Delicious Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes
Happy Wednesday, I hope your week is going well! After I shared the post yesterday for my delicious Homemade Cranberry Sauce, I got inspired to start planning for next week's big dinner. I definitely have my favorites, but I want to try a few new recipes this year. So, I decided to check and see what my favorite bloggers are serving up on Turkey Day. I found so many delicious Thanksgiving recipes that I decided to share them all here! Checkout 59+ of the BEST Thanksgiving Dinner Side Dish Recipes!!
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THE BEST THANKSGIVING APPETIZERS & SALADS
Begin the festive Thanksging day feast with some of these irresistable appetizers and salads!
This cute turkey veggie tray is the perfect fresh appetizer for Thanksgiving! It’s a great healthy option that’s so fun to make with kids.
This Roasted Pumpkin and Beet Salad is the perfect side-dish on your Thanksgiving table. It's healthy and tasty, perfect for celebrating the holidays!
This beautiful Grapefruit and Pomegranate Fruit Salad Recipe from Feed Them Wisely should make an excellent palate cleanser.
I love pears and this Roasted Pear, Walnut and Cranberry Salad from Tasting Page will be fun to prepare.
This hearty Roasted Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad recipe features roasted pumpkin and beetroot that has been tossed in a delicious maple vinaigrette and topped with feta, pine nuts, pepitas and arugula (rocket). The perfect holiday side dish!
roasted persimmon and asian pear with brussels sprouts and purple daikon radish
This dish is simple, incorporates a favorite fall vegetable (brussels sprouts), and makes a great vegan side dish for Thanksgiving. Roasting fuyu persimmons brings out a velvety sweet flavor with a hint of vanilla. That's the best part and it tastes amazing! The addition of radish makes this dish pop with color.
Delicious roasted beet salad with arugula, goat cheese, pistachios and a citrus vinaigrette that's perfect for a hands-free salad to go with your Thanksgiving dinner. Perfect, sweet, crumbly beets paired with salty goat cheese, and pistachios for crunch.
Adorable Thanksgiving Salad with Butternut Squash "Turkey" - Two Healthy Kitchens
This “Tom Turkey” Thanksgiving Salad with Butternut Squash is adorable, delicious, and surprisingly easy! It features classic Thanksgiving flavors like roasted butternut squash, goat cheese, cranberries and pecans … all drizzled in an amazing Maple-Balsamic Dressing! Make this showstopper as an edible centerpiece for your Thanksgiving dinner celebration!
This Pumpkin Pear Salad is perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table. Savory, with a touch of sweetness, loaded with seasonal flavors. It's made with all fresh seasonal ingredients, topped with crunchy walnuts, and seasoned with beautiful Pumpkin Seed Oil Vinaigrette.
This Persimmon Salad is super easy to make, sweet and fruity and beautifully colourful. A great festive side dish! Naturally vegan and gluten-free.
CRANBERRY RECIPES PERFECT FOR THANKSGIVING
It's hard to celebrate a Thanksgiving meal without cranberry on the table. Check out these classic and creative ways to serve up this seasonal favorie!
This easy homemade cranberry cider sauce is a great way to spice up your Thanksgiving dinner this year. Here’s how to make it!
Sweet with maple and cinnamon spice and tangy with juicy orange, this Easy Cranberry Sauce will have you hooked from the first bite! It’s so quick and easy to make, you will never go back to the gelatinous canned stuff again!
This Raspberry Cranberry JELLO Salad is an easy and festive side dish or dessert. It keeps well so you can make it up to three days in advance.
This easy roasted cranberries sauce will make you forever ditch the canned slop. The pop of tartness complemented by orange and maple syrup brings the classic flavor you know to new heights.
New England Orange Cranberry Sauce with Maple Syrup - Straight to the Hips, Baby
New England Orange Cranberry Sauce with Maple Syrup. Delicious maple syrup, orange juice, cinnamon, and cranberries are boiled down to a syrupy slightly sweet & spicy sauce.
This sugar-free cranberry sauce is simple to make and loaded with fresh flavors. It's the perfect accompaniment to Thanksgiving turkey or Christmas ham.
DELICIOUS BRUSSELS SPROUTS RECIPES
Brussels sprouts are a staple at Thanksgiving dinner for my family. There are so many great ways to serve them up, here are a few favorite preparations!
I really enjoy just about anything with rosemary. Sarah at Bucket List Tummy created this Balsamic Maple Rosemary Roasted Veggies recipe that I may give a try!
