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Thanksgiving! A holiday that I know and love so much. I love the fact that Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and eating and that’s it. Other holidays are very loaded with activities or gift giving but Thanksgiving is such about sitting at home and stuffing your faces with other people.
Since my husband and I got our own home, we’ve been hosting Thanksgiving. Our birthdays and wedding anniversary are around the week of Canadian Thanksgiving so we kind of do everything in one celebration.
I love all the foods involved in Thanksgiving especially the sides! I’ve also been to a lot of Thanksgiving dinners and have found the best food from people and I’m so impressed with it!
Do you usually host Thanksgiving? Or are you usually a guest? I’d love to know!
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The usual Thanksgiving dinner spread is a turkey, some kind of potatoes, rolls, beans, corn and/or carrots, gravy and cranberry sauce. I love going all out for Thanksgiving and try and include as many side dishes as I can.
I like to now think that I’m a Thanksgiving dinner expert and for the most part, my guests leave happy and with containers of leftovers! I also get lots of questions about how I make things which I’m super happy about! I like to buy reusable take-out containers so that guests never have to worry about bringing them back.
I guess it’s a cultural thing but my parents are both from the Philippines and at every party no matter what kind, we’d bring home leftovers but usually in zip locks.
Do you bring home food from parties? What’s your favourite thing to bring home? I’d love to know!
HERE ARE 32+ CROWD-PLEASING THANKSGIVING SIDES:
Salads & Vegetables
Salads and vegetables are a must for side dishes on Thanksgiving! Unless you are having a fully vegan or vegetarian Thanksgiving, turkey is a big portion of the meal and you need some veggies to offset the amount of meat.
Fall Harvest Salad
My all-time favourite salad for Fall. This salad brings out all the fall flavours and has the best maple dressing. Your guests will love this!
Roasted Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a really great low-carb vegetable to have to balance out all the other yummy carbs you’ll be stuffing your face in! This recipe has my favourite combination of spices for cauliflower.
Lemon Butter Parmesan Asparagus
Mmm, asparagus! Lemon, garlic and parmesan complement this dark roasted vegetable so well.
Roasted Fall Vegetables
Every bite has a sweet and savoury element to it and is perfect for a Thanksgiving side!
Roasted Beets and Sweet Potatoes
Beets bring out a beautiful colour to the table alongside sweet potatoes!
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Broccoli Cheese Casserole
If you love broccoli and cheese soup, you’ll love this broccoli and cheese casserole!
Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Buttered corn has got to be one of my favourites all-time sides. Throughout the year, I often make it and it’s so dang good!
Honey Butter Thyme Glazed Carrots
Just like honey butter corn, honey butter glazed carrots are also fabulous! Or butter is just fabulous 😉
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
This is my husband’s favourite side! He loves mushrooms so it’s a must for most of our dinners.
Maple Roasted Butternut Squash
Butternut squash is a great side that’s similar to sweet potatoes!
Parmesan Zucchini
I love zucchini and how easy it is to cook! Putting parmesan on top makes it super cheesy and delicious!
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Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts
I swear I can only eat brussel sprouts if it has bacon in it! These maple bacon brussel sprouts is making my mouth water!
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Bacon-wrapped asparagus would definitely be a heavier Thanksgiving side but still really great! Perfect if you have extra bacon strips from other recipes that you don’t use.
Balsamic Onions
Onions are perfect to bite through the heaviness of all the other Thanksgiving foods! Balsamic provides the perfect acidity.
Pasta & Potatoes
Pasta and potatoes… What kind of world would we live in without pasta and potatoes?! A must-have for every seasonal celebration!
Garlic Butter Mashed Potatoes
This recipe for Garlic Butter Mashed Potatoes is hands down the best I’ve ever had! If you’re not counting calories for Thanksgiving, this is a must!!
Vegan Creamy Coconut Sweet Potato Pasta
If you’re having a vegan family member or friend come over, you need to make this pasta! It is really tasty and decadent for Thanksgiving!
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Cheese and potatoes have got to be a match made in heaven! Cheesy scallop potatoes are a great decadent side to have on your Thanksgiving table!
Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Who could go wrong with a classic mac and cheese recipe? A hit with the kiddos too!
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Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
I don’t know if it compares to real potatoes but a great low-carb substitute if you really want to stick to your diet or are on keto!
Garlic Butter Pasta
If you’re strapped for time, this garlic butter pasta is perfect to create as a side! Who could not love garlic and butter together?!
Tomato Goat Cheese Pasta
This Thanksgiving side is definitely for people who have a larger palette as goat cheese isn’t for everyone but nonetheless so delicious!
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Baked Potato Slices
If you love baked potato skins, this is one you’ll love! I love loving this on regular nights for dinner too.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Mashed sweet potatoes are a great side to compliment all the savouriness of all the other dishes.
Cheesy Chicken Orzo
Orzo is a very underrated pasta! Orzo is basically rice-shaped pasta which is very interesting but so good!
Soup
Since the Fall season is so cold, having a warm soup on the side is perfect for Thanksgiving!
