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Classic Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

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Classic Thanksgiving side dish recipes include your all of favorite recipes that we all know and love for your holiday menu! When you imagine Thanksgiving, these are the dishes that come to mind. So choose a few (or all of them) to complete your best dinner of the year!

Best Classic Thanksgiving Side Dishes

The best part about Thanksgiving is being able to spend time with your family and enjoy a wonderful meal together! If you're the one hosting, it does not mean that you have to slave away in the kitchen forever or stress about what to serve.

This list of classic Thanksgiving side dish recipes is going to help relieve some stress and make your holiday planning much easier! To make your day even more effortless, check out my list of make ahead Thanksgiving side dishes!

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Whether you're a pro at hosting Thanksgiving dinner and holiday parties or giving it a try for the first time this year, you're sure to find my ultimate guide to planning Thanksgiving a help! Don't forget to safely thaw your holiday turkey early, too!

1. Candied Yams

I feel like candied yams have made an appearance at everyone's Thanksgiving dinner at least once! They are an incredibly popular sweet potato dish that is loaded with brown sugar and marshmallows! Is this sweet meal a side dish or a dessert?

Candied Yams With Marshmallows
These easy candied yams with marshmallows combine canned or fresh yams that are baked with butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. They're exactly how my family and I have been making this classic holiday favorite for decades! This easy vegetable side dish is sure to be a winning holiday side dish your family loves too!
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2. Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Mashed sweet potatoes are a great twist on typical mashed potatoes as well as a less-sweet alternative to candied yams. They are a perfect balance of sweet and savory, making them completely crave-worthy!

Mashed Sweet Potatoes
These mashed sweet potatoes are the perfect sweet side dish to accompany all of your favorite holiday meals! They are creamy, rich, and have just the right amount of added sweetness to make them completely irresistible! This is going to become your new favorite sweet potato side dish!
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3. Garlic Mashed Potatoes

What would a Thanksgiving dinner be without some sort of mashed potatoes? This recipe adds just the right amount of garlic to make these potatoes extra special! Make sure you make a big batch because everyone will love these mashed potatoes!

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Roasted garlic mashed potatoes are smooth and fluffy with a rich garlic flavor from incorporating oven-roasted garlic! These mashed potatoes are so creamy and rich that you won't even need gravy. They're sure to become your new go-to favorite mashed potato recipe!
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4. Red Skin Mashed Potatoes

This perfect Thanksgiving side dish is a family favorite. The potato skins add a wonderful texture to the creamy potatoes while the cream cheese makes them extra rich! Whether you're serving ham or turkey (or both), these potatoes will make a fantastic side dish!

Red Skin Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Red skin mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and cream cheese are a classic holiday side dish and a staple for great family meals! The smooth, rich potatoes still have a few lumps to enjoy all of the wonderful textures of your red potatoes. If you're feeling the need for delicious mashed potatoes, then this dish is your next obsession!
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These delightfully creamy Garlic Red Skin Mashed Potatoes are loaded with roasted garlic and cream cheese for the ultimate silky texture with just enough lumps to let the red skin potato flavor shine!

5. Green Bean Casserole

Green bean casserole is one of those dishes that everyone loves to eat at Thanksgiving! It is savory, flavorful, and incredibly delicious! This recipe includes cheddar, fried onions, and bacon to make it completely irresistible!

Bacon Cheddar Green Bean Casserole
Serve this amazing bacon cheddar green bean casserole for a tasty upgrade to the easy classic recipe that everyone is sure to love! The traditionally used cream of mushroom is enhanced with grated cheddar then topped with crisped bacon along with the fried onions - and it's so tasty!!
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Bacon cheddar green bean casserole being spooned out of dish.

6. Honey Glazed Carrots

These honey glazed carrots are a simple veggie side dish that tastes great! The honey adds an extra bit of sweetness, making these carrots totally kid-approved. Carrots pair well with a ton of different items, so they will complement anything you're serving for Thanksgiving!

Honey Glazed Carrots
These oven roasted honey glazed carrots are the perfect easy vegetable side dish for any time of the year. They are sweet and fragrant and pair wonderfully with ham or turkey around the holidays. The winning combination of honey, brown sugar, and fresh herbs is what takes these tender honey glazed roasted carrots over the top.
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7. Jiffy Corn Casserole

Corn casserole is a holiday staple in my house! It is sweet, creamy, and completely addicting. It complements anything you pair it with. Go ahead and make 2 batches, though, because your family is going to eat it all!

Jiffy Corn Casserole
Jiffy corn casserole is a sweet and savory side dish with creamy corn mixed into every bite of the tender cornbread. Best of all, you only need 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep time to put it together. Whether you call it corn casserole, corn pudding, or spoon bread, it's a side that goes with practically anything!
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8. Easy Stuffing

Stuffing is one of the most classic and iconic Thanksgiving side dishes out there! Whether or not you choose to cook it inside your turkey is up to you as it tastes delicious either way!

Easy Stuffing Recipe
My easy stuffing recipe is a cornerstone for Thanksgiving dinner, holiday meals, and tasty family dinners all year. Classic ingredients including celery, onion, and ready-to-use stuffing cubes are combined with tasty herbs to complement all your favorite dishes. It only takes minutes to prep this classic Thanksgiving side dish staple that the whole family loves.
A single serving of this recipe is baked in an 8x8 dish and yields 10 side servings, or 6-8 heartier portions. It's also easy to 2x or 3x this recipe for larger gatherings.
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Easy stuffing with tasty herbs served in glass dish with serving spoon.

9. Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce is way better than anything you'll get out of a can! It is incredibly delicious, loaded with flavor, and goes perfectly with your Thanksgiving turkey! The apples and apple cider add a tasty twist to this classic dish.

