Put a little South in your mouth this Thanksgiving with a new Southern recipe. I’ve rolled out some new (but old) favorites this year – Candied Yams – and included some older classics as well – and included some favorites from my friends!
Hello, Pumpkin Pie, Collard Greens, and Mac n Cheese. What are your favorites?
Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping
This Sweet Potato Crunch Casserole is a classic side dish made with creamy sweet potatoes and a crunchy brown sugar pecan praline topping. It tastes just like a dessert, and everyone will be coming back for seconds or thirds or in my husband’s case – fourths.
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Southern Cornbread
This Classic Southern Cornbread Recipe combines simple yellow cornmeal and buttermilk, bringing out the naturally sweet flavor of corn – without adding sugar. Cooked in a cast iron skillet with bacon drippings or butter – it is the perfect side dish for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Southern Style Collard Greens
If you’re looking for the Best Collard Greens Recipe, look no further. This classic southern side dish features tender collard greens, cooked to perfection, southern style, with savory bacon, onions, a ham hock, and garlic. Perfect for Thanksgiving dinner – or any dinner.
Get the Recipe: Southern Style Collard Greens
Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams)
Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams) are tender, buttery, and sweetened with brown sugar and honey. They are perfect for Thanksgiving dinner and using a slow cooker is the easiest way to make them.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes
Crockpot Southern Green Beans
These Crock Pot Southern Green Beans are a perfect Thanksgiving side dish. They cook all day and soak up the meaty bacon flavor. They are the perfect easy side dish for any holiday menu, and they cook hands-free in a slow cooker – leaving tons of oven space free for pie.
Get the Recipe: Southern Green Beans
Pecan Tarts (Pecan Tartlets)
Pecan Tarts (or Pecan Tartlets as they are often called) are a true holiday treat. Take your favorite pecan pie – brown sugar, butter, and pecans, in a cream cheese and butter pastry crust – then shrink it. They are perfect, bite-size delicious treats that are perfect for Thanksgiving.
Get the Recipe: Pecan Tarts
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes are my absolute favorite way to make mashed potatoes. The potatoes are smooth and creamy, and the tangy buttermilk adds so much flavor to the potatoes.
Get the Recipe: Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Homestyle Mac and Cheese
Homestyle Mac and Cheese is the creamiest, cheesiest, and most delicious macaroni and cheese recipe on the planet! It’s made with three cheeses and topped with crunchy Panko bread crumbs to create the best southern mac and cheese ever!
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Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie with condensed milk, orange zest, and cinnamon makes for a creamy, flavorful dessert. Perfect for Thanksgiving or any time of year.
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Southern Deviled Eggs
With fluffy, tangy, and creamy filling in perfectly cooked hard-boiled eggs, this Easy Deviled Egg Recipe will be your new favorite Thanksgiving appetizer. Perfect for a party, these deviled eggs are quick and easy to make and are a crowd-pleaser.
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Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Recipe
Slow Cooker Creamed Corn features sweet corn simmered in the crock pot for hours with cream cheese and butter for a creamy side dish everyone will love. The cream cheese and butter melt into a delicious sauce that thickens up and gets absorbed by the corn as it cooks. The slow cooker does all the work – and it’s so delicious!
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole Recipe
Crockpot Hash Browns cooked in creamy chicken soup, sour cream, and a shredded cheese mixture are slow-cooked to perfection. These Slow Cooker Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes are the perfect side to any dinner!
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole
Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots
These candied carrots are coated in brown sugar, butter, honey, and cinnamon, and cooked to perfection. The result is tender, sweet carrots that just melt in your mouth. Your whole family will love these slow cooker carrots!
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots
Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes will be the most popular dish on your table with this perfectly garlicky and buttery Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food, and pressure cooking cuts the cooking time needed to make this easy side dish in half.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Cajun Corn Maque Choux
Corn Maque Choux is as Cajun as it gets. It’s creamy, flavorful, and has just a little bit of heat. The smoky bacon grease softens the corn as it mixes with the Cajun spices, and the end result is a delicious Southern side dish that will spice up your Thanksgiving table.
Get the Recipe: Cajun Corn Maque Choux
Jiffy Corn Pudding (Corn Casserole)
Creamed corn, corn niblets, and sour cream baked into sweet, moist cornbread, this Corn Pudding Recipe is delicious enough for any holiday dinner. Not only does it bring you back to your southern roots, but it’s so quick and easy to whip up!
Get the Recipe: Jiffy Corn Pudding
Bourbon Candied Pecans
Sweet and Spicy Candied Bourbon Pecans are salty, sweet, and, well, just a little bit spicy. The taste of bourbon is very subtle, but it gives these pecans the perfect amount of something extra to make them so delicious and addicting. They are the perfect Thanksgiving appetizer.
Get the Recipe: Candied Bourbon Pecans
27 Thanksgiving Side Dishes to Complete Your Holiday Menu
Whether you’re hosting for the first time or you’re a seasoned pro, finding the perfect sides can be a delightful yet daunting task. Here’s a list of 27 Thanksgiving Side Dishes that will not only complement your holiday menu but might just steal the show.
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