side dish; prepared food
Refers to ready-to-eat side dishes, often sold at supermarkets, delis, or prepared at home to accompany rice. Can be a single small dish or collectively refer to an assortment.
I bought some croquettes at the supermarket's prepared food section.
For dinner, we laid out several side dishes my mother had made.
I bought some prepared side dishes at the supermarket and went home.
My mother makes various side dishes for us every day.
I heated up the prepared side dishes I bought in the microwave.
The prepared-food section of the department store is always crowded.