100+ Classic Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

From green bean casserole and roasted veggies to mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, these crowd-pleasing holiday sides are sure to be the star of any Thanksgiving meal.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Make this crowd-pleasing holiday favorite the classic way: with buttery mashed sweet potatoes and a crunchy pecan topping.

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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon

Salty, crispy bacon makes everything better, especially these Brussels sprouts served warm as a holiday side dish.

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Alton's Best Ever Green Bean Casserole

A classic made modern and fresh, Alton ditches the traditional cream of mushroom soup and canned green beans, instead using real mushrooms, half-and-half and fresh green beans.

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Crispiest Ever Potatoes

Somewhere between oven-roasted potatoes and crispy hash, these little creamer potatoes are boiled in water with baking soda before being smashed. The alkaline in the baking soda helps the skins crisp up quickly. Smashing increases their surface area and contact with the pan. The result is the crunchiest-ever crust.

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Cinnamon

Tyler relies purely on honey for sweetness when it comes to his simple roasted sweet potatoes.

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Parker House Rolls

Bobby takes on this All-American, pillowy, yeasty flavorful dinner roll — the ultimate Thanksgiving breadbasket addition.

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Green Bean Casserole

Bacon and grated cheddar give Ree's traditional casserole a decadent upgrade that's ideal for a celebration.

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Creamy Mashed Potatoes

For an added layer of flavor and extra-smooth consistency, Ree incorporates soft cream cheese into the mashed potatoes before baking them.

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Hasselback Sweet Potatoes

Take all the flavors of a classic sweet potato casserole and cross them with the elegance of a hasselback potato; you'll have one showstopping holiday side dish.

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Tyler Florence's Mashed Potatoes

The ultimate creamy concoction, Tyler's mashed potatoes pair perfectly with homemade turkey gravy.

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The Baked Potato

Alton's basic, foolproof recipe for the classic baked potato will come out perfect every time.

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Upside-Down Butternut Squash Tart

Our favorite fall vegetable takes the place of traditional apples in this gorgeous tarte tatin that has savory accents of fresh herbs and Parmesan.

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Balsamic-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Ina uses pancetta and balsamic vinegar for subtly sweet flavor in her roasted Brussels sprouts recipe, transforming a basic side into a sophisticated, indulgent treat.

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Tyler's Scalloped Potato Gratin

You can't go wrong with Tyler's classic scalloped potatoes.

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Giada's Roasted Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips and Brussels Sprouts

Can't decide on a veggie? Roast them all together with a touch of Italian seasoning like Giada does, for a colorful, irresistible mixture.

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Perfect Cranberry Sauce

Don't miss out on the perfect cranberry sauce recipe, with just a bit of citrus zest to bring out the flavor.

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Loaded Baked Potato Casserole

This casserole combines all the irresistible features of a loaded spud, but it is cooked and served family style for an extra-hearty side.

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Mustard-Parmesan Whole Roasted Cauliflower

Even meat eaters will want a piece of these impressive, high-fiber veggies. The Dijon mustard concentrates in flavor as it roasts, resulting in a powerful punch of umami. Prep and brush your cauliflower ahead of time, then let them sit at room temperature until you're ready to cook.

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Crispy Potato Stacks

Despite its elegance, this delicious side dish is simple and quick to prepare. With its crispy edges, herby butter and easy portioning, this will surely become your new autumn staple.

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Triple-Cheese Spirals

Traditional mac and cheese gets a makeover with spiral pasta and a crunchy panko topping.

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Sweet Potato Poutine

Sweet potato casserole gets a tricky makeover. What looks like a plate of poutine (french fries topped with gravy and cheese curds), is actually a familiar sweet trio: sweet potatoes, brown sugar and toasted marshmallows.

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Creamed Corn Cornbread

Alton says a piping-hot cast-iron skillet is a must to make this creamed corn cornbread. Serve right out of the skillet for a rustic presentation or invert onto a platter.