I am a huge fan of Brussels Sprouts! Sinful Nutrition has a fabulous recipe for Garlic Parmesan Smashed Brussels Sprouts that I can not wait to try out!!
These crispy brussels sprouts are not only quick and easy but impressive enough to serve as a Thanksgiving side dish. They are oven-roasted to a perfect crisp alongside salty bacon, minimal oil, and a little salt and pepper. For a prettier presentation, once the brussels sprouts are done, top with juicy pomegranate seeds to add sweetness and a pop of color.
Easy Brussels Sprouts with Almonds & Brown Butter | Keto Cooking Wins
Brussels Sprouts with Almonds and Brown Butter is an easy make ahead classic that is right at home on your holiday table. Besides, brown butter makes EVERYTHING better!
Maple-Mustard Roasted Brussels Sprouts & Carrots | Alternative Dish
Brussels sprouts and carrots are roasted with maple syrup and grainy mustard to create a sweet and salty glaze. This healthy fall recipe is the perfect side dish at your holiday table or any time of year.
Everything is better with bacon and these shaved Brussels sprouts with bacon are no different. It's an easy side dish that's perfect for the holidays.
CROWD PLEASING CASSEROLES
Casserole dishes are perfect to serve for Thanksgiving dinner. My favorite part about them is that they can be prepared a day or 2 ahead of time and heated up before serving. Check out some of the se favrorite Crowd Pleasing Casseroles!
This sweet potato casserole with a praline topping is delicious during the fall season and for holidays. The nuts are a great crunchy bite and using pralines makes for a lighter recipe than those that call for marshmallow toppings!
Loaded Green Bean Casserole is a staple at all of our family get togethers. We have been making this family recipe for years. It puts a spin on your traditional green bean casserole, and is always the most requested dish at our gatherings.
And of course the kids devour anything with lots of cheese, so these Cheesy Potatoes from Create Kids Club will be great!
Jiffy corn casserole is a perfect side dish that has cornbread, two types of corn, sour cream, and cheese baked in one dish. This is a favorite Thanksgiving side dish.
Best green bean casserole with one surprising ingredient.
This lightened up Turnip & Apple Casserole is a delicious mixture of apples, turnips, brown sugar, butter and is Weight Watchers friendly. It makes a fabulous side dish for holiday dinners. I serve it at Thanksgiving, Easter and Christmas!
This healthy sweet potato casserole is so luered with flavors like ginger, orange, and cinnamon that you won’t even miss the marshmallows. It’s also a dairy free and vegan Thanksgiving side!
Loaded Cauliflower Casserole is packed with sour cream, cheese, bacon, and green onion. Simple to make and weeknight friendly, or a holiday side dish.
This Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole is a must-have classic for your holiday table! It's warm-spiced, subtly sweet, and a real crowd favorite!
This Vegan Green Bean Casserole is a must for your holiday table! The tender veggies are wrapped in a savory mushroom sauce, topped with crispy fried onions, then baked until hot and bubbly. Your guests will be going back for seconds!
A VARIETY OF VEGETABLE RECIPES
The Most Insane Mashed Rutabaga Recipe with Fresh Chives to Serve Right Now! {2 WW Points, Keto, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free}
Step aside mashed potatoes, there is a new Mash in town and it is going to knock you off your block! This Mashed Rutabaga recipe outshines other mashed vegetables with its earthy, turnip/cabbage flavorings. Since there is so much natural flavor, it doesn’t need a lot of help with heavy gravy or mounds of extras.
An easy side dish recipe that tastes like a dessert. Tender sweet potato rounds are covered in a rich, buttery glaze.
If you're not doing a full green bean casserole, oven roasted green beans with garlic and parmesan make a much easier side.
Learn How to Cook Delicata Squash with this easy, no peeling required, roasting recipe. Perfect for stuffing, mashing, and pureeing, serve this versatile winter squash alongside all your favorite family dinners.
This easy roasted carrots and parsnips recipe is packed with flavors and beautiful colors. It’s a great, healthy low-carb alternative to your baked potato fries
These roasted root veggies take little prep and have amazing flavor! The perfect complement to any Thanksgiving meal!
Sauteed green beans with garlic and Parmesan is the simplest side dish you can make for Thanksgiving dinner. Sauteing green beans brings out all its flavors and with garlic, lemon and Parmesan cheese, it makes it a great compliment to any meal
These candied yams are made from scratch with just a handful of ingredients! Super easy to make and will be a hit at your Thanksgiving table this year.
