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Lobsters are a treasure; it is not an everyday meal, and when you eventually want to eat this meal, you would want to savor all the goodness.

It is one seafood that many people love, and you will find most of it served during dinner or dates.

You can choose to eat the lobsters that way, but most likely, you will want a side dish to go with the lobsters.

It would be best to go with a side dish that does not overshadow your lobster’s taste and unique sweetness.

So in this article, we shall look at some of the most preferred options to enjoy your lobsters.

If you are going to eat lobsters, you should enjoy them to the fullest, and this is why we are embarking on this journey; and I hope you find it very useful to your eating experience.

1. Clam Chowder

Clam chowder is an American soup cuisine that belongs to several chowder soups. This soup is made up of clams, salt pork, diced potatoes, and onions.

You can occasionally find other recipes that add other types of vegetables to this soup.

Other ingredients used for this soup are carrots, celery, bay leaves, bacon, and cream. This soup is a crowd-pleaser, and it is one of the best options for your lobsters.

You can decide to make your soup thick or less thick, but the best option for your lobsters will be thick clam chowder.

If you are preparing this dish at home, it would be essential to note that you will have to wash your clams with cold water to do away with all the stones before you cook them.

Here is a recipe for this soup in case you are interested in preparing yours at home.

2. Coleslaw

Having coleslaw as a side dish is one of the lightest, tastiest and healthy ways of including vegetables in your meal.

Coleslaw consists of cabbages, carrots, a salad, and a salad dressing of your choice, with the most famous are mayonnaise and vinaigrette.

Some might consider this side dish as being soggy, but when you come to think of it, it is creamy and simple in taste. You do not have to be afraid of your coleslaw overshadowing the taste of your lobsters.

This is the best side dish to serve during summer, especially if you are looking for something cold and simple.

Also, coleslaw is very easy to prepare, and you do not need a lot of time and processes.

You can get the simple recipe for this dish on this blog.

3. Mac and Cheese

Can anything go wrong with this delicious creamy goodness? I do not think so; mac and cheese are frequent options that people go for when pairing with lobsters. This mac and cheese meal is made with macaroni and cheese cream.

You might be so used to the name Mac and Cheese that you might forget that mac stands for macaroni.

There are many ways of preparing this delicious dish, the most famous being the baked mac and cheese.

You can adjust the thickness of your mac and cheese depending on your preference. While some use just cheddar cheese, other recipes might involve using up to three types of cheeses.

You can check out this recipe for roasted garlic mac and cheese; this caramelized hint of garlic makes this recipe irresistible.

4. Veggie Fries

If you are looking for an interesting and exciting way to have your vegetables, you can count on veggie fries.

This involves cutting your vegetables like wedges or spears and coating them in bread crumbs before frying them. You might prefer to fry without the breadcrumbs.

The exciting thing is that you can use any vegetable of your choice; it could be carrots, cucumber, zucchini, and green beans. Your veggies will be crisp on the outer part and soft on the inside.

If you are looking for something crunchy to eat with your lobsters, you should consider this option if you are trying to stay off potato fries.

Here is a recipe for parmesan baked green bean fries; you look at it for some guidance.

5. Pasta Salad

This is a perfect side dish for your lobster if you are feeding the family or a large group of friends. Plus, with this combination, you are getting both satisfaction and eating healthily.

The pasta salad is a perfect combination for your lobster if you can not decide to go heavy or light.

It offers you a combination of hearty Italian cuisine together with healthy and fresh vegetables.

You can use any pasta, and it could be macaroni, fettuccini, or penne pasta. Also, the combination of vegetables will depend on your taste and what suits you best.

This is a perfect side dish for your lobsters, especially at suppertime. If you are interested, you can check out this Italian pasta salad recipe.

6. Corn on the Cob

Corn on the cob might sound like an unconventional combination with your lobster, but you will be marveled when you try out this combination.

The exciting thing is that you will not eat the corn or maize plain as it is. This corn is flavored with spices.

The spices add a delicious and yummy taste to the corn, making it a perfect dish that will blow your mind. You can decide to go with whatever spice suits your taste.

