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Thanksgiving Side Dishes

These Thanksgiving side dishes range from the classic green bean casserole and sweet potato casserole with marshmallows to roasted Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes.
Cranberry Recipes
These cranberry recipes include a wide variety of uses for the antioxidant-powered fruit. From cranberry sauce to cranberry cookies, there's a cranberry recipe here to suit everyone.
Cranberry Sauce Recipe
This cranberry sauce recipe is made with fresh cranberries, orange juice, orange zest and sugar. This cranberry sauce is the ideal Thanksgiving side dish for turkey.
Creamy Vanilla Sweet Potatoes
These sweet potatoes are roasted. Then the sweet potatoes are whipped with cream cheese, butter, syrup and vanilla extract. Bacon provides an unusual topping for this sweet potato recipe.
Crockpot Stuffing Recipe
This Crockpot stuffing recipe is made with onions, celery, butter, dry stuffing mix, dried cranberries, apples, chicken broth and eggs. Turkey is the best thing to serve with this savory Crockpot stuffing.
Cranberry Jello Salad
This cranberry jello salad is made with crushed pineapple, cranberry juice, raspberry jello, cranberry sauce, celery and lemon juice. Whether you need a holiday side dish or just something light and refreshing that looks good on a buffet table, you will be pleased with this cranberry jello salad.
Sweet Potato Marshmallow Casserole
This sweet potato marshmallow casserole is a family favorite made with fresh sweet potatoes, brown sugar, butter, cream and cinnamon. Miniature marshmallows top off this tasty sweet potato casserole.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Streusel Topping
This sweet potato casserole recipe is a cinch to prepare because it starts with frozen pre-cut sweet potatoes. Just add milk, brown sugar, butter and salt. A crunchy streusel topping is the perfect finish for this sweet potato casserole.
Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
This cornbread stuffing recipe is made with prepared cornbread, butter, onions, celery, green pepper and chicken broth. And you don't even have to bake this cornbread stuffing recipe.
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Hazelnuts
Brussels sprouts are shredded, then lightly sauteed and tossed with bacon, hazelnuts, maple syrup and parmesan cheese.
Butternut Squash Fries
These butternut squash fries are baked, not fried. An excellent way to enjoy this sweet vegetable!
Carrot Souffle - Carrot Pudding in Individual Ramekins
Carrot souffle recipes can be sweet, like a carrot pudding, or savory. This one is savory and simple, with an elegant presentation.
Cheesy Potatoes Recipe
This cheesy potatoes recipe is made with Yukon gold potatoes, cheddar cheese and bacon. After they are roasted, the potatoes are topped with cheese and bacon. Both beef and chicken go well with this cheesy potatoes recipe.
Cool Whip Jello Mold
This light and refreshing Jello Cool Whip recipe can be served as a side dish or a dessert.
Cranberry Muffins
A recipe for cranberry muffins with a hint of orange flavor.
Cranberry Relish
This cranberry relish recipe is made with fresh cranberries, sugar, orange juice, orange zest and pecans. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the perfect times to serve this cranberry relish.
Cranberry Salad
This cranberry salad recipe is made with fresh cranberries, sugar, miniature marshmallows, apples and pecans. Cool whip and yogurt make a sweet, creamy dressing for this cranberry salad.
Fresh Green Bean Casserole
This recipe for green bean casserole is similar to the traditional green bean casserole. But instead of canned green beans and cream of mushroom soup, this recipe for green bean casserole uses fresh green beans, fresh mushrooms and a cream sauce. Crispy onions top off this fresh green bean casserole.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes - Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Garlic mashed potatoes are the perfect compliment to everything from roast chicken to meatloaf. The subtly sweet flavor of garlic is an ideal partner for the creamy mashed potatoes in this recipe.
Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Green bean casserole is a classic Thanksgiving side dish. This version uses canned green beans, fresh mushrooms and a homemade sauce. If you're used to the canned soup green bean casseroles, you owe it to yourself to try this excellent recipe for green bean casserole.
Green Bean Casserole
Green bean casserole is a must for every Thanksgiving dinner. This is the classic green bean casserole recipe.
Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
Make ahead mashed potatoes are the ideal side dish for holidays and special occasions. Cream cheese, butter, sour cream and milk add incredible flavor to these mashed potatoes. Use a slow cooker to reheat these make ahead mashed potatoes.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Carrots
Fresh sweet potatoes and carrots are mashed with honey, brown sugar, milk and butter in this creamy and sweet mashed sweet potato recipe.
Pineapple Casserole - Pineapple Casserole Recipe
This pineapple casserole recipe is perfect for potlucks, parties and family dinners.
Pretzel Salad Recipe
This pretzel salad recipe is similar to the popular strawberry pretzel salad, except that instead of a cream cheese layer and a strawberry jello layer, it is all folded into one. Whether as a side dish or dessert, everyone loves this strawberry pretzel salad recipe.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Brussels sprouts bring out the natural sweetness in Brussels sprouts. Honey adds even more sweetness to this recipe for roasted Brussels sprouts.
Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
This scalloped potatoes recipe is made with two kinds of cheese, garlic and half and half. Creamy, comforting and oh so good, these scalloped potatoes are guaranteed to please. When you make this dish, everyone will ask you for this recipe for scalloped potatoes.
Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
This sweet potato casserole recipe is made with fresh sweet potatoes, brwon sugar, butter, orange juice and spices. Miniature marshmallows top off this tasty sweet potato casserole.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Streusel Topping
This sweet potato casserole recipe is made with fresh sweet potatoes, apples, sugar, evaporated milk, egg and cinnamon. A brown sugar and pecan streusel topping adds crunch and sweetness to this sweet potato casserole recipe.
Sweet Potato Gratin
This sweet potato gratin has fresh sweet potatoes, apples, cream and a graham cracker and cinnamon topping. Thanksgiving is a great time to serve this sweet potato and apple gratin.
Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Thanksgiving side dishes should be easy to prepare and appealing to everybody at the table. From sweet potato casserole with marshmallows to green bean casserole to jello Cool whip mold, these are the ideal Thanksgiving side dishes.
Turkey Stuffing Recipe
This turkey stuffing recipe is easy. Made with celery, onion, carrots, apple cider, chicken broth, sage and rosemary. Dry stuffing mix makes this an easy turkey stuffing recipe.

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