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Cheesy Scalloped Potato Bundt

When you layer creamy and cheesy spuds in a Bundt pan, you get impressive potatoes no one can resist.

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Roasted Butternut Squash

Ina's roasted butternut squash is hardly a recipe; it's more a method, one applicable to all fall root vegetables. All you need is some oil, salt, pepper and a hot oven.

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Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

These super creamy mashed potatoes could not be any easier — no dicing and no draining. Make the potatoes earlier in the day, then just set them on the warm setting in your Instant Pot so they are nice and hot when you're ready to sit down.

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Giada's Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Maple Cinnamon Sage Brown Butter

Giada's surprisingly easy homemade gnocchi is an irresistible Italian twist on the classic sweet potato side dish.

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Biscuits

The holidays are the perfect time to splurge on these homemade buttermilk biscuits. Ree bakes hers in a cast-iron skillet and brushes the tops with melted butter for a golden-brown effect.

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Sauteed Carrots

Ina makes a 15-minute side dish sure to please. Sweet carrots go perfectly with a little butter and chopped fresh dill.

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Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Mascarpone Cheese

For his Throwdown take on this comfort food classic, Bobby Flay adds sweet roasted garlic and spoonfuls of rich, creamy mascarpone cheese.

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Dump-and-Bake Corn Casserole

This Thanksgiving side dish couldn't be easier. Part cornbread, part corn pudding, it is moist and decadent. Perfect for when you're hosting, but also travels well for when you're bringing a dish as a guest.

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Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Rachael whips up her pasta in just 20 minutes. Two kinds of cheese, sharp cheddar and Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus a touch of nutmeg will make this side dish a holiday staple.

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Vegan Wild-Rice-Stuffed Butternut Squash

This impressive autumn-inspired dish can be served as a main course for vegan and vegetarian eaters, or it can be enjoyed by everyone at the table as a side dish. The small amount of curry powder gives the squash a nice warmth and depth.

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Fried Whole Cauliflower with Creamy Lemon Dipping Sauce

Cauliflower takes center stage in this deceptively simple dish. By frying the cauliflower whole, it turns a deep golden color and becomes perfectly tender in a fraction of the time it would take if you were to roast it.

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Five Thanksgiving Sides in One Sheet Pan

All of turkey's favorite sidekicks are baked in one sheet pan. The result is minimal prep and very little cleanup — perfect for a small Thanksgiving gathering!

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Stuffing-Stuffed Whole Cauliflower

This roasted cauliflower is sure to please the vegetarians, but we've got a good feeling the turkey eaters are going to want some too. It's filled with classic stuffing and makes for a holiday-worthy main.

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Creamed Kale with Caramelized Shallots

The caramelized shallots add a subtle sweetness to kale's mild peppery flavor. Bobby's quick, creamy sauce holds it all together.

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Scalloped Corn

White Cheddar cheese and buttery cracker crumbs top this classic side made from frozen sweet corn and creamy half-and-half.

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Cheesy Mushroom and Broccoli Casserole

Sunny starts with a roux of butter and flour to make a creamy base for her casserole. Add a little heat with cayenne pepper and garlic powder.

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Melting Sweet Potatoes

Baking sweet potatoes at a super high temperature caramelizes the outsides, and finishing them in chicken broth makes the insides creamy.

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Stuffed Mushroom Casserole

Save yourself the hassle of stuffing individual mushrooms and make this casserole instead. You get all the flavors of the classic dish with a fraction of the prep time.

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Cranberry Sauce

Get Alex's cinnamon-spiced cranberry sauce on the table in just 17 minutes. Your guests won't believe you made a side so filled with flavor in so little time.

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Lemon-Maple Squash

Maple syrup and lemon juice add surprising, sweet flavor to roasted butternut squash.

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Tyler's Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Pecan and Marshmallow Streusel

Tyler tops simple baked sweet potatoes with a sweet and crunchy streusel mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans and melted mini marshmallows.

