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For all the best Thanksgiving side dishes look no further than this collection! With various potato sides, vegetables, and breads, you’re sure to find the perfect dishes to accompany your Thanksgiving dinner.
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Much Love for Our best Sides!
Thanksgiving Turkey typically gets center stage, but dinner is not complete without the sides!
With fall in full force, the sides tend to consist of deliciously warm, earthy ingredients. Items like sweet potatoes and vegetables find their way into our hearts (and hips) 😉 like no other time of the year.
- Planning. Be sure to check our comprehensive list to complete the Turkey Day menu.
- Tips. Below are some very helpful tips to make your Thanksgiving sides foolproof.
- Variety. We’ve collected them all, along with some Thanksgiving dinner ideas and appetizers.
- Our BEST ones! I’ve compiled the BEST Thanksgiving side dishes, including vegetables, potatoes, rolls, and a few other favorites!
Our Most Popular Sides
This could be a no-brainer. Some families stick to tradition and always serve Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Mashed Potatoes, and Rolls. I have some family members (ahem, my sibling’s spouses) who don’t consider it Thanksgiving without them.
My own siblings, on the other hand, love just serving our favorite dishes. No matter what sides your family likes to serve, I have all the classics you need for the best Thanksgiving menu.
Seasonal Produce
Consider using produce that is in season. They tend to be the freshest, most available, and most cost-effective (butternut squash, pumpkin, cauliflower, acorn squash, apples, etc).
Tips + TRICKS FOR Easy Sides
- How to serve. If you have a large Thanksgiving table, try to have side sprinkled through out.
- Buffet style. My family likes to serve everything buffet style. We place everything on one long table. The plates, napkins, and utensils are first, followed by the main dishes, then all of the sides.
- Family style. I have also attended dinners where everything was placed at the table and passed around.
- Make ahead of time. Make dishes ahead of time so the morning runs more smoothly. The individual recipes have more information on how to make ahead of time, and store leftovers.
- Keeping sides hot.
- A cooler: Its insulation will also help retain heat. Cover the pots and pans with a lid or foil, and stack them inside. (Be sure they don’t smoosh the food underneath).
- A crock pot set to low or warm.
- Use an insulated food carrier.
- Chafing dishes.
Best Thanksgiving Sides
Some of these other Thanksgiving sides are traditional, while others are a little more unique, but these all complement Thanksgiving dinner extremely well!
1 Best Mashed Potatoes
2 Glazed Carrots
3 Dinner Rolls Recipe
4 Easy Green Bean Casserole
5 Funeral Potatoes Recipe
6 Mashed Potato Gravy
7 Homemade Stuffing Recipe
8 Best Homemade Mac and Cheese
9 Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows Recipe
Recipe Video
Get the recipe10 Creamed Corn Recipe
Easy Thanksgiving Sides
Keep it easy with these favorite options to make it a stress-free holiday!
11 Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipe
12 Jiffy Corn Pudding
13 Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
14 Oven Roasted Vegetables Recipe
15 Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
16 Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Recipe Video
Get the recipe17 Turkey Gravy Without Drippings Recipe
18 Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
19 Corn Casserole Recipe
20 Honey Glazed Carrots
Crockpot Thanksgiving Sides
It’s always nice to have a few slow cooker recipes that don’t occupy the oven on a busy cooking day. All of these recipes are simple and can be made in the slow cooker to make things easier.
21 Crockpot Green Beans Recipe
22 Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
23 Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
Recipe Video
Get the recipe24 Crockpot Hashbrown Casserole
25 Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Recipe
26 Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
27 Crock Pot Baked Potatoes Recipe
28 Crock Pot Mac and Cheese
29 Crockpot Green Bean Casserole
Healthy Thanksgiving Sides
With all the fatty recipes that might be served on Thanksgiving, it’s always nice to have a few healthier sides.
Below are some of our favorites to serve those watching their waste lines, or even those who’d rather have an extra slice of pie.
30 Fresh Green Bean Casserole Recipe
31 Yellow Squash Casserole
32 Green Bean Bundles Recipe
33 Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe
34 Asparagus Roll Ups
35 Brussel Sprouts and Bacon Recipe
36 Kale Salad Recipe
37 Asparagus Bundles Recipe
38 Roasted Green Beans Recipe
39 Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Thanksgiving Potato Dishes
Although Mashed Potatoes or Sweet Potato Casserole are the most common potato side dishes for Thanksgiving dinner, there are many more delicious potato side dishes!
