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Cranberry Walnut Cookies

Fresh cranberries are the star flavor in these cranberry walnut cookies. The tartness of the cranberries combines with the butter and sugar in the cookies for a distinctive taste. Sweet and tangy with a little added crunch from walnuts make a delicious nutty seasonal cookie.

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Air Fryer Thanksgiving Leftover Hand Pies

These cute Thanksgiving leftover hand pies are an easy way to use up your holiday leftovers! Combine turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and gravy along with whatever else you like in pie dough. These hand pies cook up in minutes in an air fryer and are a delicious portable dinner.

collage of thanksgiving sides

50+ Best Side Dishes for Thanksgiving

One of the great things about Thanksgiving is the traditions, and many of these traditions revolve around food. But it is also fun to make new traditions and to serve something different and exciting.

I think every Thanksgiving table should include tried and true favorites, like roast turkey and your grandma’s secret stuffing recipe. But make one or two new things too – who knows, it could become a new family tradition!

This list of Thanksgiving side dish recipe ideas includes traditional favorites, from mashed potatoes to green bean casserole. But there are also less common side dish ideas, like honeynut squash, purple sweet potatoes or roast fennel.

Browse through the list and pick out some to make this year! The list is broken down into the categories potatoes, stuffing, squash, vegetables, salads and bread.

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speculoos cookies with a snowflake stamp

Speculoos | Dutch Windmill Cookies

Speculoos, also known as Speculaas or Dutch Windmill Cookies, are a holiday cookie that is traditionally made for the Feast of St. Nicholas in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria. They are a shortbread type cookie, with a lot of spices, like cinnamon, added, which makes them fragrant and tasty!

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Air Fryer Delicata Squash

Air fryer delicata squash is a quick and easy side dish, perfectly seasonal for autumn. With the air fryer you can have roasted delicata squash on the table in about 15 minutes. There is no peeling necessary! These tasty crescent moon shaped squash rings make a fun finger food too, that you can eat as a healthy alternative to fries.

close up of two white chocolate peppermint cookies

Candy Cane Peppermint Cookies – Christmas Cookies

These candy cane peppermint cookies are a fun Christmas cookie! They are easy to make with crushed candy canes and white chocolate chips stirred into an easy cookie recipe. With crisp edges and chewy centers these white chocolate peppermint cookies are a delicious holiday treat.

close up view of an air fryer twice baked potato with cheese, bacon and chives

Air Fryer Twice Baked Potatoes

These easy air fryer twice baked potatoes are a creamy and cheesy side dish that is a perfect addition any meal. Hearty baked potatoes are filled with mashed potatoes, sour cream and cheese and topped with bacon and chives. And thanks to the air fryer you can cook these potatoes in only about 10 minutes!

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Blooming Onion Sauce

This tasty sauce is perfect for dipping your blooming onion! It is also great with french fries, onion rings or anything else you love to dunk into sauce.

sliced instant pot leg of lamb on a plate with potatoes and carrots

Instant Pot Leg of Lamb

Cooking an Instant Pot Leg of Lamb is a quick way to have a delicious roast on your table in about an hour. The pressure cooker cooks the lamb to tender goodness without a lot of effort. Rosemary and garlic flavor the leg of lamb which is cooked with carrots and potatoes for a complete low carb meal for Easter, Christmas or just a Sunday dinner.

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Coconut Bars with Chocolate Chips

These buttery coconut bars with chocolate chips are an easy dessert filled with lots of coconut and a little bit of chocolate. A shortbread crust is topped off with a rich coconut and chocolate layer! This is a great recipe to share with friends for your next picnic or potluck supper.

Instant Pot BBQ Chicken

This easy recipe makes perfectly shredded Instant Pot BBQ chicken in your pressure cooker. With four basic ingredients and only 30 minutes you can have summer BBQ flavor even in the dead of winter or on a grey and rainy day! 

BBQ Loaded Salt Potatoes

These BBQ loaded salt potatoes take the Central New York tradition of salt potatoes to a new level. These tiny salt crusted potatoes are topped with BBQ chicken, Hunt’s Hickory Pepper BBQ Sauce, cheese, bacon, sour cream and chives for a smoky, creamy and cheesy comfort food.