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Pimento Cheese-Stuffed Corn Muffins

Freshly baked corn muffins and pimento cheese are hallmarks of the South. But instead of slathering our muffins with the creamy-sharp spread, we decided to stuff them with it.

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Fried Green Bean Casserole

This battered and fried green bean casserole comes together quickly, thanks to the use of prepared pancake mix. Drizzle an addictively creamy gravy over the crispy vegetables after they come out of the fryer for unmatched results.

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Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Cook mashed sweet potatoes from start to finish in an Instant Pot, then top with crunchy pecans and an optional — but deliciously decadent — marshmallow swirl.

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Brussels Sprout Gratin

Nutty Gruyère cheese makes the perfect topping for these easy, five-ingredient Brussels sprouts.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Roasting Brussels sprouts at a high heat creates lots of sweet, caramelized goodness.

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Sunny's Sage and Pecan Sweet Potato Casserole

Sunny folds charred marshmallows into the mashed sweet potatoes until combined. No need to oversweeten the potatoes, as the topping does the work.

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Mock Mashed Potatoes

This creamy, garlicky mash is made from cauliflower instead of potatoes. We use garlic and thyme for depth and nonfat Greek yogurt and a little Parmesan for dairy richness and tang.

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Giada's Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Giada adds an Italian twist to Brussels sprouts, cooking them with pancetta.

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Red Devil Cranberries

Guy's cranberry sauce gets a kick from two types of peppers.

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Brussels Sprouts Gratin

Try this cheesy take on Brussels sprouts, a side dish everyone is sure to love.

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Parker House Rolls

These classic rolls are easy to make at home with Alex Guarnaschelli's step-by-step instructions.

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Perfect Mashed Potatoes

You can't go wrong with these stand-by mashed potatoes. Just start with russet potatoes and mixing in whole milk and up to a stick of butter.

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Sweet Potato-Pecan Casserole

Ellie offers up a lighter side that's full of flavor, with lots of spices and a crunchy pecan topping.

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Chive and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

For a flavorful mashed potato twist, Tyler uses Yukon gold potatoes and mixes in garlic, thyme and chives.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Anne roasts sweet potatoes and mixes in dried apricots, honey, cinnamon and orange juice and zest. Sprinkle with an oatmeal crisp topping for a dessert and side dish all in one.

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Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Sauce

A simple, cinnamon and apple cranberry sauce is easy with only six ingredients.

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Sweet Potato Souffle

Trisha tops sweet potatoes with pecans, brown sugar, flour and butter and bakes her casserole until slightly brown.

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Soul Sweet 'Taters

Ree Drummond makes sweet potatoes as much a part of her Thanksgiving as the turkey. Her secret weapon in this recipe? Dark brown sugar.

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String Beans with Shallots

Ina's easy green beans take just 15 minutes to prepare. They're blanched before being sauteed with butter, olive oil and shallots.

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Mushroom & Leek Bread Pudding

The best way to prepare your leeks for this bread pudding? After cutting them lengthwise and slicing crosswise, wash them in water and spin-dry in a salad spinner.

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Baked Yams with Saffron Aioli

Make a homemade aioli to serve atop fluffy baked yams.

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Bacon Hasselback Potatoes

Put slices of bacon into slits in Yukon gold potatoes and bake until crisp. Finish this decadent side with a scallion, parsley and garlic butter that's spoonsed over the potatoes when they're almost done.

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Whiskey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Guy adds a bit of whiskey to his mixture of sweet potatoes and apples and sweetens the dish with agave nectar.

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Parmesan Smashed Potatoes

Freshly grated Parmesan cheese turns ordinary mashed potatoes into Ina Garten's delicious Thanksgiving side dish.

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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Roasted garlic transforms the flavor of Ree's mashed potatoes. Cream cheese makes them rich and fluffy while also helping to balance the garlic kick.

