40 Easy Side Dishes Recipes for Thanksgiving Dinner

These classic Thanksgiving sides are 100% foolproof! So easy to make and so impressive – all of your guests will be full and happy. From roasted Brussels sprouts to brown butter potatoes, there’s something for everyone here. Enjoy!

by Christina Cherrier

Christina Cherrier

Christina Cherrier is a recipe developer and editor for Eatwell101 since 2011. She specializes in savory recipes, quick dinner options, and holiday menus. She is a professionally trained cook and worked as a consultant in the hospitality industry.

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Updated Feb 24, 2026

1. Garlic Parmesan Roasted Brussels Sprouts

This Brussels sprouts recipe makes a flavorful and elegant side dish. The best roasted Brussels sprouts side, perfect for any Holiday table!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

2. Honey Bacon Roasted Potatoes

Roasted potatoes are glazed with a delicious honey bacon sauce. This is the best roasted potatoes recipe to serve with your favorite steak, pork chops, or roast chicken!
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

3. Simple Butternut Squash Steaks with Garlic Butter

Butternut Squash Steaks with Garlic Butter is a quick and easy side dish for a weeknight or a holiday gathering.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

4. Sage Butternut Squash Gratin

Our easy butternut squash gratin is a simple and elegant side dish you'll make again and again.
Cooking time: 35 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

5. Instant Pot Green Beans with Lemon Garlic Butter

Instant Pot Green Beans Recipe - These delicious Instant Pot green beans cook in only 5 minutes, yet taste like they have been slow-cooked all day long!
Cooking time: 5 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

6. Maple Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes

These sautéed sweet potato cubes are a perfect vegetarian side dish for meal prep, weeknight dinners, or even Holidays!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

7. Oven-Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes

Mouthwatering, crisp tender roasted Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes seasoned to perfection and roasted in the oven for about 20–25 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

8. Instant Pot Creamy Brussels Sprouts (2-Minutes )

Creamy and savory, this side dish with Instant Pot Brussels sprouts and bacon is outstanding all on its own!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

9. Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

This Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe is silky-smooth, simple and delicious side dish perfect for weeknight meals or holidays.
Cooking time: 6 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

10. Roasted Butternut Squash with Garlic Butter Parmesan

These baked butternut squash recipe is a true restaurant-quality side dish! Melt-in-your-mouth and packed with flavor, you'll love our roasted butternut!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

11. Sautéed Kale Salad

This kale salad recipe is not only colorful, but it’s flavorful too!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

12. Pan-Seared Cabbage Steaks

These pan fried cabbage steaks are an utterly delicious way to give this green vegetable the spotlight at the dinner table.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

13. Garlic Mushrooms Cauliflower Skillet

This garlic mushroom and cauliflower recipe is super nourishing and easy to whip up! The perfect side dish ever !
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

14. Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Parmesan

A delicious green bean casserole recipe with a creamy parmesan sauce and crispy bacon. This green bean casserole is the perfect side for a festive meal!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

15. Garlic Butter Roasted Butternut Squash

This roasted butternut squash recipe will impress your guests whatever the occasion. Butternut squash has never been so spectacular!
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

16. Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Maple, Bacon and Cranberries

These roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon and cranberries are one of the best holiday side dishes you'll ever try!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

17. Easy Pumpkin Risotto

Our easy pumpkin risotto recipe is so rich and flavorful you’ll want to find any excuse to make it again and again. This pumpkin risotto is ready in 35 minutes and sure to please everyone!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

18. Garlic Herb Roasted Potatoes Carrots and Zucchini

These roasted vegetables make a great savory side dish that pairs well with just about anything. Try our roasted potatoes, carrots, and zucchini recipe today!
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

19. Garlic Parmesan Roasted Green Beans

These epic roasted green beans flavored with garlic and parmesan are crispy and golden on the outside, yet tender on the inside.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

20. Parmesan Mashed Spaghetti Squash

This Mashed spaghetti squash recipe is soft and velvety, and makes a perfect side dish or a filling vegetarian meal.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

