Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Old-Fashioned Skillet Peach & Strawberry Cobbler featured with skillet and spoon in top left corner and bowl with cobbler a la mode
      Strawberry Peach Cobbler
    • Keto No-Bake Cheesecake featured closeup slice of cheesecake with blueberries
      Keto No Bake Cheesecake
    • North Carolina Lemon Pie featured with dollops of whipped cream atop lemon curd filling & a saltine cracker crust.
      North Carolina Lemon Pie
    • Brown Sugar Caramel Apple Pie
      Brown Sugar Caramel Apple Pie
    • Chocolate Chip Cookies without Brown Sugar featured stack of 3 cookies and in the middle 3 fanned out cookeis with random chocolate chips sprinkles on the counter and a glass of milk
      Chocolate Chip Cookies without Brown Sugar
    • Fresh Strawberry Mousse Parfaits featured portrait on table
      Easy Strawberry Mousse
    • easy 3-ingredient creme brulee
      Easy 3-ingredient Creme Brulee
    • Snickerdoodles without Cream of Tartar featured overhead of plate and a few on the counter
      Snickerdoodles without Cream of Tartar

    I hope you found several new recipes to try. They all go well with a classic American pot roast dinner. Though we think of it as a traditional dish that originated in the United States, it has European roots. To find out more check out Exploring Pot Roast.

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