Sure, turkey might be Thanksgiving's main event, but you don’t achieve holiday greatness with a main course alone. The star of the show is nothing without its supporting ensemble of carefully curated side dishes. There’s nothing wrong with the fact that all the best Thanksgiving foods are beige, but you’ve gotta reserve SOME space on the table for something green, just for the sake of Health. (Also, Brussels sprouts are delicious.)
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Whether you want to go with the old-school Thanksgiving classics or update them with a twist of your own, side dishes are the best way to get creative with your holiday menu. We pulled together a master list of all of our favorite Thanksgiving sides, with plenty of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options to make anyone at the table happy.Maybe you’ll consider Naomi Pomeroy’s just-a-little-bit-cheffier version of the classic casserole for your holiday feasting this year, with fresh chanterelle mushrooms and smoked gouda cheese sauce in place of the traditional cream o’ mushroom soup.If one were to find any flaw in the original Campbell’s Soup-based green bean casserole recipe, it is that the vegans of the world are excluded from experiencing it. In our vegan version, we use hemp milk to keep things strictly plant-based.Not a fan of things called “casseroles” in general? This green bean salad with bacon fat and champagne vinegar and tarragon is a brighter, lighter way to get green beans on the table.If you thought mashed potatoes were usually the side dish that disappeared fastest on the dinner table, watch how much faster they go when twice-baked with A FULL CUP OF BUTTER and cream cheese.Not quite baked, not quite mashed, these buttery smashed fingerling potatoes are the ultimate combo of all the best ways to cook a potato.
Green Bean Casserole with Smoked Gouda and Fried Shallots Recipe
Vegan Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Green Bean Salad Recipe
Twice-Baked Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese Recipe
Crispy Mashed Potatoes Recipe
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Caramelized Onion and Potato Gratin Recipe
Hasselback Potatoes Recipe
Maple-Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe
You've already got the oven going anyway, so give some seasonal root veggies a quick toss in maple syrup and you'll have the easiest vegetable side dish.
Pommes Aligot Recipe
Mashed Root Vegetables Recipe
Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Baked Mash Recipe
Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Brie Recipe
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Roasted Root Vegetable Salad
Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Red Curry Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Crispy Brussels Sprouts Recipe
Crispy Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Recipe
Shaved Brussels Sprouts, Kale, and Citrus Salad Recipe
Creamed Spinach Recipe
If you're not into raw, crunchy vegetables on the holiday table, then these easy, creamy greens swimming in cheese might be a little more your speed.
Salt-Baked Beets Recipe
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Traditional Stuffing Recipe
Matty Matheson, beloved Canadian, is here for you with the most traditional Thanksgiving stuffing recipe—perfect whether you’re celebrating in November or in October, as our neighbors to the north do.
Sausage, Apple, and Fennel Stuffing Recipe
Deep-Fried Stuffing Balls Recipe
Wild Rice Stuffing Recipe
Cornbread, Chorizo, and Quahog Stuffing Recipe
If you can’t get your hands on large quahog clams, any other fresh small clams, cooked and chopped, will do just fine for this New England-inspired stuffing.
Cornbread Kush Recipe
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Sausage and Fig Stuffing Recipe
Apples or pears might be easier to get your hands on for something subtly sweet, but we promise that it will be worth it to track down fresh figs for this unconventional stuffing recipe.
Cheesy Cauliflower and Bacon Gratin Recipe
Easy Jalapeño Cornbread Recipe
Not a spicy boi? Forego the jalapeño here and you’ve still got a classic cornbread batter that's perfect for soaking up all that gravy.
Parker House Rolls Recipe
Perfect Homemade Gravy Recipe
Yeah, we said it. Homemade gravy doesn't get any better than this.
Great Grandma Ninny's Gravy Recipe
Grilled Cranberry Sauce Recipe
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Chunky Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Cranberry-Citrus Sauce Recipe
Instead of drowning cranberries in enough cups of sugar to turn the whole mixture into jam, this homemade cranberry sauce relies on orange juice to cut their flavor and add a little sweetness.Get recipes like this and more in the Munchies Recipes newsletter. Sign up here.