The corn used for this dish is the fresh and young ones. It is better to use fresh young corn, and it will be tender while you are eating.

You can boil your corn, or you can decide to roast or grill them. Then you can spice them up before you serve them alongside your lobster. You can check out this recipe for oven-roasted corn on the cob.

7. Steamed Clams

If you decide to go all seafood, steamed lobsters are the perfect side dish for your lobsters.

This dish is made of clams that are steamed. They are usually prepared in a savory broth which people will slurp.

These clams are cooked together with wine, herbs, garlic, and butter. This dish is delicious and not hard to prepare.

The hardest part of preparing this dish is when you are washing them. You have to be sure that they are free from all dirt to have a good eating experience.

Here is a simple but delicious recipe that you try out for a sumptuous steamed clams meal.

8. Champagne

If you are in a celebratory mood and are on a date or one of those fancy parties, champagne is the best and exquisite addition for your lobsters. Champagne is a French sparkling wine.

This wine has an off-dry and bone-dry flavor that is perfect for a simple, flavorful meal with lobsters.

If you plan a date and your partner love lobsters, you can complete the romantic dinner by ordering a bottle of sauvignon blanc or chardonnay.

9. Potato Salad

This is another perfect side dish to go with your lobsters if you plan a family supper or host many friends. Apart from the fact that potatoes go with almost any meal, it is a perfect way to satisfy many people while enjoying their lobsters.

Potato salad is a classic meal that gives you the satisfaction you need, and you also take in a lot of nutrients from the vegetables.

You can use vegetables like onions, tomatoes, herbs, cucumber, avocados. The list goes on; it is left for you to make the perfect combination of vegetables that you see fit.

You will have to boil your potatoes before you add other vegetables. You can top this salad with any dressing of your choice; the most popular salad dressing used is mayonnaise or cream.

The potatoes are a perfect combination with the vegetables because they maintain their natural sweetness and moisture when you boil them.

There are many ways to prepare your potatoes; while some people cut them into tiny little slices, other recipes require you to cut the potatoes a little bigger. Here is a recipe for a creamy dill potato salad.

10. Fresh Salad

If you are looking for a side dish during summertime, you will always aim for something cool and fresh to go with your main dish.

This is the good that a fresh salad offers you. It is a combination of fresh vegetables, or you can decide to use a combination of fruits and vegetables.

The good thing with the fresh salad is that you get to enjoy some fresh food along with your cooked or fried lobsters.

This combination is healthy, delicious, and light if you are looking for a meal that is not heavy.

You can decide to serve this salad with a salad dressing or decide to eat the salad without dressing. You can check out this recipe for a spring salad made with cucumber, tomato, and avocado.

11. Cauliflower Cheese Bread

This excellent bread has fewer carbs and is perfect for those who want a gluten-free meal. This crave-worthy bread is made with cauliflower, cheese, garlic, eggs, and spices.

If you do not love bread, you might consider this bread when you try it.

It brings all the right amount of flavor for you to enjoy with your lobsters. You might not miss the regular flour bread when you have tried these tasty and cheesy snacks. And if you are sensi

tive to gluten, this is a way for you to enjoy your breadsticks with lobsters without missing out on anything.

It is also a healthy side dish because you consume fewer carbs than if you were to use the regular flour for this cheese bread.

You can check out the recipe for these tasteful breadsticks on this blog.

12. Broccolini Salad

Broccolini is one of those healthy vegetables that we are always encouraged to add to our diet more frequently.

If you are looking for a simple way to enjoy your lobsters and eating light, this green vegetable is the perfect fit for you.

It does not take you a long time to prepare your broccolini, and you can decide to bake, boil, or fry them. No matter how you choose to prepare them, they still come out lovely, soft, and delicious.

You can add other ingredients like red onions, mushrooms, and fresh dill to give the broccolini a tasteful flavor.

And the best dressing for this side dish might be a vinaigrette that livens up the broccolini’s flavor, especially when you have stored it in the fridge after the first day.

Here is the recipe for a tasty broccolini salad.

