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17 Best Thanksgiving Sides: Easy Recipes for Your Table
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17 best Thanksgiving sides for your holiday table. Easy recipes, classic favorites, and creative dishes your guests will love.
Find recipes to fit all of your Thanksgiving side dish needs for your family table. From our 5-minute corn casserole recipe to flavorful stuffing recipes to serve with roasted turkey and pillowy soft dinner rolls, you’ll find everything for your Thanksgiving menu here. Check it out!
1
Grandma’s Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing
A perfected family recipe for classic turkey stuffing. It's buttery, savory, and everything you could ever wish for in a stuffing recipe! This tastes great on its own as dressing or stuffing inside of the turkey.
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2
Sausage Cornbread Stuffing
A great use for leftover cornbread! Savory sausage cornbread stuffing can be easily made gluten-free by substituting gluten-free cornbread.
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3
Cheddar Herb Stuffing
This cheesy, herb-flavored stuffing is a showstopper! With fresh chives, dill, and parsley and plenty of cheddar cheese on top, guests will love this side dish.
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4
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel
Classic sweet potato casserole is a dish I look forward to eating every Thanksgiving. This recipe with a sweet pecan and brown sugar streusel only needs 20 minutes of your time to prep and results in the most delicious sweet potato casserole every time.
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5
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Creamy mashed sweet potatoes sweetened with real maple syrup. A must-have for your Thanksgiving table spread!
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6
Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole
A healthier twist on a traditional side dish. No sugar is needed to enjoy this holiday classic! With cinnamon and pecan topping, this side is just as good as the original.
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7
Elevated Instant Mashed Potatoes
Level up simple instant mashed potatoes with our tips and tricks! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Reader Colleen says, “I have never used chicken broth for these instant potatoes but I am definitely going to try it with the broth the next time I make this recipe. My family members love these so much that I make them for Thanksgiving and sometimes for Christmas. I usually mix these by hand but I am going to try the hand mixer instead. Thank you for posting this recipe!”
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8
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
The creamiest whipped potato recipe around! Find the key to the best mashed potatoes with three secret ingredients.
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9
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
Cottage cheese, sour cream, and Velveeta are key ingredients in this creamy macaroni and cheese recipe.
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10
Green Bean Casserole
This classic holiday staple can't be missed! With green beans, crispy onions, and creamy mushroom soup, you'll love this simple recipe.
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11
Easy Corn Casserole
Our famous 5-ingredient corn casserole recipe had to make this list! It's easy with simple ingredients that everyone will love.
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12
Easy Cranberry Relish
Cranberry relish with orange zest, fresh cranberries, and sugar. This is an easy, no-bake side that makes a perfect cold dish for Thanksgiving!
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13
Cranberry Sauce
A simple 5-ingredient cranberry sauce with fresh cranberries! Even better? It takes just 15 minutes total to prepare this side!
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14
Creamy Cranberry Salad
A sweet, fruit-filled salad that's perfect for your holiday table. It's filled with cranberries, pineapple, marshmallows, pecans, and coconut!
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15
Ambrosia Salad
A Midwest classic! Ambrosia salad is sweet, fluffy, and creamy with fruit and dairy filling.
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16
Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin dinner rolls are the perfect fall twist on traditional dinner rolls for your Thanksgiving table. They're festive and perfectly pumpkin spiced!
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17
Soft Dinner Rolls
Classic soft dinner rolls are hard to beat! The buttery dough is easy to work with and results in the best rolls.
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