Looking for what to serve with fettuccine alfredo? Whether you’re planning a family meal, hosting company, or meal planning, here you will find the best fettuccine alfredo side dishes. This complete recipe collection of vegetables, salads, breads, and meats also comes with expert tips for serving, storing, and reheating!

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Regardless if you’re preparing a quick weeknight meal or need to impress company, alfredo pasta is a very popular choice! It can be prepared in minutes, easily adaptable for gluten-free alfredo, and pairs great with proteins, such as chicken alfredo or shrimp alfredo.

Much like when looking for what to serve with lasagna or mac and cheese sides, you’ll want to find easy recipes to compliment the taste and texture of such a filling dish. Of course bread makes a good companion to soak the last bit of alfredo sauce, but there are many vegetables, salads, and more to go with fettuccine alfredo.

Whether you need to know what goes with fettuccine alfredo, the best side dishes, vegetables, salads, breads, or even meats, find an arsenal of ideas and recipes are all here!

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Best Sides To Serve With Fettuccine Alfredo

Alfredo is made by combining heavy cream, parmesan cheese, and sometimes cream cheese and tossing it with fettuccine noodles. Since it can be a filling meal, it’s a difficult dish to pair with sides. A great side dish shouldn’t overwhelm pasta covered in a creamy alfredo sauce!

If you are looking for what to serve with fettuccine alfredo besides salad, find a perfect side dish right here, including green vegetables, salads, meats, and more easy ideas below. These would work for holiday meals or family dinners.

Scroll down to find the specific recipes, plus expert tips for making and serving this decadent pasta dish!

  • Fresh green salad
  • Broccoli
  • Steamed or roasted carrots
  • Chicken breast
  • Garlic bread
  • Roasted or fried eggplant
  • Corn
  • Crispy chicken strips
  • Sautéed spinach
  • Kale salad
  • Breadsticks
  • Grilled shrimp
  • Green beans
  • Roasted potatoes
  • Zucchini
  • Mushrooms
  • Roasted Brussels sprouts
  • Steamed or roasted cauliflower
  • Artichokes
  • Asparagus
  • Peas

Meats To Go With Alfredo

If you would like a quick and easy vegetarian meal, enjoy fettuccine alfredo on its own, paired with one of the suggested sides. However, this pasta dish also makes a great accompaniment for meats and proteins, like some of the ones suggested below.

Besides popular chicken alfredo or shrimp alfredo, there are many other options!

  • Meatballs – ground chicken, ground beef
  • Chicken – grilled, baked, or crispy breading
  • Shrimp – grilled or sautéed
  • Pork – oven baked, breaded, grilled
  • Fish – grilled, broiled, or baked salmon, cod, tilapia, halibut, or grouper

Easy Salad Ideas

Light, fresh salads go well with alfredo and seem to be an easy choice. Pile leafy greens with red onion, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and serve with a simple olive oil, lemon juice vinaigrette or any preferred dressing.

For festive meals, like Christmas or Easter, something sweeter such as jello salads, pretzel salad, or fruit salads, make a decadent accompaniment.

  • Caprese salad with fresh basil
  • Wedge salad
  • Caesar salad with croutons
  • Spinach
  • Tossed Greens – spring mix, arugula salad, romaine, or iceberg lettuce
  • Jello salads
  • Antipasto platter
  • Fruit salads
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50+ Easy Sides to Serve with Fettuccine Alfredo: Sauteed Zucchini

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Yield: 4
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
Total Time: 6 minutes
Learn how to make sauteed zucchini and squash with this quick and easy lemon garlic recipe ready in five minutes! It pairs with many of the sides shared here for what to serve with fettucine alfredo, ideal for family meals or dinner parties.
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Ingredients
 

Equipment

Instructions
 

  • Pour oil in a large skillet and heat over medium high heat until pan and oil are hot. Add the zucchini chunks, toss with olive oil, and let it sit in a single layer, undisturbed, for 2 minutes.
    1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 zucchini,
  • Cook and stir for an additional 2 minutes to finish cooking and saute the other sides. In the last 30 seconds add the minced garlic, continuing to stir.
    1 garlic clove,
  • Remove from heat and season with salt, pepper, and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Serve immediately.
    ½ tablespoon lemon juice, ½ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
Calories: 49kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 299mg, Potassium: 256mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 196IU, Vitamin C: 19mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg
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