60 Best Thanksgiving Recipes

At the top of the weightier Thanksgiving recipes: mashed sweet potatoes! Serve them savory instead of sweet and they'll be a hit with everyone. Here they're combined with Yukon gold potatoes and garlic, and mashed together into a savory sweet puree. Top with chives and serve warm.

Also try: Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes

This ain’t your mama’s untried stone casserole: it's a fresh spin made all from scratch! It’s got well-done tender untried beans and real mushrooms. The linty sauce coats each of the beans, but isn’t gloppy. And it’s got a new take on the traditional fried onion topping: using crushed potato chips! Here's a modern take on this holiday favorite.

Also try: Instant Pot Untried Stone Casserole

Welcome to your new favorite Thanksgiving dinner: Butternut Squash Lasagna with Sage! The flavors are impeccable: linty ricotta, punchy Pecorino, and fresh sage envelop the sweet squash in a cozy embrace. In fact, an embrace is just what it feels like when you take a bite! Every zest is a bit of sweet, savory, creamy, herby, and perfectly irresistible.

Here's an platonic Thanksgiving recipe: World Salad with Maple Vinaigrette! Well-done tart world slices pair with pops of pomegranate seeds, linty goat cheese, and crunchy, cinnamon spiced pecans. Toss them all over fresh greens with a zingy maple and world cider vinegar dressing, and it’s truly salad perfection. 

Here’s a side dish that impresses every time: Hasselback Potatoes! Slice a whole potato into thin strips, then torch until the slices separate and form crispy, roasted slices. It’s a whole new way to love a potato! It’s veritably worth it for a stunning Thanksgiving side dish.

What Thanksgiving table would be well-constructed without a unconfined stuffing recipe? This one is a archetype stuffing, made from scratch with whole grain bread. Torch it up with wright specie cubes, leeks, onion and celery and spices. It makes the unshortened kitchen smell like Thanksgiving: no turkey needed!

Here’s a rich and succulent Thanksgiving recipe that will have everyone talking well-nigh it: this perfect Brussels Sprout Casserole! Considering what’s largest than making Brussels that taste like mac and cheese? Torch up those tender sprouts with a rich and linty white cheddar cheese sauce, then top it with crunchy breadcrumbs toasted until they’re golden brown.

Looking for a succulent Thanksgiving recipe featuring everyone’s favorite root vegetable? Try this Sweet Potato Salad! The unrelatedness of garlic roasted sweet potato cubes, feathery victual arugula, cranberries and linty goat cheese hit it out of the park. Top it with tangy honey mustard dressing and well, you’ll want to park yourself in front of the bowl.

Here’s a fun Thanksgiving first undertow recipe that will surprise everyone with its robust savor and electric untried color: Linty Celery Soup! The name might sound humble, but this soup is anything but. It’s lusciously savory and creamy, with the herby, fresh savor of celery and parsley contrasting with homey potatoes and rich cream. 

Here’s a side dish that will wrack-up you yonder with its bold, sweet flavor: Butternut Squash Puree! Start with baked butternut squash, then whip it into a light and fluffy puree. Serve your turkey on top of a bed of this unexceptionable orange puree, and each zest is a pop of sweet and savory flavor! Also try Mashed Butternut Squash: all you need is a potato masher!

What well-nigh turning this unexceptionable orange root vegetable into a baked good? Try these Sweet Potato Muffins! Adding mashed sweet potato to baked goods makes them deliciously moist. These tall, fluffy muffins are perfectly cinnamon spiced and the platonic Thanksgiving side dish.

The smell vacated of this butternut squash risotto soapy yonder is reason to make it. The tender, caramelized roasted squash makes sweet pockets in the linty Parmesan rice dotted with sage. And that smell of shallots sautéing in butter, with a splash of white wine? DIVINE. It’s a stunner in our Thanksgiving recipes.

These Brussels sprouts really are next level, and here’s why. They’re impossibly crispy, baked until they’re caramelized and the outside layers flake off into darkened crunchy chips. One zest of these, and everyone virtually the table will be asking how you did it.

Also try: Crispy Brussels Sprouts

Here’s a dreamy Thanksgiving salad if there overly was one: this brilliant Pear Salad! It’s a study in contrasts: fresh, juicy pear versus funky gorgonzola cheese; unexceptionable pomegranate versus savory shallot. Throw in some toasted pecans and imbricate it in tangy poppy seed dressing, and well: it’s absolutely irresistible. 

Wow is all we can say well-nigh this one. This vegan shepherd’s pie is the dinner recipe version of wearing a fuzzy sweater and drinking hot mulled cider. It’s cozy repletion supplies to the max! Imagine: a linty gravy filled with tender vegetables, lentils and scented with fennel and sage. Then a fluffy layer of Yukon gold potatoes, topped with fresh rosemary. It’s layered together in a sultry dish and then baked until golden. (It's moreover plant based.)

