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Make your Thanksgiving menu unforgettable with these easy Thanksgiving side dishes! From creamy mashed potatoes and cheesy scalloped potatoes to buttery herb stuffing, green bean casserole, and roasted glazed carrots, these recipes bring flavor to your holiday table. Each side is easy to make and perfect for serving alongside your Thanksgiving turkey.
Sweet potatoes are usually a star of the Thanksgiving table! We have so many delicious ways to serve them! From classic sweet potato casserole topped with a buttery pecan crumble, to roasted sweet potatoes with cranberries and pecans, to sweet potato brown sugar pecan bake and even a silky smooth sweet potato pie for dessert.
At our family Thanksgiving table, it’s all about the classics that bring everyone back for seconds (and thirds!). We always have creamy mac and cheese, alongside a rich sweet potato casserole. There’s creamed corn for that perfect touch of sweetness, and of course, green bean casserole which is a must-have every year. Our homemade cranberry sauce is a classic and no Thanksgiving is complete without a slice of triple berry pie in our house.
Dinner rolls are a must-have on every Thanksgiving table. Whether you love classic dinner rolls that melt in your mouth, fluffy Japanese milk bread rolls with their pillowy texture, or savory garlic butter rolls, there’s something for everyone. And if you want to impress your guests, knotted rolls are beautiful.
40 Thanksgiving Side Dishes
The Best Moist Cornbread Recipe
This is the best cornbread recipe that is moist, tender, and flavorful. This homemade cornbread recipe is both sweet and savory and perfect for pairing with honey butter.
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Cranberry Apple Sausage Stuffing
Classic bread stuffing with sausage, dried cranberries, and crisp apple. A perfect Thanksgiving side dish!
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
These Roasted Brussels Sprouts are tossed in extra-virgin olive oil and spices and cooked until soft on the inside and crispy on the outside then drizzled with real maple syrup and served with crispy bacon and crunchy pomegranates. The perfect Fall and holiday side dish recipe.
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Southwest Creamed Corn
This Southwest Creamed Corn is made with white corn, sauteed with jalapenos and onions, and cooked with heavy cream and pepper jack cheese. The perfect creamed corn recipe with so much flavor!
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Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows and Streusel
Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows and Streusel. A classic Thanksgiving side dish with savory and creamy sweet potatoes topped with toasted marshmallows and brown sugar streusel.
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Brown Sugar Bacon Green Beans
A sweet and savory twist to traditional green beans with the addition of crispy bacon, caramelized onions, and a buttery brown sugar glaze. This easy side dish is perfect for holiday dinners, Thanksgiving or as a crowd pleasing side dish.
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Autumn Honeycrisp Apple Candied Pecan Salad
This Honeycrisp Apple and Candied Pecan Salad is sure to impress! It has a combination of crisp fruits, creamy goat cheese, sweet and crunchy candied pecans, and a tangy homemade maple dressing.
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Best Parker House Rolls
The Famous Parker House Rolls are light, fluffy, and buttery with a secret ingredient that make them tender and melt in your mouth. This the best parker house roll recipe!
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Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
Creamy mashed potatoes made with browned butter and only 5 ingredients.
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Maple Glazed Carrots
These Roasted Carrots with a Maple Brown Sugar Glaze are carrots roasted in butter, real maple syrup, brown sugar, and a touch of red pepper flakes.
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Homemade Green Bean Casserole
A homemade green bean casserole made from scratch with a creamy sauce and crispy fried onions. A classic old-fashioned Thanksgiving side dish recipe.
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Mexican Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing
Mexican Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing made with cornbread tossed with sauteed peppers and onions, Mexican chorizo, chipotle peppers, chicken broth, cream, and spices.
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Creamed Corn with Bacon
This homemade creamed corn with crispy bacon is the perfect easy side dish recipe. This is always the biggest hit at any dinner and the first vegetable side dish to be finished.
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Cranberry Fluff Salad
This easy cranberry salad is made with fresh cranberries, fresh pineapple, mini marshmallows, cream cheese, sugar, and fresh whipped cream. Perfectly sweet, tart, and creamy. This classic side dish recipe has been modernized and is better than ever!
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The Best Homemade Dinner Rolls
Buttery, fluffy homemade dinner rolls are always a huge hit!
Best Sweet Potato Casserole
This creamy sweet potato casserole with a brown sugar topping is one of the most popular Thanksgiving side dish recipes. Everyone loves it! It is so easy and can be made ahead of time. It is the perfect holiday side dish recipe.
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Classic Butter Herb Stuffing
How to make a foolproof, perfect, classic stuffing recipe with simple ingredients. This easy stuffing recipe is always a hit at Thanksgiving!
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Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
Light, fluffy, buttery homemade biscuits with cheddar cheese and garlic. These are the perfect homemade biscuit!