13. Brioche Bread

Brioche is a slightly puffy and light bread in French cuisine. It has a tender and rich crumb, all thanks to the high content eggs and butter used in making the bread.

While some people use this bread as a dessert and snack, you can use it as a side dish for your lobsters.

The soft, tender, and sweet taste of this bread makes it ideal for a light, delicious meal.

If you are making this bread at home, you can use different flavors as much as possible. You can check out this recipe for this fluffy, delicious bread.

14. Hasselback Butternut Squash

You can never go wrong with a Hasselback butternut squash side dish. It has an irresistible taste; an attractive appearance, and it is soft and sumptuous.

This plant is abundant during winter, and if you run out of all other fresh vegetables during winter, this can serve as your alternative.

To get the best out of this vegetable, the best preparation is to bake or roast it.

Glaze your squash with garlic, honey, maple syrup, and any other spices and herbs you might have. These ingredients give the squash a delicious and great taste.

Just imagine the combination of this soft and succulent vegetable with your tasty lobster; it is incredible. If you are interested, this is a recipe for you to check out.

15. Stir-Fried Spinach with Garlic

This is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, and it is easy for you to disdain it when you hear that you have to cook the vegetables properly.

But I will say you should keep the judgment before you taste this flavorful soft vegetable.

If you are among those who do not like eating raw vegetables, and you prefer them cooked, then this might be the perfect side dish for your lobsters.

The spinach is flavored with garlic, and it is hard to resist it. Even if you like your spinach raw, you might reconsider when you try this dish.

Apart from the garlic’s flavor, you can also season your spinach with spices to give them more tasteful flavors. This recipe is very easy to prepare, and it is nutritious as well.

Spinach is rich in vitamin C, carotene, calcium, and phosphorus, and cooking them might reduce the nutrient levels, but you still get to benefit from them. You can get the recipe for these tasty vegetables on this blog.

16. Potato Gnocchi

Regular gnocchi is Italian pasta made from potatoes; these potatoes are mashed and mixed with eggs and flour.

You will find some recipes for gnocchi that add ricotta cheese to the dough. Idaho potatoes are the best potatoes for this pasta because they are starchy.

You can either cook or bake the pasta. If you are making your gnocchi at home to stop your pasta from being soggy, it would be best for you to allow moisture to steam out of the potatoes.

There are many recipes for potato gnocchi, and you might decide to boil or bake them depending on your preference.

You will find the familiar ingredients paired with this pasta are spring vegetables like asparagus, zucchini, broccoli, peas, cheese, and a thick tomato sauce.

Potato gnocchi is one of the best side dishes for your lobsters if you prepare supper for family and friends. This pasta has just the right flavor and taste to accompany your lobster.

You can check out this recipe for delicious homemade potato gnocchi.

17. Grilled Caesar Salad

For all those vegetarians and those who would love to eat healthily, yes, you can pair this wonderful salad with your lobster.

It tastes incredible because of the smoky flavor from the grill, and you also get to gain all the health benefits that come with the vegetables.

This recipe involves you using romaine lettuce, and you can glaze this vegetable with parmesan cheese, Caesar dressing, and croutons.

This is an interesting and exciting way to eat your lettuce, and I bet even the kids will be interested.

You can either serve this lettuce as they are leafy, or you can slice them into bits and add some other vegetables and ingredients like shrimps, tomatoes, avocado, and little pieces of meat. Here is a simple recipe for your grilled Caesar salad.

18. Grilled Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

This is an exciting way to eat your asparagus, especially for those who do not love vegetables. The soft ad tender asparagus vegetable is wrapped in delicious savory prosciutto and glazed with a balsamic mixture.

The wrapped asparagus is grilled over the fire to produce a smoky tasteful side dish. The prosciutto comes out charred and crispy.

You can decide to go with the spices or use as many spices as you want for the prosciutto.

You can get the recipe for this savory and crispy side dish on this blog.

19. Baked Risotto

Risotto is a creamy rice dish in Northern Italian cuisine. Rice is cooked in a broth until it becomes creamy, almost like porridge.

