Pasta, Rice & Grain Side Dishes

Children will often accept unfamiliar food when it's chopped into tiny pieces and served with something they do like, such as rice.

It's the quintessential compromise dinner: kids get macaroni and cheese, parents get a few vegetables tossed in for good measure.

One of those side dishes that's good enough to serve as a vegetarian main dish.

A delicious main dish or as a pasta salad type dish.

A delicious dish that can be a side or an entree.

Here's an easy and tasty salad that you can whip up in under 30 minutes.

This main-dish salad uses pre-cooked chicken and rice. You can also substitute a vinaigrette for the olive oil and lemon juice.

Fried rice, a mild Chinese mainstay, is appropriate especially for a child new to this nation's varied cuisines.

A meal wouldn't be Mexican without rice and beans, whether inside or alongside a tortilla.