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Boursin Cheese Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Buttery, creamy homemade mashed potatoes with garlic and herb Boursin cheese. So flavorful, you don't even need the gravy!
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Crispy Smashed Potatoes
Crispy Smashed Potatoes. Crispy smashed potatoes with creamy, fluffy centers and crispy outsides. Petite potatoes topped with olive oil, salted butter, salt, and pepper and baked until crispy and topped with a garlic cheddar sour cream dip. The best smashed potatoes recipe!
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Honey Butter Glazed Carrots
Tender carrots sauteed in sweet cream butter, creamy honey, and fresh lemon zest.
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Japanese Milk Bread Dinner Rolls
Soft, fluffy, and tender homemade rolls due to a special technique. This game changing technique makes all of the difference in making melt-in-your-mouth rolls.
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Easy Homemade Mac and Cheese
This quick and easy creamy mac and cheese recipe has a silky smooth cheese sauce and tossed with pasta and topped with melted hceese.
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Fall Harvest Salad
Fall Harvest Salad made with fresh apples, candied walnuts, dried cranberries, feta or blue cheese, crispy bacon all tossed with arugula or spring mix in a homemade apple cider vinegar dressing. The best Fall salad recipe!
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Creamy, Buttery Garlic Mashed Potatoes made with potatoes creamed with butter, garlic, mascarpone cheese, cream, and salt. The creamiest garlic mashed potatoes recipe!
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Homemade Crescent Rolls
These Homemade Crescent Rolls are the most perfect buttery, light, and fluffy homemade roll recipe. Easy homemade rolls made from scratch!
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Best Cranberry Sauce
Easy, 4-ingredient Cranberry Sauce has the perfect balance of tartness and sweetness. This is the best cranberry sauce recipe! This Cranberry Sauce can be made ahead of time and is perfect to serve alongside turkey on Thanksgiving or on turkey sandwiches.
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Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip
This Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip is a festive appetizer that is creamy, tart, a tad spicy, and sweet. This Cranberry Jalapeno Dip is made with fresh cranberry salsa atop cream cheese. It is the perfect holiday party appetizer!
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecans and Cranberries
A healthy no-sugar-added sweet potatoes side dish with toasted pecans and cranberries.
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Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin
Cheesy Potatoes Au Gratin. Homemade cheesy scalloped potatoes with a rich cream sauce and melted cheddar cheese. The perfect potato side dish recipe!
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Sweet Potato Brown Sugar Pecan Bake
Sweet Potato Brown Sugar Pecan Bake made with cinnamon vanilla sweet potatoes and topped with pecan praline.
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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes. These creamy, cheesy scalloped potatoes are the perfect side dish and are made with thinly sliced potatoes, a decadent bechamel sauce, and layers upon layers of cheese and baked until melted and bubbly.
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Green Beans with Almonds and Caramelized Onions
Fresh Green Beans sauteed with caramelized onions, lemon zest, and crunchy almonds.
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Homemade Garlic Butter Rolls
Homemade Garlic Butter Rolls. Made from scratch, fluffy homemade pull-apart rolls slathered in garlic herb butter. The perfect buttery homemade pull-apart rolls recipe!
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Ambrosia Salad
The Best Ambrosia Salad is a fluffy salad made with fresh pineapple, mandarin oranges, maraschino cherries, coconut, marshmallows, fresh whipped cream, a touch of sour cream, and sugar. This is a nostalgic, classic side dish or dessert recipe.
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Parmesan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Creamy mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and freshly grated parmesan cheese. These flavorful roasted garlic mashed potatoes are such a delicious side dish.
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Knotted Rolls
Buttery, fluffy homemade rolls tied in knot and brushed with butter. The perfect knotted rolls recipe! This recipe can also be used to make garlic knots with garlic butter.
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No Bake Pecan Pie Dip
This Pecan Pie Dip is made with creamy, fluffy, sweet cream cheese and whipped cream topped with a homemade pecan caramel sauce. This has all of the flavors of pecan pie without all of the work. A sweet and delicious holiday appetizer.
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Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes. Simple, foolproof, creamy classic mashed potatoes recipe. This is a classic side dish that everyone will love!
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Creamy Cauliflower Gratin
This easy creamy cauliflower gratin is the perfect cheesy side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any dinner. Made with Gruyère, sharp cheddar, and tender cauliflower, it’s a rich, flavorful, and easy side.
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If you want more recipe inspiration check out my full Thanksgiving menu, which has everything you need!
I tested out the Southwest creamed corn to make for Thanksgiving day and it was AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to add more of these side dishes to my line-up. 🙂
These are such great recipes! I can’t wait to make the sweet potato casserole and brown butter mashed potatoes!