Craving simple and delicious side dishes for your Thanksgiving dinner? Our variety of Thanksgiving side dishes are mostly made with simple pantry ingredients and are sure to satisfy a big crowd. Roasted potatoes, honey glazed brussels sprouts, mashed potato cakes, and other easy side dishes recipes are sure to satisfy your appetite. Scroll down and pick your favorite Thanksgiving sides!
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
This Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe is silky-smooth, simple and delicious side dish perfect for weeknight meals or holidays.
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.
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!
Honey Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots
These oven roasted carrots are the perfect side for a weeknight meal or a holiday crowd.
Garlic Butter Roasted Butternut Squash
This roasted butternut squash recipe will impress your guests whatever the occasion. Butternut squash has never been so spectacular!
Garlic Butter Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
These crispy roasted potatoes with garlic parmesan, and bacon are the perfect side for any of your meals
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.
Balsamic, Honey Roasted Cabbage Steaks
Bring roasted cabbage steaks to a whole new level with this simple, fast and delicious side dish.
Whole Roasted Cauliflower With Butter Sauce
This roasted cauliflower is crisp on the outside, melting in the inside — Your new favorite way to eat cauliflower!
Extra Crispy Baked Garlic Parmesan Potato Wedges
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside — Game on!
Thanksgiving Apple Sage Stuffing
Apple sage Thanksgiving stuffing is so crisp and moist at the same time - Your guests will literally stuff themselves!
Bacon Roasted Pumpkin
Make this simple and gratifying bacon roasted pumpkin recipe for a sensational fall dish.
Easy Mashed Broccoli
Mashed broccoli make for healthy, low carb alternative to your regular mashed potatoes side!
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.
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!
Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potato Cakes
These potato cakes make for a super easy side dish, light dinner or lunch!
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!
Lemon Garlic Butter Zucchini Noodles
Zucchini Noodles Recipe - Delicious, easy on carbs, and takes just minutes to prepare.
Balsamic Baby Potatoes With Asparagus
Perfect with grilled meat — You'll love the sweetness of balsamic vinegar.
Cinnamon-Honey Glazed Carrots
Sweet and rustic - An easy and quick side dish everyone will rave about.
7-Minutes Instant Pot Garlic Potatoes
The easiest and fastest Instant Pot potatoes recipe you will ever make. So moist and flavorful!
Cheesy Garlic Roasted Potatoes
Crunchy golden exteriors, soft and creamy inside – The only roasted potatoes recipe you’ll ever need!
Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Zucchini & Tomatoes
Break out the summer veggies for a delectable vegetarian dinner.
Baked Potato Cake
This baked potato cake is rich , savory, and delicious – the perfect finger food!
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!
Roasted Baby Potatoes
These roasted baby potatoes recipe with parmesan and garlic are a quick dinner side, party snack, or breakfast.
Parmesan Hasselback Roasted Potatoes
These Parmesan Hasselback Roasted Potatoes are striking side, crispy on the outside and tender in the center.
Garlic Butter Sweet Potato Noodles
This great sweet potato noodles recipe is an easy and fun way to eat more vegetables!
Sautéed Green Beans with Bacon
This sautéed green beans recipe makes an awesome addition to any holiday table or weekend feast.
Mashed Potatoes with Garlic Parmesan
This easy parmesan mashed potatoes recipe is the perfect side dish for turkey and gravy on your holiday table
Pan-Roasted Brussel Sprouts in Maple Garlic Butter
Incredibly quick and easy to make... and truly addictive!
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.
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!
Cheesy Green Beans Casserole
This green beans casserole recipe is a delicious side dish to enjoy for a casual dinner.
Baked Four Cheese Garlic Spaghetti Squash
This four cheese baked spaghetti squash is a shockingly good alternative to Alfredo pasta
Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cabbage Wedges
This roasted cabbage recipe is about the crunchiest ever, and damn good too!
Crispy Cheese Potatoes Gratin
This delectable cheese potato gratin is Quick to make, and its flair will pair with any main course.
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Tips for quick and easy Thanksgiving side dishes
- Buy pre-cut veggies. Pre-chopped butternut squash, as well as halved Brussels sprouts, ensure quick preparation and less mess on your kitchen counter!
- Make your stuffing in advance by sauteing onions and celery and any other ingredients the night before. Allow cooling down and keep them in plastic bags. Then, on Thursday morning, reheat the vegetables to make the Thanksgiving stuffing.
- Clean and prep the veggies to be used in casseroles or on their own the day before. Chop, slice or dice them and store in plastic sealable bags in the refrigerator. You can also blanch them the day before; this works well for green beans and potatoes.
- Some casserole-type Thanksgiving side dishes such as sweet potato gratins can be assembled the day before baking.
- Cranberry sauce can be made ahead of time. Since it contains a lot of sugar, it’s essentially a quick jam that can be frozen or kept in the refrigerator for a while. If frozen, just thaw it in the fridge overnight.
- You don’t have to make all your Thanksgiving sides yourself. Picking up a couple of high-quality side dishes from the grocery store (hello Whole Foods and Fresh Market!) is a good idea because it gave you fewer things to juggle with.