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Cranberry Sauce with Pinot and Figs

Dried figs and balsamic vinegar upgrade traditional cranberry sauce to Bobby's elegant version.

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Cheesy Smashed Potatoes

Rachael's smashed potatoes are ready in less than 20 minutes. Plus, they are simple enough to have kids get in on the cooking action.

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and orange zest give mashed sweet potatoes a contrasting sweet and salty kick that really works.

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Twice Baked Potatoes

Fill already-baked potato shells with a creamy mashed potato and butter mixture before sprinkling with cheese and baking again until the cheese is melted.

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Roasted Garlic Brussels Sprouts

Cumin, lemon juice and cilantro invigorate Brussels sprouts' mellow flavor in this simple, refreshing side dish.

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Creamed Pearl Onions

Tyler's creamy side dish is super satisfying and great in a pinch: It requires only four ingredients and one minute of prep work. Using frozen thawed onions will save on time.

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Brussels Sprouts Supreme

If you've been underwhelmed by Brussels sprouts in the past, this dish could easily change your mind. The sprouts will melt in your mouth thanks to the savory, buttery sauce.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Crispy pan-fried pancetta balances Brussels sprouts' earthy flavor with a hint of sweetness in Bobby's quick-to-assemble side dish.

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Caramelized Vidalia Onion and Potato Gratin with Fresh Sage

To build this decadent side dish, Bobby layers sauteed onions and sage with thinly sliced Idaho potatoes, then coats it all in heavy cream, repeating the process until there are 12 heaping layers.

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Gluten-Free Green Bean-Mushroom Casserole with Panko-Style Fried Onion Rings

This indulgent side delivers all the creamy flavor and crunchy texture you'd want from a Thanksgiving casserole, just minus the gluten, thanks to a coating for the onions made with a special flour blend and crushed rice cereal.

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Brown Butter Haricots Verts

Create a nutty, decadent sauce for simply cooked haricots verts with brown butter. Top with roasted hazelnuts (also quickly sauteed in the brown butter) and a sprinkle of lemon zest for crunch and zing.

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Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Honey

Dress up roasted Brussels sprouts with an easy-to-make vinegar-honey syrup, fried garlic and shaved Pecorino Romano. This recipe calls for roasting the sprouts in the leftover flavored oil from frying the garlic.

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Chili-Sesame Butternut Squash

Roasting slices of butternut squash in a mixture of melted butter, fresh orange juice and apple cider vinegar creates irresistible spots of caramelization. Balance the sweetness with garlic, dried Mexican chile peppers and sesame seeds.

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Green Bean–Mushroom Casserole

You won’t need or want canned soup for any future green bean casserole once you realize how easy (and how much more delicious) the retro dish is when made entirely from scratch — from the shitake mushroom sauce to the buttermilk fried onions.

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Marbled Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Don’t choose between traditional mashed potatoes and vibrant sweet potatoes. Separately, mash Yukon gold potatoes with sour cream and heavy cream, and sweet potatoes with brown sugar and cayenne pepper, then swirl together for the best of both worlds.

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Mashed Potatoes with Herb Butter

Instead of boiling potatoes in water, cut them into 1-inch pieces and simmer them directly in the milk with salt and a bay leaf. Reserve the milk to add back to the potatoes (after draining and mashing) until they’ve reached creamy perfection.

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Smashed Potatoes with Garlic Oil

To simplify your prep work, opt for smashed red potatoes instead of the traditional white mashed. You don’t even need to bother peeling the potatoes or mincing the garlic, thyme or rosemary. Infuse olive oil with smashed cloves, lemon zest and herb sprigs to flavor the red potatoes before smashing.

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Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows

Thanksgiving is the time to embrace nostalgic dishes like sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping. “When I make this, I feel like a kid in my mom’s kitchen. The best part is watching the marshmallows bubble and toast,” says Sunny.

