28 Thanksgiving Appetizers and Side Dishes

This delicious Thanksgiving appetizer recipe for homemade cranberry salad is made with fresh cranberries! It makes a delicious side dish at any Thanksgiving dinner or holiday party.

Cheesy potatoes are an easy side dish that can be made for potlucks, funerals, and almost any occasion. This recipe for easy cheesy potatoes puts a new twist on a traditional side dish with two secret ingredients that make it even more delicious than traditional!

This delicious recipe for Roasted Parmesan Green Beans makes for a perfect, healthy, and easy appetizer or side dish to serve at any Easter Thanksgiving, or holiday gathering anywhere. It’s also simple enough to have any time, not just on a special occasion!

This easy homemade biscuits that look like stuffed mushrooms are very quick to prepare! In half an hour you’ll have some delicious, warm, soft homemade biscuits right on your table for Thanksgiving.

This Green Bean Artichoke Casserole Recipe is perfect for any meal. The combination of crunchy fried onions, creamy soup, and savory seasonings create a flavorful dish.

Love cheesy scalloped potatoes? Love easy scalloped potatoes? Then you’re going to love these Smoked Gouda Scalloped Potatoes with bell peppers, so rich, sweet, and savory appetizer and creamy!

Free up oven and stovetop space and make gluten-free, dairy-free mashed potatoes in your Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. It’s a great Thanksgiving healthy appetizer or side dish!

A holiday meal wouldn’t be the same at my house without these cheesy, creamy, flavorful baked sweet potatoes that are naturally gluten-free.

An incredibly delicious, yet really easy salad recipe! We call it “Thanksgiving Salad,” since it’s absolutely perfect for Thanksgiving and the holidays and is perfect with stuffed mushrooms.

Brussels Sprout Salad recipes are trending right now. But how do you make a great salad recipe even greater? Add lots more nutritious superfoods, plus irresistible mix-ins like crunchy pistachios and sweet-tart dried cranberries … and then toss it all with a delicious Maple-Balsamic Dressing or olive oil! Oh yes! Ready in about 5 to 10 minutes flat, it’s perfect as a unique Thanksgiving side dish!

The best balsamic-maple roasted Brussels sprouts with butternut squash, pecans, cranberries, and avocado-roasted garlic dressing. Ultimate healthy vegan Thanksgiving side dish ready in just 40 minutes!

Easy Cranberry Baked Brie Recipe: Fancy and delicious 15-minute holiday side and easy appetizer, recipes that your guests would love. Creamy, gooey, crispy, runny-centered baked brie topped with cranberry sauce, roasted pecans blue cheese, bacon, and thyme.

Traditional Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage and Apples is an easy-to-make recipe with simple ingredients. Perfect for Thanksgiving, this is a great make-ahead recipe for cornbread dressing.

Easy, make-ahead Sweet Potato Casserole is the perfect Thanksgiving side dish. Made with a delicious and crunchy pecan crumble, and creamy brown sugar sweet potato mash.

Everyone loves cheesy scalloped potatoes and when you make them with Gruyère and goat cheese, they are even better!

The debate over the cranberry sauce – canned or homemade? Seriously? This cranberry sauce recipe is one that everyone will love. It’s naturally made with sweet cranberry sauce and is gluten-free, vegan, and Paleo, with one little switch to also make it Whole30 and keto. Nothing to argue about here!

If you need a healthy sweet potato recipe full of antioxidant goodness (and without marshmallows), that is also Paleo and Whole30 compliant. Read on for a dish you will want to make not just for the big dinner on Thanksgiving, but all year round.

Rutabaga and Apple Mash with Crumb Topping is a holiday season classic. A classic recipe passed down to each new generation. A sweet crumbly topping covers tart mashed rutabaga mellowed out by apples, sugar, and cinnamon. It’s a grown-up dish that will please the most discerning palette.

This twist on Loaded Baked Potatoes is the perfect way to free up oven space! Fire up the grill to make this tasty side dish!

In the American South, Brussels sprouts are a staple at most dining tables during Thanksgiving weekend. While the vegetable has found new followers and is riding a wave of popularity in recent years, for Southerners, it never really went out of vogue. This is the best Brussels sprouts recipe and includes bacon, a balsamic vinaigrette, and Parmesan cheddar cheese throughout. It’s incredible with olive oil too!

These Shishito Peppers are amazing, easy, delicious, easy toasted bread made, delicious and nutritious appetizer, perfect for your Thanksgiving dinner and holiday parties.

These amazingly delicious Roasted Brussels sprouts With Pecans are a healthy and delicious low-carb Thanksgiving side dish.

These amazing low-carb cauliflower fritters are a perfect side dish for a Thanksgiving dinner!

If you’ve never made your own cranberry sauce, then you are truly missing out! Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce puts the canned stuff to shame. Simple ingredients come together in 10 minutes, to make a gorgeous, sweet, and tangy side dish everyone will love.

A melt-in-your-mouth, savory stuffed mushroom recipe that features goat cheese,, Hatfield Recipe Essentials Sweet Italian Ground Sausage, and this perfect bite-size blend of spices and fresh herbs.

A colorful and unique update to the classic blue and cheddar cheese ball pinwheel appetizer recipe, these turkey cream cheese pinwheels are bursting with flavor. The next time you are looking for an easy-to-make finger food or delicious appetizer, too, give the recipe calls of these creamy delights a try!

These Air Fryer Green Beans are the perfect mix of easy, quick, and oh-so-tasty vegetable treats. The beans are cooked in very little low-calorie cooking oil, making them a healthier treat.

Dreaming of creamy, fluffy, and easy-to-make mashed potatoes? Try this Instant Pot Mashed Potato recipe.

These Easy Scalloped Potatoes (Dauphinoise Potatoes) are the perfect (make them ahead of time) decadent side dish or even main dish. The potatoes are cooked to tender, crispy perfection in a creamy, cheesy sauce with a golden crunchy top.

Deviled eggs are a staple for many holidays, and this is the best-deviled egg recipe for Thanksgiving! Adorable turkeys that you can eat!

This classic pumpkin bread recipe has been handed down for generations. It will complement any Thanksgiving spread. Enjoy it plain or topped with sour cream or cheese for a delicious pumpkin treat.

This light and fluffy pumpkin traditional spinach dip is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving menu! Serve spinach dip with green apple slices, ginger snap cookies, and Nilla Wafer cookies and the perfect sweet and savory fall appetizer, pumpkin-flavored holiday appetizer, or dessert.

Cauliflower “mac” and goat cheese) with bacon in a rich and creamy sauce. A healthy, no pasta version that’s low-carb and keto friendly.