11 Main Dishes to Serve with a Caprese Salad

Caprese salad is a great appetizer and a side dish to plenty of different dishes. Here you will find ideas for what to make on your Italian night to serve along with Caprese salad! For a related list of easy tray bakes to serve with the salad check out my tray bake recipe collection.

1. Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese on a plate with grated cheese. — You can serve bolognese sauce on spaghetti, in lasagna, or even with rice!

Go to the Bolognese Sauce Recipe

2. Pasta Alla Norma

Pasta alla Norma with Roasted Eggplant. — Serve the dish with fresh basil.

Go to the Pasta Alla Norma Recipe

3. Layered Potato Casserole with Sausage

Hungarian Layered Potatoes on a plate. — Hungarians like to serve this dish with a spoonful of sour cream.

Go to the Potato Casserole Recipe

4. Honey Chicken with Balsamic Sauce

Go to the Honey Balsamic Chicken Recipe

5. Caprese Panini Sandwich

Go to the Caprese Panini Sandwich Recipe

6. Steak Kabobs on Skewers

kabobs steak on skewers on a cutting board. — Serve Caprese salad on the side with the steak or place the tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella on the skewers between the meat pieces!

Go to the Steak Kabobs Recipe

7. Italian Beef in a Crockpot

Italian Beef in a Bowl with Yellow Peppers. — Serve Caprese Salad along with the beef.

Go to the Italian Beef Recipe

8. Chicken Marsala Pasta

Chicken pasta with mushrooms on a plate. — You can serve Caprese as an appetizer or as a side dish with pasta!

Go to the Chicken Marsala Pasta Recipe

9. Pesto Lasagna

Go to the Pesto Lasagna Recipe

10. Black Olive and Sundried Tomatoes Focaccia

Focaccia pieces with black olives on the table.

Go to the Focaccia Recipe

11. Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Go to the Grilled Cheese Recipe

What’s Next?

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Hi, I am Natasha! Glad to see you here. Hope you join along as I discover and share great recipes that make family cooking easier and more fun! To learn more about me, read my story of how I went from a world traveler to a countryside home cook. Read more…