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Whipped Root Vegetables

“This is a super-flavorful substitute for your standard mashed potatoes,” promises Michael Symon. It's so flavorful, in fact, that after you cook the root vegetables, all you need is butter and salt — no cream required.

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Roasted Onions with Lemon

Turn the spotlight on onions and serve them roasted, drizzled with citrus vinaigrette. The entire dish can be made up to four hours ahead.

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Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Parmigiano-Reggiano and Truffle Oil

Add a little elegance to roasted, delicate spaghetti squash by drizzling with truffle oil and sprinkling with cheese before tossing and serving.

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Salt-Crusted Fingerlings

Cover potatoes in water blended with herbs, garlic and half a cup of salt, then cook until the water evaporates, leaving the root vegetable tender and flavorful.

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Creamed Corn

Comforting, traditional and easy to make, this 20-minute creamed corn fits all the criteria for a successful, crowd-pleasing side. You may want to make a double (or even a triple) batch if you're hosting a large group for Thanksgiving — this dish goes quickly!

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Classic Cornbread

Bake a moist, tender and slightly sweet batch of classic cornbread in just 40 minutes from start to finish.

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Spaghetti Squash and Potato Gratin

This recipe takes creamy potato gratin to a new level. By pairing it with spaghetti squash, you're adding amazing texture and great flavor to this traditional dish — plus finding yet another reason to buy spaghetti squash!

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Jalapeno-Bacon Skillet Cornbread

When you pour the batter — blended with buttermilk, honey and jalapenos — into a piping-hot cast-iron skillet, you should hear it sizzle. Sprinkle it with chopped, crispy bacon and bake until it's a deep, golden brown.

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Spinach Gratin

Use frozen spinach instead of fresh spinach for an easier-to-assemble gratin that will even have the kids eating their vegetables.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

The combination of brown sugar, butter and fall spices is sure to make this recipe a mainstay year after year.

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Caramelized Butternut Squash

Roasting the squash with brown sugar and butter in the oven creates a toasted, caramelized flavor.

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Cauliflower Gratin

Ina whips up a creamy bechamel sauce as the base for her indulgent gratin before adding nutty Gruyère and Parmesan. For a golden crumb topping, combine breadcrumbs and the remaining Gruyère and drizzle with melted butter.

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Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Bananas with Honey

Make meal preparation a breeze by roasting the bananas and sweet potatoes ahead of time. On Thanksgiving day, whip the ingredients together with butter and honey, top with Tyler's brown sugar-pecan crumble and heat it up in the oven just before serving.

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Mashed Parsnips and Potatoes

For a twist on classic mashed potatoes, Tyler adds fibrous parsnips to the mix.

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Green Bean Casserole with Crispy Shallots

Ellie makes a lighter vegetarian version of green bean casserole by using low-fat milk for creaminess and plenty of thyme and parsley for earthy flavor.

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Thanksgiving Rolls

It will be hard to go back to buying premade buns after trying these homemade rolls from Food Network Kitchen.

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Roasted Cauliflower

In just 20 minutes, cauliflower is roasted until golden and tender.

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Roasted Winter Vegetables

Ina cuts carrots, parsnips, sweet potato and butternut squash into cubes and drizzles them with olive oil before baking.

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Stovetop Green Bean Casserole

The classic green bean casserole may be browned in the oven in the final moments, but not Alex's. She cooks her version entirely on the stovetop and finishes it with a topping of crunchy onions.

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Green Beans with Caramelized Onions and Almonds

Sweet caramelized onions and crunchy almonds are Tyler's secret ingredients in this standout green bean side dish.

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Green Bean and Tomato Casserole

This green bean casserole is lighter than the classic. But tart tomatoes and salty Parmesan ensure that it's got just as much flavor.

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Garlic and Celery Root Mashed Spuds

Robin Miller adds celery root to mashed potatoes for an unexpected twist.

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Aioli

These simple sweet potatoes are dressed up with a shortcut aioli.