Yukon gold potatoes and buttermilk combine to create these rich and creamy Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes. Perfect for the holidays or any day!
Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes are made easily in only 20 minutes. These creamy sweet potatoes are mixed with yogurt, maple syrup, cinnamon, salt, and a dash of nutmeg. The combination of warming Fall spices, yogurt, and syrup creates a mouth-watering taste and an extra creamy texture!
FIVE STAR STUFFING RECIPES
It's not Thanksgiving without serving up a five star stuffing recipe! Check out these wonderful recipes.
This Simple Apple Sage Stuffing recipe is sure to make this holiday season all the more delicious. Simple to whip up and full of fresh herbs and flavor. It's the perfect compliment to any turkey or Thanksgiving dinner!
Impress your family with this Cranberry Sourdough Stuffing! It has all of the classic stuffing flavors, but with an added punch from the cranberries and apples.
Don’t think this amazing Pretzel Roll Stuffing with Pine Nuts should only be made for Thanksgiving. After your first bite, you’ll be looking for reasons to make it all year long!
This cauliflower stuffing recipe is a healthy replacement for your traditional stuffing with a variety of textures and tones of deliciousness. It's a gluten-free low carb comfort food that your family and friends will genuinely love!
This tasty vegan stuffing recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving. With bread cubes, vegan sausages, apples, celery and nuts this side dis
Are you looking for a delicious and easy stuffing recipe? Then you need to check out this Amazing Sausage Stuffing Recipe. After trying this recipe you’ll never eat stuffing without Sausage again. Read on to check out how easy this recipe is
Cranberry sausage stuffing is a perfect balance of savory and sweet, and the sausage flavor comes through in every bite. It's a family favorite for Thanksgiving.
This dish is super simple and a staple on every Thanksgiving table. It brings a taste of comfort and is super easy to make!
This Vegan Stuffing is a definite must for your Thanksgiving table! Traditional bread stuffing with mushrooms, celery, and lots of herbs. Soft, moist, and fluffy.
This Pretzel Ale Stuffing is made using soft pretzel buns, pale ale, and mustard to put a Bavarian twist on your holiday meal.
If you’re wondering if there is such a thing as a keto cornbread stuffing, have I great news for you. Because it certainly is possible to enjoy stuffing, or dressing while doing a Keto diet.
Studded with chunks of apples and flavored with fresh sage, Apple Sage Stuffing Muffins are delicious and fun to eat too! An easy recipe for Thanksgiving, a homemade stuffing mixture is shaped like muffins and baked in the oven.
This Cranberry Pecan Cauliflower Rice Low Carb Stuffing is the perfect keto Thanksgiving side dish. You can stuff it inside the turkey in place of traditional stuffing, or you can just serve it on the side.
GREAT GRAVY RECIPES FOR YOUR FEAST
And if you are going to have turkey and stuffing, then you will need some gravy! Check out these amazing gravy recipes.
No Thanksgiving is complete without delicious, homemade Turkey Gravy. This recipe includes instructions on how to make turkey gravy with or without pan drippings.
Learn how to make this authentic southern recipe for giblet gravy, with or without hard boiled eggs!
Sage Butter Turkey Gravy —an amazing turkey gravy made with drippings and a delicious roasted garlic sage butter.
Have delicious gravy without the guilt. This creamy traditional country style
white gravy is gluten free and low carb.
Gravy, made the old fashioned way from gravy drippings.
Cranberry Apple Cider Gravy is an easy make ahead gravy recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey. With the perfect balance of sweet and savory, and amazing fall flavors, it’s also delicious on chicken or pork.
Turkey giblet gravy is a classic side dish to roast turkey. Learn the simple steps of how to make giblet gravy using my family recipe for turkey gravy.
A savoury, full bodied, rich onion gravy that will have you salivating! It’s easy to make, you don’t need meat drippings, and so you can make it well in advance.
SO TELL ME...
What are you serving up for Thanksgiving? Do you have a favorite recipe that you make each year? Will you give any of these recipes a try?
Thank you so much for stopping by. As always, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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So Tell Me...
What is your favorite side dish to make at Thanksgiving? Is there a family favorite that everyone asks for? Are there any here that you are excited to try?
Thank you so much for stopping by! As always, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.
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