Side dishes get a bad rap when it comes to healthy eating. At one end of the spectrum is your standard vegetable drowned in butter—tasty, but hardly diet-friendly. At the other end? A box of frozen vegetables heated up in the microwave—healthy, perhaps, severely lacking in the flavor department. Luckily, we're sharing recipes from The Biggest Loser Cookbook which features some healthy ways to jazz up the often-neglected vegetable side dish. All of the recipes, taste-tested and approved by the show's contestants, are just as great for taking to a party as they are for shaking up your mealtime routine.

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