Fall Vegetable Tortellini Soup
My favourite fall soup recipe! This has very earthy and rich flavours all in one soup.
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Baked Potato Soup
Potato soup is so rich and creamy. So yummy for any day but especially for Thanksgiving dinner!
Corn Chowder
I love seafood chowder so corn chowder is an awesome soup for your vegan and vegetarian guests!
Creamy Mushroom Soup
Mushroom is definitely a hit-or-miss ingredient. We love mushrooms in your household so it’s a must! Mushrooms are very earthy and rich in flavour.
Stuffing
Old Fashioned Bread and Sausage Stuffing
I always put sausage in my stuffing! This is similar to the way I do mine.
Herb Stuffing
If you do not cheap out on herbs, this stuffing is for you!
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Apple Pecan Stuffing
Pecans and apples are great crunchy and sweet elements to the stuffing! I also like adding dried cranberries to mine!
Onion and Bacon Stuffing
I’ve never put bacon on stuffing but it sure sounds delicious and something I need to do this year!
Sweet Sides
If you’re a big fan of sweet and savoury for dinner, a great idea to have is sweet Thanksgiving sides! You don’t need to wait for dessert to have something sweet.
Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet potato casserole is always a hit in my home for Thanksgiving! The melted marshmallows are perfect on top.
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon apples are my fav! I love making warm apple crisp for desserts on a cool Fall evening. Cinnamon apples as a side for dinner are delicious.
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Corn Casserole
Like the honey butter corn earlier in this list, corn casserole is lovely to serve.
Raspberry Cranberry Sauce
I love raspberry cranberry juice and just know that raspberry cranberry sauce is amazing!
Orange Cranberry Sauce
This is the usual recipe I do! I love having orange in my cranberry sauce.
Spicy Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce
Do you love sweet and spicy?! Jalapeno cranberry sauce is perfect to satisfy both cravings!
Bread & Rolls
If you don’t love bread and rolls with dinner, I’m sorry but we can’t be friends! Bread is delicious for sopping up gravy or just needing a pallette cleanser too!
Garlic Parmesan Dinner Rolls
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Buttery Cornmeal Dinner Rolls
I love cornmeal dinner rolls and find them incredibly soft! Fresh butter on this is delicious!
French Onion Biscuits
If you love french onion soup, these biscuits are amazing!
Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
I am a sucker for sweet Hawaiian rolls! I love having them for every meal!
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Gravy
Last but not least, the gravy! A Thanksgiving dinner is not complete without gravy.
Beef Broth Brown Gravy
This beef broth gravy is pretty standard for mashed potatoes! Really easy and delicious.
Turkey Gravy
I love make-ahead anything! Hosting is very overwhelming so it’s nice to make any food that you can prepare prior to the day of the event.
Mushroom Gravy
Perfect gravy for your vegan or vegetarian guests!
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Cider & Sage Gravy
I love how unique this gravy is. Cider and sage sound amazing!
I hope you enjoyed reading my post on 32+ Crowd-Pleasing Thanksgiving Sides!
I’m super excited for Thanksgiving and can’t wait to host again. I’ve been planning my menu for a bit now and wanted to make a post all about it.
Which of these crowd-pleasing thanksgiving sides are you making this year?!
Xo,
Lynn
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Wow. Some of these sound amazing. My daughter has me eating brussel sprouts – something I have hated my whole life. We might have to try the maple bacon recipe. Maple makes everything better!
That is so true! I love maple syrup and weirdly enough love brussel sprouts too! Thanks for reading, Michelle x
These are amazing ideas, this post has definitely made me hungry! x
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Thanks for stopping by, Lucy! x
Oh wow. My mouth is watering looking at all these!
I’m super excited! Thank you for reading!xx
Even though Thanksgiving is not a Danish holiday, I still celebrate it here. There are so many delicious sides I want to make now so I’ve bookmarked this post to come back to later haha
Aw! Yeah, I think Thanksgiving is more a Canadian/American thing! It’s my fav holiday and I can’t wait to indulge in all the yummy foods!! x
It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is less than three months away! I am hungry for it already after scrolling through these delectable and mouthwatering dishes! Roasted vegetables and garlic asparagus, mashed potatoes, and soups are perfect for me because I can have them all year round, but I love the idea of incorporating some of these dishes as sides at the Thanksgiving feast.
Thanks for sharing!
Its in 2 weeks for Canadians! I’m so excited! Thank you for reading, Jaya! x
OMG I am SO hungry after reading this post! These sides all look fantastic and I can’t wait to try some this fall. We are usually guests at Thanksgiving, though I don’t know yet what we will be doing this year!
Thank you for reading! Being a guest is definitely more fun haha x
Omgosh even the dish titles were making my mouth water. Vegetables and carbs are my thang. 😂
Haha, love that!! Thank you for reading! x
I love these posts with loads of ideas! They are such a great tool when organising events and dinners. I still have to try the tortellini soup and really can’t wait for the colder weather to give e them a try! We don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving here, but will surely try some of these during fall and winter x
Thank you so much for commenting, Cristina! xx
Great range of ideas! Love these, especially the asparagus with lemon butter.