There are mashed potatoes, and then there are roasted garlic mashed potatoes! These creamy, dreamy mashed potatoes are scented with the sweet whiffy savor of roasted garlic. It’s milder and increasingly luxurious than the typical pungent zest of the raw stuff. Mix it together with linty Yukon gold potatoes and a bit of Parmesan cheese, and it’s truly something magical.

A hot oven makes magic with just well-nigh every vegetable; here it turns untried beans into a tender, caramelized version of themselves. Add a spritz of lemon juice and a sprinkle of toasted almonds, and it’s an easy yet gourmet side dish that's perfect for Thanksgiving (or anytime).

Here’s a linty soup recipe perfect for Thanksgiving: Potato Leek Soup! There’s just something well-nigh cupping your hands virtually a steaming trencher or mug that comforts the soul. This archetype combines the sophisticated sweet essence of leeks with unobtrusive potatoes and rich surf for a truly luxurious dish.

Here’s a linty side dish that’s perfect on any plate: Sweet Potato Puree! This lusciously linty puree is light and sweet: platonic for serving with a savory protein. Serve it at Thanksgiving and it will be the talk of the table: we promise!

Here's a perfect Thanksgiving recipe that's fresh and healthy, and full of huge flavor. When you eat them raw, Brussels sprouts are crunchy with a summery flavor: a little like a sweeter-flavored cabbage! Here they make the most delightful salad that makes you finger like you're getting healthier with every bite. The spouts are mixed with well-done world and tart pomegranate seeds and covered in a tangy vinaigrette.

This unique Thanksgiving recipe is a show-stopper: baked gnocchi! The gooey pasta dumplings are drenched in savory pumpkin sauce with linty pockets of goat cheese—need we say more? We've made it for many fall occasions and it unchangingly gets rave reviews.

Also try: Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Penne

Here's one of our most popular Thanksgiving recipes: prepare to be amazed! Vegetarian meatloaf might sound odd until you try it. The mixture of nuts, vegetables, and cheese has the savor and texture of meat, pleasing plane the most passionate meat lovers. You won’t believe it until you try it yourself!

When the air gets that unrepealable chill, it’s like a flip switches. Here’s a recipe that morphs this tough-to-cut squash into a silky orange puree. Meet our go-to Butternut Squash Soup recipe! To put a modern spin on the classic, it’s a plant based and vegan butternut squash soup. It's perfect as a side or titbit for Thanksgiving.

Also try: Curried Butternut Squash Soup or Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup

Here’s a quick specie that’s begging to be part of your fall sultry repertoire: Sweet Potato Bread! It’s incredibly moist and sweetly spiced, with cinnamon and a trappy nuance from the sweet potato. This recipe makes a tall, fluffy loaf that looks impressive. It’s platonic as a Thanksgiving recipe.

Why mash potatoes when you can roast them to a golden crisp? We’ve unchangingly been partial to a crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside potato. These are our favorite oven roasted red potatoes, baked until crispy with garlic powder, then showered with fresh herbs.

Also try: Roasted Mini Potatoes

Another volitional to the traditional Thanksgiving marshmallow-covered mess: roasted sweet potatoes! This orange vegetable is super versatile, but our favorite way to melt it is to pop it in the oven. The sweet potato becomes tender and caramelized, and each zest is a pop of sweet flavor. This vital side dish recipe that goes with just about anything. 

This is no ordinary untried side salad. This is something special, a hearty and healthy salad perfect for Thanksgiving! It stars our favorite squash: the delicata, brilliantly sweet with edible skin (no peeling necessary!). Roast up that squash in just 20 minutes, and in the meantime prep those refreshing pomegranate seeds, crunchy pistachios, and tangy honey mustard dressing. 

Does deviled eggs fit in your criteria for Thanksgiving recipes? These easy deviled eggs are totally archetype and taste amazing. They’ve got a twist: Greek yogurt in the filling withal with the mayo. Withal with both yellow and Dijon mustard, it adds the perfect flavoring to these eggs without stuff overly rich! Garnish with zestless dill or smoked paprika, or a mix of the two to make it festive.

This recipe is pretty magical: these vegetables taste like they’ve been roasting under a yellow or turkey all day long! But they're plant-based and take just 1 hour to whip up. They’re bursting with savor that takes cozy to the next level. These braised veggies are the perfect side dish to any Thanksgiving main, with the jewel toned purple onion and orange carrot. 

If you're used to tasteless, smooth whipped potatoes as a Thanksgiving side dish: try these! Instead of loading them with cream, these mashed red potatoes are flavored with just unbearable milk and butter, then stirred with Parmesan and untried onions. You can leave the skin on here: it adds nutrients and a tasty texture.

