11 Places To Buy Premade Thanksgiving Sides

Here’s an idea to make Thanksgiving cooking and hosting less stressful — and to allow you to spend less time in the kitchen and more time mingling with your guests, soaking in the warmth of the occasion: Outsource the sides.

For those who want to ease things up for themselves during the holiday, quite a few places offer Thanksgiving sides for pickup, shipping and delivery.

Below are 11 options for where you can order Thanksgiving sides, ranging from budget to deluxe. And if none of these suit you, you can also check catering and pickup options at your local grocery store.

Side dishes that are tasty and effort-free? Now that’s something to be thankful for!

Cracker Barrel: The chain known for its homey comfort food offers a ton of heat-and-serve Thanksgiving side options in serving sizes of four to six or eight to ten — and yes, they can be ordered a la carte. Broccoli Cheese Casserole, Cornbread Dressing, Carrots, Green Beans, Macaroni & Cheese, Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Relish? Take your pick from those and more, and Thanksgiving is sorted. Orders are available for pickup between November 21 and 29. You can find more information here.

Harry & David: Harry & David offers a variety of ready-to-heat holiday sides, along with full meals and desserts, that aim to make hosting easier. Traditional Thanksgiving side options, which can be ordered a la carte, include mashed potatoes, stuffing and seasonal vegetables. For instance, you can find Black Truffle and Almond Green Beans, Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes, Sourdough Cornbread Sausage Stuffing, Rainbow Carrots with Lemon Butter Sauce and Loaded Mashed Potatoes; each serves four to six, priced at $39.99. The items arrive frozen — and can be cooked from frozen.

HoneyBaked Ham: You can order sides a la carte from HoneyBaked Ham for pickup in advance of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays at honeybaked.com. For example, the company offers a combination of four sides — one tray each of Sweet Potato Souffle, Country Cornbread Stuffing, Green Bean Casserole and Savory Gravy — that feeds four to six, priced at $54.99. Or you can order HoneyBaked Ham’s ready-made, brown-it-in-the-oven Double Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese for eight (two 32-ounce packages, for a total of 64 ounces) for $34.99. And there are plenty of other heat-and-serve side options. Customers can order ahead as needed and are encouraged to reserve meals and sides as early as possible for pickup later. Same-day pickup is also available, a brand spokesperson says, but customers are urged to check with their local store for availability and pickup times. Also note that HoneyBaked Ham is currently offering a Thanksgiving Shipping Sale for savings — see details here.

Omaha Steaks: Along with complete Thanksgiving feasts, Omaha Steaks, purveyor of steaks and gourmet foods, offers a full line of Thanksgiving sides you can order a la carte. And the prices aren’t too steep, either. A 24-ounce tray of Green Bean Casserole, which serves four, goes for $12, and the same-size tray of Sausage & Cranberry Dressing, which serves six, costs $22. A 20-ounce tray of Steakhouse Creamed Corn, which serves four, is priced at $10, while two 12-ounce trays of Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, which serve four, are $12. The sides are shipped frozen; you just heat them up in the oven or microwave and serve. Easy peasy. You can find more Thanksgiving options, as well as advice, here.

Publix: Publix has started taking orders for its holiday meals and sides, which can be ordered individually, online at publix.com. Pickup begins October 31. For Thanksgiving, the last day to place an order is November 23, and the final pickup date is November 25, as Publix stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Holiday sides available to order include favorites such as Cranberry Orange Relish ($4.59, serves five), Old-Fashioned Cornbread Dressing ($12.99, serves eight) and Green Bean Casserole ($12.99, serves eight). “Customers may also order many holiday meals and entertaining options through Instacart where available, in addition to ordering directly through publix.com," a spokesperson notes. So options abound.

Sprouts Farmers Market: In addition to fully prepared holiday meals, such as its Organic Turkey Meal that serves six for $129.99 (available from November 19 to 27), Sprouts offers catering options for a la carte sides. You just need to order at least 48 hours in advance to allow time for local stores to prep the items. Heat-and-serve side options include Homestyle Sourdough Stuffing, Homestyle Turkey Gravy and Cranberry Sauce. “With a variety of holiday catering options available to pre-order, from holiday-ready main courses to classic sides and festive seasonal finds, Sprouts has catering options to create memorable meals with less holiday stress,” the brand says.

Target: This year, Target is offering a full Thanksgiving meal for six priced at $30, maintaining last year's $5-per-person price point (and offering a Good & Gather frozen turkey at 79 cents per pound); it’s also offering an expanded assortment of affordable sides, as well as pies and appetizers. These include Good & Gather Mashed Sweet Potatoes ($5.99) and Parmesan Cheese Topped Roasted Vegetables ($5.99). Sides are precooked and requiring only heating. The prices will be valid November 8 through November 29, a Target spokesperson notes.

TGI Fridays: TGI Fridays offers party trays that can alleviate your Thanksgiving side-prep burden. Its 4 Cheese Mac & Cheese Party Tray (serves four to six), Mashed Potatoes Party Tray (serves two to three) and Loaded Mashed Potatoes Party Tray (serves two to three) are each available for online ordering, for pickup or delivery, here.

Walmart: Walmart offers affordable sides for your Thanksgiving table, including bettergoods Sweet Potato and Praline Casserole (under $6), Marketside Ready-to-Heat Homestyle Mashed Potatoes, Marketside Ready-to-Heat Classic Macaroni & Cheese and bettergoods Stuffing Bites. You can also grab frozen vegetable sides that would make easy additions to a meal, such as bettergoods Seasoned Mushroom Medley and bettergoods Salted Sliced Caramelized Onions. The items are available to order online or in-store with easy pickup and delivery options, including Walmart’s recently announced Express Pickup.

Wegmans: The beloved Rochester, New York-based grocery chain recently announced it would be offering its Thanksgiving meal — serving eight and including “all the essentials for a traditional Thanksgiving meal” — for less than $5 per person this year. But if you don’t want to order a full meal, you can absolutely just order the chain's premade Thanksgiving sides — and you have a few different options. The items listed here are currently available in stores for grab-and-go, no need to order ahead. More prepared sides and entrees will become available in early November. You can also order stand-alone sides, along with entrees or a customizable complete Thanksgiving dinner, through Wegmans’ Meals 2Go Catering. (Note that some items have a limited window of availability.) All items are available to order now through November 24 at 8 p.m. ET, except at Wegmans’ Massachusetts stores, where orders must be placed by November 23 at 8 p.m. ET.

Williams Sonoma: Did you know you could order Thanksgiving sides at Williams Sonoma? Indeed, you can. The home goods and kitchenware chain's website offers a full line of “made-from-scratch” sides you can order for delivery, a la carte or in bundles. You can find everything from Cranberry Sauce with Orange Zest (12 ounces, $19.95) and Maple Pecan Butternut Squash (set of two trays, six servings each; $69.95) to Herby Sourdough Stuffing (set of two trays, eight servings each; $69.95), Brussels Sprouts Gratin (four servings, $45.95) and Truffle Mashed Potatoes (set of two trays, eight servings each; $54.95). (The website also recommends pretty dishware for plating it all in, which is cool if you’re already in throw-money-at-the-holiday mode.) The side dishes are delivered frozen, and you have a choice of delivery dates. Obviously, this is not a budget option — but if you’re going deluxe, it’s one to consider.

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