The side dishes are often the best part of Thanksgiving — colorful, and flavorful with a variety of tastes and textures. Browse this beautiful collection to find inspiration as you plan your holiday menu — you’re sure to fall in love with more than one!

Thanksgiving side dishes are where the magic happens — they bring color, texture, and excitement to every holiday table. This collection celebrates the best seasonal produce with colorful roasted vegetables, hearty greens and fresh make-ahead salads that stay crisp and party-ready. Each recipe highlights the beauty and flavor of the season. Designed to feed a crowd with ease, these dishes make Thanksgiving meals both nourishing and memorable.
At the end, you’ll find seven quick and easy vegetable recipes that come together in 15 minutes or less — simple enough to save time, yet impressive enough to wow your guests..
Roasted Butternut Squash with Crispy Kale and Pomegranate Seeds
A simple, gorgeous, vegetable dish for your holiday table full of vital nutrients.
Miso Roasted Carrots
Miso, maple and sesame add a nutty umami taste to this dish of buttery roasted carrots that’s delicious warm or at room temperature.
Roasted Vegetables with Cranberries and Herbs
Roasted Vegetables with Cranberries & Herbs are a beautiful, delicious vegetable dish with a caramelized glaze. Perfect for your holiday party.
Gluten Free Stuffed Mushrooms
Juicy mushrooms are stuffed with goat cheese, spinach, garlic and herbs then baked until tender. It’s the perfect side dish for your holiday party.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranates & Oranges
This festive side dish features roasted Brussels sprouts caramelized with balsamic vinegar and tossed with pomegranates and oranges. Paleo & vegan.
Mediterranean French Lentil Salad
This healthy French lentil salad is full of mediterranean vegetables with fresh summery flavors and textures. You can prepare all of the ingredients while the lentils cook. If keeping for more than 3 days store the arugula and herbs separate from rest.
Crispy Smashed Brussels Sprouts
Crispy Smashed Brussels Sprouts is a delicious vegetable side dish that’s easy to prepare. They have nice crispy edges and a tender, sweet center. Always a crowd pleaser.
Warm Roasted Broccoli and Kale Salad
This Roasted Broccoli Salad has tender roasted broccoli, fresh kale, crisp bits of bacon and tangy lemon. It’s easy, healthy and incredibly delicious!
Roasted Jammy Cherry Tomatoes
This simple Roasted Jammy Cherry Tomatoes is one of the most delicious tomato dishes you’ll ever eat. As the tomatoes cook they become juicy and jammy.
Cauliflower Quinoa Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing
A beautiful salad filled with fluffy quinoa, crunchy salad greens, roasted cauliflower, and fresh herbs tossed with a bright Carrot Ginger Dressing.
Easy Luxurious Roasted Mushrooms and Asparagus
Roasted asparagus and mushrooms make the perfect combination for a fresh, healthy dish. So simple. So beautiful! And SO delicious! If asparagus aren’t available substitute haricoverts.
Easy Cranberry Sauce
This easy cranberry sauce is healthier and tastier than store bought. It’s has a luscious chunky texture, delicious tangy flavor and is sweetened with maple syrup.
Baby Kale Salad with Creamy Asian Dressing
This baby kale salad has a rich creamy Asian dressing and is topped with macadamia nuts making it incredibly satisfying.
Bitter Greens Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash
This bitter green salad with roasted butternut squash is a magnificent colorful mix of contrasting tastes and textures. Cleansing and satisfying.
Roasted Carrot and Beet Salad with Whipped Feta
This is a delightful winter salad of roasted carrots and beets tossed with peppery arugula piled on top of a smooth, creamy whipped feta.
Green Beans with Cashews and Coconut
A richly seasoned green bean dish with crunchy cashews and coconut.
Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Lemon
Lemon, black mustard seeds, garlic and shallots are sauteed quickly with shredded Brussels sprouts making this a bright and flavorful side dish.
Roasted Cauliflower Mushroom Stuffing
You’ll get all the flavor of traditional Thanksgiving stuffing in this Roasted Cauliflower Mushroom Stuffing but it is grain free, gluten free and vegan.
Sicilian Cauliflower and Kale
This vegetable side dish has a delightful combination of flavors, textures and aromas that brings together creamy cauliflower and slightly bitter kale with the sweetness of raisins.
Spaghetti Squash with Kale & Sun Dried Tomatoes
Spaghetti Squash with Kale and Sundried Tomatoes is a satisfying fall dish that’s plant rich, low carb and gluten free.
Roasted Cauliflower with Spinach Olives Capers & Anchovies
Roasted cauliflower is transformed into a sublime vegetable with a classic mixture of olives, capers and anchovies. Spinach is added at the end giving it a fresh lively taste and beautiful green color. A simple make ahead dish.
Easy Vegetable Side Dishes
Theses recipes are quick enough for everyday meals yet tasty enough to impress your holiday guests. Most of them can be made in 15 minutes. Each recipe celebrates fresh, seasonal produce with simple ingredients and satisfying taste.
Sauteed Broccoli Rabe with Garlic and Olives
This quick and easy sautéed broccoli rabe is ready in 10 minutes. The earthy, slightly bitter flavor of the broccoli rabe is beautifully balanced by golden sautéed garlic and briny olives.
Kale with Butternut Squash
Kale with Butternut Squash is a delicious, nutritious, easy dish you can make in 20 minutes with only 4 ingredients.
Sauteed Dandelion Greens
Sautéed dandelion greens are tender, full of flavor with just a little bitterness. They taste delicious and have more nutrients than kale or spinach.
Crispy Roasted Delicata Squash
In the recipe the squash are crispy on the outside soft and sweet on the inside.
Cauliflower Mashed ‘Potatoes’
Creamy cauliflower is an easy recipe that tastes like mashed potatoes.
Sautéed Spinach and Radicchio
A quick and easy saute to serve as a side dish. The sweet spinach contrasts nicely with the bitter radicchio.
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