21. Fried Baby Potatoes with Garlic Brown Butter

These epic Fried potatoes baby with garlic brown butter are the perfect side dish to practically anything!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

22. Baked Four Cheese Garlic Spaghetti Squash

This four cheese baked spaghetti squash is a shockingly good alternative to Alfredo pasta
Cooking time: 50 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

23. Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potato with Balsamic Honey Glaze

Crunchy, bitter-sweet and delicious! This tasty side-dish is a must for the holidays or any time this fall.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

24. Cheesy Corn Fritters Recipe

These Corn Fritters are crispy on the edges, soft in the middle – A great side dish for a host of dinners!
Cooking time: 8 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

25. Honey Balsamic Roasted Carrots

These roasted glazed carrots are the perfect side dish for your Sunday roast or an easy side for a holiday table.
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

26. Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Honey Balsamic Glaze

Enjoy a nutrient-rich side dish with these roasted brussels sprouts coated with an amazing honey balsamic glaze.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

27. Roasted Sweet Potatoes

This roasted sweet potatoes recipe makes for a quick easy side for any occasion. You'll never wan to make roasted sweet potatoes differently!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

28. Sautéed Green Beans with Lemon Garlic

Sautéed green beans are tender crisp, full of lemon and garlic flavor with crunchy almonds. It’s the perfect way to cook fresh green beans!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

29. Garlic Parmesan Roasted Potatoes

This roasted potatoes with garlic parmesan recipe is a satisfying side dish that will make you forget all about the main course!
Cooking time: 60 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

30. Extra-Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Silky-smooth and delicious, these creamy mashed potatoes make the perfect side for any occasion.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

31. Roasted Sweet Potatoes with garlic and Parmesan

Roasted sweet potatoes are super easy to make, tender and extra-flavorful. Serve the roasted sweet potatoes as a side dish for any festive meal!
Cooking time: 30 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

32. Apple Bacon Coleslaw

This coleslaw recipe only takes a few minutes to make and is packed with bright and delicious flavor! Super creamy, crunchy, and fresh coleslaw you can make in a cinch!
Cooking time: 0 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

33. Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potato Cakes

These potato cakes make for a super easy side dish, light dinner or lunch!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

34. Lemon Garlic Butter Green Beans Skillet

Lemon Garlic Butter Green Beans Recipe - This green beans and wax beans recipe is perfect for a Holiday dinner.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

35. Grilled Corn with Garlic and Parmesan

This grilled corn recipe is perfect as a side for your barbecue parties, or as salad for a quick lunch on the go!
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

36. Cinnamon-Honey Glazed Carrots

Sweet and rustic - An easy and quick side dish everyone will rave about.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

37. Thanksgiving Apple Sage Stuffing

Apple sage Thanksgiving stuffing is so crisp and moist at the same time - Your guests will literally stuff themselves!
Cooking time: 75 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

38. Creamy Brussels Sprouts Gratin

This Brussels sprouts gratin make for an easy and luxurious side dish that will turn everyone into Brussels sprout addicts.
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

39. Honey Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots

These oven roasted carrots are the perfect side for a weeknight meal or a holiday crowd.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

40. Loaded Mashed Cauliflower Casserole

Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

41. Roasted Mushrooms with Garlic Butter Sauce

These roasted mushrooms are an essential side dish to have in your recipe repertoire, especially when the Holidays season is coming.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

42. Cheesy Green Beans Casserole

This green beans casserole recipe is a delicious side dish to enjoy for a casual dinner.
Cooking time: 0 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

43. Balsamic Baby Potatoes With Asparagus

Perfect with grilled meat — You'll love the sweetness of balsamic vinegar.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

44. Mashed Potatoes with Garlic Parmesan

This easy parmesan mashed potatoes recipe is the perfect side dish for turkey and gravy on your holiday table
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

45. Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Honey Glaze

This gorgeous vegetable side is a real keeper.
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

46. Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cabbage Wedges

This roasted cabbage recipe is about the crunchiest ever, and damn good too!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box

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