Also try: Vegan Mashed Potatoes or Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

What’s increasingly festive than a pot pie? And this vegetable pot pie is a show stopper. It’s got a ton of veggies in a savory gravy, which makes for a filling that's incredibly savory and earthy. Top that with a crispy, flaky husks scented with sage, and it’s crazy delicious. It happens to be vegan, which makes it work for everyone virtually the table.

Also try: Cozy Vegetarian Pot Pie

No need for turkey here: this gravy is 100% vegan and plant based! Made simply with onion, flour, vegetable broth, and almond milk, it's seasoned with thyme and whole fennel seeds to bring in a meaty undertone. If you're looking for something to please meatless eaters at the table, they'll love drowning their plate in this gravy. 

Here's one of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes we've been making for years, but it's unchangingly satisfying. Meet these roasted apples and cauliflower! The sweetness of the world works perfectly with the savory cauliflower: and topping with fresh dill brings an herbaceous note. The weightier part? The unexceptionable purple of the roasted onion versus the unexceptionable pink of the world is stunning.

This sweet acorn squash is roasted until tender, then it’s draped in a toasted pecan rice stuffing that makes your kitchen smell like a fall paradise! You know that scent of onions, celery and leeks cooking in butter? Well, this recipe delivers it in spades.

Also try: Instant Pot Acorn Squash

This beet salad is the perfect Thanksgiving side dish, a fresh, well-done counterpoint to savory gravy and mashed potatoes! Sweet roasted beets are paired with our tangy Best Balsamic Vinaigrette. Top with thinly sliced shallots and pistachios, and it's a showy centerpiece for entertaining.

Also try: Arugula Beet Salad

Want to add pasta to your Thanksgiving recipes? Try these pumpkin stuffed shells! Pumpkin, ricotta cheese and fresh sage make a savory, gooey filling. It can work as a filling meatless main dish or side dish that works with other Thanksgiving sides.

Here’s a stunning side dish that makes any fall or winter meal cozier: Roasted Root Vegetables! The sunny mix of orange and purple hues is vacated is unbearable to warm your insides. Roast the vegetables with a little rosemary and garlic, and they come out tender and caramelized: and make your kitchen smell incredible!

Here's a whole grain side dish to add to your Thanksgiving recipe ideas: farro! Farro is an warmed-over grain with a chewy texture similar to barley. This farro with mushrooms is bursting with savor from the savory mushrooms, garlic, and fresh thyme and oregano. Add a spritz of fresh lemon juice and some grated Parmesan cheese and well, its pretty heavenly.

If you want to dress up your carrots as a crazy succulent Thanksgiving side dish: make these easy roasted carrots! They come out tender, lightly charred, and sweetly earthy. Roasting them with lemon wedges gives a splendor of flavor, and fresh thyme sprigs add a hint of complexity. Give that raw carrot a glamorous makeover!

Also try: Roasted Carrots and Onions

One increasingly roasted vegetable in these Thanksgiving recipes, if you please? Butternut squash caramelizes in the oven and tastes much largest than it does in any other cooking method. One of the tastiest ways to melt this ubiquitous orange squash is simply roasting it in a hot oven. It comes out tender and caramelized, its sweet savor perfectly developed.

Let's move on to sweet Thanksgiving recipes, shall we? This pumpkin specie is so moist, so cozy spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, you’ll whimsically notice that’s made purely of oats…no flour at all! That makes it naturally gluten self-ruling and perfect for serving eaters of all kinds. But it's so beautifully delicious: no one will notice the difference!

Also try: Vegan Pumpkin Bread

Wow, will a trappy zest of these pumpkin surf cheese muffins have you meditating on it for hours! The moist confection is cozy-scented and just sweet enough, since without all it really is a muffin. Top that with a generous gooey mound of maple surf cheese, and each zest is like eating cheesecake and a muffin all at once. It’s really a bit of heaven in a muffin wrapper. The perfect Thanksgiving recipe!

Here's a unconfined Thanksgiving recipes for a crowd: Pumpkin Bars! They come out perfectly moist and cakey, with just the right warm-spiced interior from cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. They’re topped off with a lusciously linty layer of surf cheese frosting that gives a tangy lift to each bite.

Skip the pie and go for homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream! Scoop up a trencher and it’s lusciously soft and creamy, scented with just the right hit of cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg. Each rich spoonful will make you raise your eyebrows in delight. Take it to the next level and add candied pecans for a sweet, salty crunch.