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Cranberry Mold

Make homemade cranberry sauce look retro by mixing in gelatin and refrigerating in a mold or empty soup cans overnight.

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Jellied Cranberry-Cherry Sauce

Win over even the die-hard stuff-from-a-can fans with this recipe. The cranberry sauce boasts a smooth texture and a sweet-tart flavor that everyone will love, and — even better! — you can make it a day before the big feast.

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Mashed Potatoes with Dried Sage

Sage is a well-known player in the Thanksgiving lineup, but it's usually used to flavor the stuffing or season the bird. This year, cook sage leaves in brown butter, then pour the over creamy mashed potatoes to add a welcome touch of warm flavor.

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Spiced Root Vegetables with Pumpkin Seeds

Kick your roasted root vegetable game up a notch by including parsnips, turnips and celery root. Toasted pumpkin seeds provide a nice crunch sprinkled atop the tender veggies.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Grapes

Move over, Bacon. Roasted Brussels sprouts have a sweet companion in this easy side: red grapes. As the Brussels sprouts roast in the oven, cook the grapes in butter on the stovetop till they're literally bursting with flavor. The grapes' natural juices will turn into a delicious glaze to complement the savory sprouts.

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Sweet Potato Gratin

Heavy cream sweetened with maple syrup lends decidedly fall flavor to this sweet potato side. One bite of the gingersnap-breadcrumb topping will have you thinking that waiting till dessert for cookies is just plain silly.

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Cran-Citrus Chutney

Add unexpected punches of flavor with red wine, crystallized ginger and golden raisins.

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Cranberry-Horseradish Cream

An unusual but sworn-by combo, try this if you want to be daring and add something a little different to your Thanksgiving spread.

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Garlic Green Beans

Toasted garlic and pecans add flavor and crunch to these simple green beans.

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Tyler's Fresh Cranberry Relish

Tyler adds a touch of Grand Marnier liqueur to make all the flavors pop.

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The Neelys' Old School Sweet Potato Souffle

The Neelys' top their sweet potato souffle with roasted cashews and sweetened shredded coconut for an unforgettable side dish.

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Mini Mac and 'Shrooms

Make this earthy, grown-up mac and cheese the star of your Thanksgiving spread.

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Gluten-Free Feather-Light Potato Buttermilk Buns

A gluten-free flour blend and gluten-free yeast come together to form these soft buns that are just the thing for mopping up cranberry sauce.

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The Definitive Mashed Potato with Roasted Garlic

Michael Chiarello knows how to please a crowd, mashing Yukon Gold potatoes with three sticks of butter and a roasted garlic paste.

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Caramelized-Onion Mashed Potatoes

For a simple variation, stir sweet, caramelized onions into creamy mashed potatoes just before serving.

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Mashed Potatoes and Rutabaga with Lemon

For an elegant twist on mashed potatoes, add smashed rutabaga (yellow turnip) and top with a seasoned, toasted breadcrumb mixture just before serving.

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Sauteed Green Beans and Mushrooms

This quick and easy, four-ingredient green bean dish can be on your table in 25 minutes.

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Classic Candied Yams

With just the right amount of sweetness and spice, these sweet potatoes are cooked on the stovetop until they are tender, freeing up valuable oven space at your holiday meal.

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Roasted Beets

For a beautiful jewel-toned side to add to the Thanksgiving table, Ina dresses tender roasted beets in a sweet-tangy dressing made of raspberry vinegar and orange juice.

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Glazed Carrots

Damaris Phillips' eye-pleasing carrot dish gets its warm, sweet notes from honey and its bright flavor from fresh chopped parsley. For spice, she uses togarashi, chile pepper spice blend available in specialty markets and some supermarkets — although cayenne works just as well.

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Rachael's Easy Orange-Scented Green Beans

Follow Rachael's lead to whip up a company-worthy, 8-minute veggie with a flavorful citrus punch.

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