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47 Best Side Dishes for Thanksgiving

By: Jessica Farris, Editor, RecipeLion.com

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Celebrate the bounty of the autumn harvest by incorporating a diverse spread of side dishes into your Thanksgiving dinner. The key to Thanksgiving side dishes is to ensure that they're equally in taste to the turkey, but not so heavy as to prevent your guests from trying a little bit of everything. While Thanksgiving stuffing recipes are important, other side dish recipes are the best way to get creative on your holiday menu. These unforgettable cranberry sauce recipes, vegetable dishes, potato recipes, and holiday bread recipes will make your feast the talk of the town.

Cranberry sauce makes an excellent warm and sweet accompaniment to any holiday meal, veggies keep things fresh and nutritious, and potatoes and sweet potatoes are staples for any family meal. Afterwards, who can resist soaking up all the juices with delicious breads and rolls? These recipes are also great alternatives for anyone who may have dietary restrictions because they are all healthy, and many of them are meat and dairy free.

 

Table of Contents

Best Recipes for Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Fresh Thanksgiving Vegetable Recipes

Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Recipes and Potato Casseroles

Holiday Bread Baking
 

 

 

Classic Cranberry Sauce
 

Best Recipes for Homemade Cranberry Sauce


Is it a topping, or a side dish? It doesn't matter-- it's delicious any way you eat it. Abandon your store-bought, can-shaped standby and enjoy some real produce in your cranberry sauce recipes this year.
 

  1. Classic Cranberry Sauce
     
  2. 10 Minute Cranberry Sauce
     
  3. Basic Cranberry Sauce for Canning 
     
  4. Citrus Cranberry Sauce
     
  5. Cranberry Currant Sauce
     
  6. Cranberry Compote
     
  7. Homemade Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
     
  8. Homemade Jellied Canned Cranberry Sauce
     
  9. Spiced Cranberry Sauce
     
  10. Orange Cranberry Sauce with Apples

 

 

Holiday Rapini Saute
 

Fresh Thanksgiving Vegetable Recipes


These recipes are decked out in glowing greens, radiant oranges, and buttery yellows. Adorn your table with garden-fresh goodness in these incredible vegetable recipes. These healthy Thanksgiving recipes are lighter accompaniments to the heavier dishes, leaving more room for dessert!


  1. Holiday Rapini Sauté
     
  2. Baked Squash and Apple Casserole
     
  3. Onion Topped Green Beans
     
  4. Corn on the Cob
     
  5. Lemony Green Beans
     
  6. Acorn Squash Casserole with Garlic Herb Crust

  7. Steamed Vegetables with Lemon Tarragon Butter
     
  8. Asparagus Almondine
     
  9. Sweet Butternut Squash Casserole
     
  10. Braised Brussels Sprouts
     
  11. Crazy Creamed Peas
     
  12. Marinated Carrots

  13. Classic Country Corn Casserole
     
  14. Molly's Green Bean Casserole

 

 

Sweet Potato Casserole
 

Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Recipes and Potato Casseroles


Sweet potato casserole recipes are an obvious necessity at any Thanksgiving celebration, but everyone loves potatoes. Add new flavors by incorporating white potatoes and new sweet potato dishes that will have your guests begging for more. These are also great potluck recipes for autumn!


  1. Sweet Potato Casserole from Mr. Food
     
  2. Bacon and Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
     
  3. Low Fat Sweet Potatoes
     
  4. Baked Creamed Potatoes
     
  5. Applicious Sweet Potato Casserole
     
  6. Au Gratin Potato Perfection
     
  7. Glazed Sweet Potato Casserole
     
  8. Cabbage and Potato Casserole

  9. Brandied Sweet Potatoes
     
  10. Glowing Mashed Potatoes with Carrots


 

 Bob Evans Dinner Rolls


Holiday Bread Baking


Don't miss a drop of gravy! Whip up some rolls so everyone can soak up every last bit of Thanksgiving dinner. You'll have clean plates all around. In addition, be sure to bake some delicious sweet breads to add to the spread.
 

  1. Bob Evans Dinner Rolls
     
  2. Amish Cornbread
     
  3. Moist Zucchini Bread
     
  4. Classic Dinner Rolls
     
  5. Fluffy Sweet Potato Biscuits
     
  6. Amish Friendship Bread
     
  7. Sweet Buttermilk Corn Bread
     
  8. 4-H Champion Sourdough Bread
     
  9. Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
     
  10. Lambert's Café Throwed Rolls
     
  11. Sweet Potato and Zucchini Bread
     
  12. Muffin Tin Cloverlead Rolls
     
  13. Quick Sourdough Bread

 

Looking for more Thanksgiving recipes? If you  liked this collection, be sure to check out 303 Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas: The Conclusive Menu for all of your main dishes, side dishes, desserts and more! Happy Thanksgiving!

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