These 10 elegant Thanksgiving side dishes are rich, bright, colorful, and easy to create! With vegetarian options, as well as vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, and low-carb, you’ll have an easy time finding a perfect side dish for every guest!
These recipes make traditional favorites a little more special, a little more refined, and perfectly elegant. Tailor-made sauces and simple decorative touches spruce up these Thanksgiving standards just so, without adding a lot of time to your preparation!
Help yourself to my favorite, elegant Thanksgiving sides!
1. Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Smoked Paprika Candied Pecans
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Cranberries and Pecans
These Brussels sprouts with bacon, cranberries and smoked, candied pecans are the ultimate Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish! They’re baked in bacon fat till crispy, then mixed with cranberries and candied pecans, spiced with smoked paprika and cayenne pepper!
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2. Thanksgiving Salad with Beet, Pear & Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Thanksgiving Salad with Beet, Pear and Apple Cider Vinaigrette
This roasted beet and pear salad is a perfectly seasonal and colorful salad recipe for Thanksgiving!
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3. Instant Pot Pumpkin Risotto with Caramelized Onions
Instant Pot Pumpkin Risotto with Caramelized Onions
This pumpkin risotto with balsamic caramelized onions is a creamy, delicately autumn-spiced masterpiece! The easiest, and tastiest autumn side dish for Thanksgiving or any decadent autumn dinner party!
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4. Sautéed Swiss Chard with Caramelized Shallots
Sautéed Swiss Chard with Caramelized Shallots
This delicious sautéed Swiss chard recipe is buttery, garlicky and with balsamic caramelized shallots, it makes for a perfectly fancy dinner party side dish or an elegant way to add more healthy winter greens to your diet.
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5. Baked Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese
Baked Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese
These roasted garlic mashed potatoes are baked to perfection! Heavenly soft and fluffy on the inside, perfectly crispy on the outside – this extra special potato side-dish will deliciously complete a cozy dinner party spread, or be one of the tastiest stars of your Thanksgiving or Christmas menus!
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6. Crispy Roasted Cauliflower with Cheddar & Parmesan
Crispy Roasted Cauliflower with Cheddar & Parmesan
Roasted cauliflower with crispy, sharp white cheddar and freshly grated parmesan is one of my favorite side dishes for cozy, Autumn dinner parties and Thanksgiving!
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7. Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad with Deviled Quail Eggs
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad with Deviled Quail Eggs
This earthy, roasted Brussels sprouts salad includes diced green apple, frisée, shaved almonds, shaved parmesan, a dreamy sesame vinaigrette and simple, deviled quail eggs so precious, your dinner guests will swoon at the sight of them!
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8. Roasted Curry Butternut Squash Soup
Roasted Curry Butternut Squash Soup
You’ll require a medium size mixing bowl, blender or immersion blender and a pot that can hold at least 2 quarts.
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9. Homemade Bread Stuffing with Anjou Pear and Mushroom
Homemade Thanksgiving Stuffing with Anjou Pear and Mushroom
This traditional homemade bread stuffing recipe is moist and crunchy, flavorful and packed with earthy herbs and spices. The very best stuffing for turkey, duck, chicken or Cornish game hen!
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10. French Green Beans with Shallots and Sesame Ginger Sauce
French Green Beans with Shallots and Sesame Ginger Sauce
These blistered French green beans with shallots and sesame ginger sauce make a perfectly elevated Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish!
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