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Thanksgiving Side Dish Ideas

Published: Nov 20, 2019 · Modified: Nov 22, 2022 by Raquel · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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Easy Thanksgiving REcipes
Easy Thanksgiving Side dishes
Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes
Thanksgiving Side Dishes

If you are looking for some Thanksgiving side dish ideas, you are not alone. I am always looking to change up at least one recipe each year. Some of the old favorites are fun but there are so many great new ways to serve up side dishes. 

Today we are sharing 20 tasty Thanksgiving side dishes for your menu planning. Thanksgiving doesn't have to be hard, it should be all about enjoying the time with friends and family. 

We are all about easy recipes that save you time. So today we have a few great ideas for your Thanksgiving dinner. 

Thanksgiving Side dish Recipes

Hi Friends! Every Thanksgiving, I think back to the many dinners we celebrated in the past. My first Thanksgiving I made a very straight menu, roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (the canned soup kind) cornbread stuffing and gravy.

That was a long time ago and while it came out just fine, I have really enjoyed adding other side dishes and taking those foods up a notch. I find it not only makes the menu more interesting, I find it becomes more memorable too.

My family members all have their favorites and they let me know which dishes they loved. I will also say that I have found it better to ask your family what their past favorites are before you make your menu plan. One year I did not serve a green bean casserole and my daughter was so disappointed! We had it on the menu every year after that, even if it was a different recipe.

So in the spirit of changing things up for great celebrations, I gathered some of these memorable recipes from my blogger friends so that you have some new recipes to consider from when planning your Thanksgiving Day menu.

I hope you enjoy these recipe ideas from some blogger friends.

Scalloped potatoes

Easy Scalloped Potatoes

sweet-potatoes

Butter Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes/ Housewives of Fredrick County

slow-cooker-sweet-potato-casserole-1

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole /Cincy Shopper

candied-sweet-potato-casserole

Candied Sweet Potatoes/ Passion for Savings

Sweet Potato Casserole

butternut-squash-gratin-10

Butternut Squash Gratin Recipe/Kitchen is my PlaygroundCauliflower with cheese sauce

Cheesy Cauliflower - Organized Island

Easy Roasted Smashed Potatoes Recipe

Roasted Smashed Potatoes - Organized Island

fall-squash-recipe

Sweet Baked Butternut & Brown Sugar Squash/Organized Island

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Fall Harvest Salad

Fall Harvest Salad

Green Bean Casserole from Scratch/BakingBeauty.net

Easy Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Easy Cranberry Sauce

Brussel sprouts with bacon in oven

Bacon Brussels Sprouts/Organized Island

Balsamic Brussel Sprouts and Cranberries Recipe

Brussels Sprouts with Cranberries

Easy slow cooker Mashed Potatoes

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Easy Buttermilk Biscuits

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Cheesy Mashed Potato Casserole with Bacon/Bakingbeauty.net 

How to cook sweet potatoes

Oven-Baked Sweet Potatoes - Organized Island

Cornbread Stuffing Recipe

Cornbread Stuffing

easy cornbread recipe from cornmeal

Homestyle Corn Bread - Organized Island

Honey Butter with Cinnamon
Simple Drop Biscuits

Easy Drop Biscuits

Green Beans Salad

Green Bean Salad

How to make Asparagus with parmesan and bacon

Asparagus with Bacon

How to make a Turkey Breast Instant Pot\

Easy Turkey Breast in Instant pot

For more help, be sure to check out:

  • Elegant Thanksgiving Desserts
  • Dollar Store Thanksgiving Decor
  • Thanksgiving Desserts that are not Pies
  • Leftover Turkey Recipes (that are not sandwiches)

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Southern California mom who blogs about time-saving recipes, entertaining and party ideas.

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  1. Tamara

    November 21, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    Wow, they are memorable! I like how they're old classics but with new spins.
    This is one of the rare years with no cooking for us. We're doing apps, though!

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    • Raquel

      November 22, 2016 at 7:52 am

      That sounds fun Tamara! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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