Depending on your taste, the broth can be gotten from fish, meat, or vegetables.

There are many recipes for this dish, but some of the most common ingredients you will find are wine, vegetables, butter, onion, and parmesan cheese.

You will find some recipes where the color of the rice is yellow, and this is a result of saffron added to the dish.

If you are looking for a much heavier side dish to accompany your lobsters, then this is the right option for you.

You can check out this recipe if you are planning to prepare a homemade risotto.

20. Maple Glazed Baby Carrots

For all you carrot lovers, this could be another way for you to enjoy your carrot with your lobsters.

The carrot is crunchy, and the addition of the maple glaze adds a sweet taste that is compatible with the carrots. If you are hoping to eat light, carrots are the best option for your lobsters.

When you take carrots, you are not only eating light or enjoying the crunchy texture but also eating healthily. Carrots improve your eyesight and strengthen your teeth.

This is an easy recipe to put together; here is a recipe for glazed maple carrots in case you decide to prepare this side dish.

21. Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

These are buttermilk biscuits with extra flavor. These biscuits get their rich flavor from the herbs, cheese, and garlic powder added to them. If you are going to eat biscuits with your lobsters, they have to be flavorful and tasty.

These biscuits are cheesy and flavorful that you might get stuck on them.

Once you know the recipe for these biscuits, you will always prepare them without running to the stores all the time. Here is the recipe for these biscuits.

22. Butter

This is the simplest and easiest way to eat your lobsters. Lobsters are enough to serve as the main dish, and sometimes you want something light to accompany your lobster, mainly to improve the flavor and taste.

Using butter is one of the simplest ways to add flavor to your lobsters and make them outstanding.

The good thing is that you can add spices and other ingredients to the butter to enrich and make it more flavorful.

You can add herbs, lemon, citrus, and any other thing that could lift the taste of your butter.

Butter is the best option when you are serving it along with a grilled or broiled lobster.

Here is a recipe for garlic lemon butter that you could use for your side dish.

23. Lobster Salad

Some people might ask if it is not monotonous to have a lobster salad as a side dish for your lobster?

Well, it is not monotonous if you are looking to have the whole seafood experience without trying to water down the flavor and taste of your lobsters.

Having a lobster salad as a side dish for your lobster is fantastic because you get to cut your lobsters into tiny pieces mixed with other vegetables and ingredients. The other ingredients for the salad would be left to you to decide.

You could decide to use leafy vegetables like lettuce and cabbages or decide to use root vegetables like potatoes and yams.

No matter the vegetables you decide to use for the salad, lobster salad is a fantastic way of enjoying seafood.

Here is a recipe for lobster and potato salad that you might want to try out.

24. French Baguette

The French Baguette is famous for its distinctive shape and length; Baguette is a thin loaf made from basic lean dough.

This bread is long and has a stick-like appearance. The outer crust of the bread is crispy.

You can slice up this bread and serve them with a dipping sauce, butter, or jam and marmalade.

If you love bread and seem to feature it in a lot of your meals, you could consider serving this baguette along with your lobsters.

25. Steamed White Rice

Serving steamed white rice together with your lobsters is one of the easiest and most popular side dishes that you can find. Rice is a versatile dish, and rice can serve as a side dish to many foods and dishes.

Secondly, serving steamed white rice is very easy and does not require any long recipe or many ingredients.

You can decide to serve the rice as plain as it is, or you can decide to add one or two herbs to the rice to add a little flavor to it.

If you ever get confused about the side dish to serve with your lobsters, steamed white rice can always do the job perfectly.

If you are looking for a recipe to cook your rice without being sticky, you can check out this recipe to get some guidance.

Note

This is just a side note, we all know lobsters have shells, and you have to take out the shells while eating. To get a better eating experience, it would be advisable to serve lobsters with a side plate to collect the shells.

This will help you not to mess up the place as you enjoy your lobsters.

Finally

Eating lobsters might not be an everyday meal, and so when you decide to eat them, you should enjoy them as much as possible.

The side dishes mentioned above are some of the options you could pick from to have a delicious experience.