Apple Cider Cranberry Sauce
My apple cider cranberry sauce is the perfect blend of spiced apples, sweet sparkling apple cider, and tangy cranberries for Thanksgiving! It is tart, sweet, and full of juicy apple flavor! This easy-to-make cranberry sauce is sure to be a new family favorite for the holidays!
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10. Baked Sweet Potatoes

Baked sweet potatoes are healthy, easy, and incredibly versatile! If your family isn't into the extra sweet dishes like candied yams, these sweet potatoes are a fantastic option. You can sprinkle them with brown sugar to add some more sweetness or just eat them as is!

Baked Sweet Potatoes
Baked sweet potatoes are a delicious and versatile side dish that bakes to fluffy perfection in your oven! Serve them sweet or savory—it’s up to you! However you decide to make them, they’re certain to be amazing!
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11. Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Macaroni and cheese is a creamy, rich, and popular side dish that everyone loves! It tastes great with all of your other holiday favorites. Plus, it is easy to make!

Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese
This Southern baked macaroni and cheese is a wonderfully creamy and extra cheesy side dish that everyone will love. Made with a minimum of three kinds of cheese to make the best mac and cheese that is sure to be a family favorite. You'll be bringing it along to every potluck, cookout, and holiday!
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My easy to make Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese is the best creamy mac and cheese that your family is sure to love!!

12. Bisquick Biscuits

These Bisquick biscuits have a homemade taste but are extremely simple to make. In fact, they only use 2 ingredients! This simplicity makes them perfect for Thanksgiving! You won't have to spend a bunch of time making delicious biscuits as these only take 15 minutes.

Bisquick Biscuits
Bisquick is a baker's best friend, and once you try your hand at these incredibly easy Bisquick biscuits you will understand why! With only 2 ingredients you can have fluffy, golden biscuits in just 15 minutes!
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Original Bisquick biscuits stacked on plate.

13. Turkey Gravy

Make sure you save the drippings from your turkey in order to make some rich and creamy turkey gravy! Every holiday table needs some gravy, and this is the best, most delicious recipe you're going to find!

Classic Turkey Gravy
Classic turkey gravy is made using roasted turkey drippings and slowly simmered turkey neck and giblets for a flavorful gravy! It is rich, creamy, and amazingly smooth. This super easy gravy takes just minutes to prepare and you'll be so thankful you skipped the store-bought version!
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Turkey gravy being ladled out of a white dish.

14. Roasted Brussel Sprouts

For an easy veggie side, check out these roasted brussel sprouts! The honey and vinegar add a delectable sweet and tangy flavor. Plus, roasting the brussel sprouts makes them wonderfully crispy!

These brussel sprouts only take 5 minutes of prep work, so you can tend to other important Thanksgiving tasks while they roast!

Balsamic Roasted Brussel Sprouts
These balsamic roasted brussel sprouts are an easy, quick, and healthy vegetable side dish that goes with practically any main dish! The sprouts are tossed with olive oil, tangy balsamic vinegar, and sweet honey for a flavor that is out of this world! Plus, they're on the table in just 30 minutes!
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Wide image of the balsamic roasted brussel sprouts on baking sheet.

15. Dinner Rolls

Everyone loves dinner rolls! They add a nice, filling addition to any meal and deserve to be on everyone's Thanksgiving menu.

No dinner is complete without cleaning up your gravy with a soft, buttery roll!

Butter Herb Rhodes Rolls
These butter herb Rhodes rolls are soft, fluffy, and delicious dinner rolls that make a wonderful addition to any weeknight dinner! Rhodes rolls are first thawed and set out to rise, then baked with a tasty herb-infused butter. With a prep time of only 5 minutes and a short baking time, you can have pull-apart rolls ready for dinner or any holiday gathering in a jiffy!
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This list of classic Thanksgiving side dishes is full of items to make the perfect holiday menu. Leave a comment down below and let me know your family's favorite Thanksgiving side dish!

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Classic Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes: Easy Stuffing (+Other Holiday Recipes!)

Classic Thanksgiving side dish recipes include your all of favorite recipes that we all know and love for your holiday menu! When you imagine Thanksgiving, these are the dishes that come to mind. So choose a few (or all of them) to complete your best dinner of the year!
Author | Angela Latimer
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 183kcal
Prep 5 minutes
Cooking 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
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Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 ribs celery (diced)
  • 1 large yellow onion (diced)
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon herbes de provence (store bought or use my recipe)
  • each, salt & pepper (to taste)
  • 17 oz stuffing cubes (your favorite brand)
  • 2 cups chicken broth (heated)
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Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
  • In a large pot over medium heat add the butter and allow it to melt.
  • Once the butter is melted add the onion, celery, and garlic then saute until softened or about 3-4 minutes. Add the seasoning and stir into the sauteed veggies.
  • Remove from heat and add the stuffing cubes. Stir to coat with the butter and mix evenly with the sauteed onion, celery, and garlic.
  • Warm the chicken broth in a saucepan on the stovetop until it just begins to boil, or heat in a microwave-safe measuring cup in the microwave. Combine with stuffing mixture.
  • Transfer to a greased 9x13 baking dish and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 25-30 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool a few minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Alternatively, your fully combined stuffing can be stuffed into your turkey before roasting.

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcal (9%) | Carbohydrates: 14g (5%) | Protein: 2g (4%) | Fat: 14g (22%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg (8%) | Sodium: 493mg (21%) | Potassium: 143mg (4%) | Fiber: 2g (8%) | Sugar: 3g (3%) | Vitamin A: 487IU (10%) | Vitamin C: 6mg (7%) | Calcium: 40mg (4%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)
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Course Side Dish, Thanksgiving Turkey
Cuisine American
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