40 Mashed Potato Casserole
41 Roasted Sweet Potato Cubes
42 Twice Baked Potatoes
43 Ham and Potato Casserole
44 Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
45 Potatoes Au Gratin Recipe
46 Baked Mashed Potatoes Recipe
47 Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe
48 Candied Sweet Potatoes
49 Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe
Bread and Rolls for Thanksgiving
Of course, you need some kind of bread to scoop any extra Gravy off your plate, right? 😉 Plus, any leftover rolls are great for making turkey sandwiches over the next week.
50 Yeast Dinner Rolls
51 Homemade Cornbread
52 Cornbread Muffin Recipe
53 Texas Roadhouse Rolls Recipe
54 Potato Rolls
55 Easy Yeast Roll Recipe
56 Cheddar Bay Biscuit Recipe
57 Homemade Biscuits Recipe
58 Crescent Rolls
59 Buttermilk Biscuits Recipe
60 Garlic Knots Recipe
Don’t Forget The Rolls
One of the best things about Thanksgiving are all the sides!
We love them, and we love to have a variety. Be sure to have different options with different cooking methods, and be sure to include these Thanksgiving rolls.
They are soft and flaky and so delicious!
Here is the recipe:
50+ Thanksgiving Side Dishes – Rolls, Veggies + MORE!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup warm water
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup warm milk
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Dissolve the yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar in the warm water in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Let sit 5-10 minutes, until bubbly and foamy.
- Add the butter, warm milk, egg, remaining ⅓ cup sugar, and salt to the yeast mixture.
- Add 2 cups of flour, and mix until combined. Mix in additional flour, ¼ cup at a time, to form a soft dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball, place in a greased bowl, cover, and let rise for about one hour, until doubled.
- Gently punch down the dough after it has risen and divide into two balls. Roll each ball out into a circle that is about 12 inches wide, then cut each circle into twelve wedges using a pizza cutter.
- Roll each wedge of dough up, starting at the wide end, to form a crescent shape. Place on a lightly greased or parchment lined baking sheet, cover, and let rise until doubled, 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F while the dough is rising. Bake 10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with the melted butter. Serve warm.
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Perfect Pairings
You’re sure to find some delicious and easy Thanksgiving recipes that will steal the show on this list. We can’t wait to find out which ones you decide to make!
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Mashed potatoes with butter! Great Thanksgiving side! Especially when you pour the gravy over it . . . Yummy!!!
Thanksgiving is always great because of the sides. These mashed potatoes are the best. I’ve always used butter and sour cream in my potatoes but will definitely add the cream cheese. Cream cheese always makes food better. The turkey will be the star of the dinner but these potatoes will be the be next best. Thank you for all your great recipes. They are amazing.
We always have sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving – as a side dish and as a desert in pie form . We’re not much on mashed potatoes and usually have them with certain meats like meatloaf and roast beef. None of us like turkey a lot so we usually only have that on Thanksgiving and occasionally, I will make legs, wings, or a breast (for sandwiches), if I get a taste for turkey. This year, though, I am thinking of shaking things up a bit and I want to try the Loaded Potatoes casserole. It sounds really delicious. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to taste it.
Thank you for all your amazing recipes ! This Thanksgiving I made your Funeral Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, and sweet potato casserole ! All were amazing . We add a new recipe to our table every Thanksgiving .
I have used many of your Thanksgiving recipes & the sides are my favorite!! Especially your potatoes & rolls!
So many side dishes to choose from. I think I am going to have to make them all.
I love both the traditional side ideas along with other sides that look amazing.
I have made the roll recipe listed on the card. I had a hard time slicing the rolled dough into even triangles, but that was a “user” error and I’m sure just needs more practice on my end. The rolls themselves were fluffy and everyone loved them.
Hello
I found an easy solution for the roll to be cut, roll the dough in a round shape about 20 inch and cut in half, quarter, eight, and sixteen and you have a perfect 16 pieces to roll from the larger side, hope this will help
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing thanksgiving side dishes recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
A great variety of side dishes and you cant go wrong with any of them!
Thanksgiving isn’t complete without the sides!! We make a ton & they are mostly from your site. We love all the potato dishes!