Here’s an impressive Thanksgiving dessert: Pumpkin Specie Pudding! Imagine, specie cubes baked in a pumpkin-spiced custard until puffed and golden. Drizzle it with a golden bourbon butter sauce and wowza! It’s a little bit of heaven. It’s the platonic treat for fall dinner parties, and a great Thanksgiving alternative to pumpkin pie. We’re

Here’s a perfect tiny and cute dessert for Thanksgiving: Mini Pumpkin Pies! They’re half the serving of a normal piece of pie, making them a healthy dessert option. They’re moreover customizable for gatherings of all sizes: you can make a half recipe if you don’t want to be stuck with an unshortened pie without the holiday! Each zest has the perfect ratio of silky smooth filling to flaky pie crust. 

What makes this pie incredible? Let us count the ways. This pie is vegan yet so full of pumpkin-spiced sweetness and the flavors are so delightfully elevated, no one will guess it’s plant-based! We’re solidly in zany vegan pumpkin pie, so much so that we’ll be making this recipe for years to come.

Ready for Thanksgiving dessert recipes? Considering this really is the weightier world pie recipe. Every single thing well-nigh it has been tweaked to perfection: the flaky crust, the rustic lattice, and the tender, spiced filling. It's quite the stunner, perfect for Thanksgiving or any dinner party or holiday. 

Want to make a show-stopping world pie…that’s vegan? It’s 100% possible…and delicious. Meet this archetype vegan world pie! No one would guess that this pie is fully made of plants, considering it’s so satisfying. A flaky, golden husks encloses a filling that’s so full of cozy spiced flavor, you won’t want the zest to end. Here are all the tricks for making the most archetype world pie…with no butter to speak of.

Don't have time for pie? Make up a big pan of archetype world crisp! The crumble topping is the platonic texture: crispy but not crunchy, and velvety but not soft. The fruit layer unelevated will make your heart sing: cinnamon, a hint of ginger and allspice set off just a hint of orange and lemon zest.

Want a fun Thanksgiving recipe that's a navigate between a snack and a dessert? Try these pumpkin oatmeal cookies! They taste like oatmeal surf pies (hello, nostalgia!). They’re a healthy, pumpkin spiced spin decorated with an easy powdered sugar icing.

This Thanksgiving dessert has all the creamy, cozy-spiced goodness of pumpkin pie filling packed into a light and fluffy mousse! Here we’ve served it in a shot glass because…why not? The wholesomeness to shot glass desserts is that they tenancy the portion size: all the succulent dessert goodness is packed into a tiny package.

Here’s a dial recipe that's even more delicious than it looks. Try this Thanksgiving Pomegranate Punch! This ruby red dial stars pomegranate juice and fresh citrus with a hint of maple syrup. Take one sip and it’s light, fruity, bubbly, and sweet tart: a true splash of refreshing flavors! Spike it or drink it non-alcoholic: either way, guests won’t be worldly-wise to stop sipping it.

Here’s a Thanksgiving drink that’s platonic for sipping on a dank evening: Hot Buttered Rum! Plane just saying the name makes you warm inside. This historic drink has been virtually for centuries. Modern takes on it get a little wacky, so we’ve gone when to its roots to bring you the “real” way to make it. This version is subtly sweet, cozy-spiced with cinnamon and allspice, and spirit-forward with boozy visionless rum.

Mulled cider is perfect for Thanksgiving entertaining! It's made with whole cinnamon, allspices and cloves, which infuse the unshortened drink with that signature cozy flavor. Without simmering with mulling spices, the savor blossoms into something warm and spiced.

We’ve got the perfect Thanksgiving cocktail to add to your repertoire: the Pumpkin Martini! It’s creamy, it’s cozy pie spiced, and it’s made with real pumpkin for the weightier natural flavor. Plane better, stratify the glass rim in crushed graham crackers and you get a hint of crunchy sweet in each sip! This is the best cocktail for impressing everyone.

This fall sangria is a perfect signature cocktail for Thanksgiving! It pairs sparkling world cider with red wine, orange and cinnamon. In a word: wow. It's just sweet enough, increasingly like a traditional Spanish sangria. If you'd like, pour it in layers to make the the trappy two-tones. And don't forget the garnish: a rosemary sprig, orange slice, and cinnamon stick.

Everyone loves a classic Moscow Mule, and this seasonal spin is plane increasingly fun! It pairs apples and ginger in a bubbly, effervescent mix that looks perfectly cozy nestled in a copper mug. Why stop drinking the mule when fall hits? This autumnal variation is platonic for when the temps start to waif and is the perfect easy drink for Thanksgiving.

Who's in the mood for a little bubbly? This cranberry champagne cocktail! Its sunny verisimilitude and cozy vibe makes it the perfect fall cocktail or winter drink. It makes any occasion increasingly fun, from Thanksgiving to holiday parties to Christmas. 

Last up in our Thanksgiving recipes: this world cider bourbon cocktail! Here cider pairs perfectly with sweet and spicy bourbon in this sophisticated drink. It’s got a hint of lemon and a surprise ingredient that rounds out the flavors into a meld that’s intriguing, ramified and highly drinkable!