Easy Thanksgiving Recipes!

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With Thanksgiving right round the corner, we’re rounding up our top 33 Easy Thanksgiving Recipes that are blowing up on the internet right now — recipes that have been tested and tasted and LOVED by so many readers to make YOUR Thanksgiving extra easy and special! From juicy roast turkey, fluffy bread rolls, ham, appetisers and ALL the sides! PLUS DESSERT!

HAPPY Thanksgiving!

Roast Turkey

How to cook a perfect Roast Turkey without brining this holiday season! Dried out breasts and meat are a thing of the past with our perfect Turkey Recipe. Slathered with a garlic herb butter then oven roasted to get the most perfect, juicy meat and golden brown skin.

Crispy Skin Slow Cooker TURKEY

Fill your ovens with other important things this Thanksgiving and let your slow cooker take on most of the work! This Turkey couldn’t be ANY EASIER and JUCIER! NO brining, rubbed with a buttery, garlicky herb mixture.

Crispy Skinned Slow Cooker Turkey is THE MOST succulent Turkey, WITHOUT brining OR marinading! This Turkey will have EVERYONE talking

Stuffing!

If you’re not stuffing your stuffing into your bird this week… then adding Sausage Meat Stuffing will make it amazing on its own! And this one is FULLY STUFFED with so much flavour!

Roast Chicken

Nothing beats an easy to make and even easier to prepare roast chicken! Especially when roasted with garlic butter, rosemary, parsley, lemon, and a hint of white wine for an unbeatable flavour. This Garlic Herb Butter Roast Chicken definitely beats the pants off of any rotisserie chicken!

Mashed Potatoes

Easy and creamy mashed potatoes are fluffy and the perfect side. You’ve been missing out on the good stuff if you don’t try this one.

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Turkey Gravy

Our turkey gravy is quick, easy to make and absolutely delicious. Made with or without leftover pan drippings from your Roast Turkey or Roast Chicken, this is so much better than canned or instant gravy! Especially when those incredible roast flavours are infused through every mouthful.

A close up image of a slice of turkey dipped in homemade gravy.

Creamy Brussels Sprouts & Bacon

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Brussels Sprouts & Bacon will become your NEW favourite way to eat Brussels Spouts! Pan fried Brussels sprouts and bacon baked in a cheesy creamy garlic sauce, and topped with bubbling mozzarella and parmesan cheese!

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Brussels Sprouts & Bacon will become your NEW favorite way to eat Brussels Spouts! Pan fried Brussels sprouts and bacon baked in a cheesy creamy garlic sauce, and topped with bubbling mozzarella and parmesan cheese!

Parmesan Roasted Carrots

Roasted carrots take 5 minutes to prep, then throw them in the oven for a delicious side!

Brown Sugar Glazed Ham

The most perfect sticky glaze is slathered all over this juicy, tender, baked Brown Sugar Mustard Glazed Ham, with crisp edges and an incredible flavour.

Crispy Garlic Roasted Potatoes

Crispy Garlic Roasted Potatoes are a super simple side dish perfect with anything! Buttery, garlicky, fluffy inside and and crispy edges. These potatoes tick all my boxes! No need for bowls or pans when you can prepare AND cook your potatoes on ONE PAN! | cafedelites.com

Close up image of crispy roasted potatoes garnished with chopped parsley.

Easy Buttermilk Cornbread

Easy Buttermilk Cornbread with a hint of honey is the perfect side to your Thanksgiving dinner! Crispy buttery edges with a soft and fluffy centre!

Easy Fluffy Buttermilk Cornbread with a hint of honey is the perfect side to chili\'s, soups or stews! Crunchy buttery edges with a soft and fluffy centre!

Creamed Spinach

Easy Creamed Spinach does not get easier! This simple homemade side dish is so much better than store bought, and is ready in no time!

Sweet Potato Casserole

Sweet Potato Casserole is lightened up with a cool trick to cook your sweet potatoes in a QUARTER amount of time for last minute preparation!

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup is full flavoured and so easy to make, you won’t buy soup in a can again…

Green Bean Casserole (Oven Baked)

You won’t want canned mushroom soup or beans in your green bean casserole after trying our recipe. Easy to make with fresh green beans…this casserole will be a hit over the holidays!

Honey Baked Ham

Let the holidays begin with a slice or two of Honey Baked Ham! Juicy and succulent on the inside with crispy, charred, sticky edges. The perfect ham for your Christmas dinner table.

Apple Bacon Cranberry Salad

Honey Dijon Apple Bacon Cranberry Salad screams THANKSGIVING! Cranberries, Spinach, Walnuts And BACON! All drizzled with the most perfect Honey Dijon Dressing! This salad is absolutely amazing. We could NOT STOP EATING THIS ONE!

Garlic Mushrooms

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Soft and tender, smothered and enveloped in a thick and creamy sauce and crisped with your oven broiler. There are scalloped potatoes…..and then there are SCALLOPED POTATOES. The kind that are so addictive, you can eat maybe half the pan in one sitting, because in that moment, turkey becomes overrated.

Cheesy thanksgiving recipe in a baking tray

Honey Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots

Oven roasted carrots are incredibly delicious with just a little garlic and olive oil, but these buttery, tender carrots are irresistible!

Mac And Cheese

Does homemade mac and cheese get any BETTER than this? I don’t think so. Switch up your favourite macaroni cheese recipe and make way for this glorious dish full of flavoured comfort food. I can guarantee THIS will become your new favourite.

Cornbread Dressing

Every Thanksgiving table has a plate of stuffing or cornbread dressing with Roast Turkey, Gravy and ALL the food! Made with optional sage sausages, onions, celery, cornbread recipe and delicious fresh herbs.

Cranberry Sauce

Making your own cranberry sauce from scratch is so easy, and you can make it days ahead. With only THREE ingredients plus optional flavour suggestions… you’ll never want to buy store-bought again!

CORN CASSEROLE (PUDDING)

Corn Casserole with your choice of cheese and chives to serve on your holiday table. A creamy, soft corn pudding with a delicious cornbread base — filled with two kinds of corn, sour cream and melted butter. You will love how easy this is to make! Everyone will be asking you for the recipe.

Cheeseball

A welcome addition to serve with wine and champagne! Full of antipasto ingredients on the inside and covered in them on the outside! Serve it on a platter with cold meats such as salami and prosciutto, PLUS crackers!

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Sweet Potatoes need only 5 ingredients to get you hooked! Baked sweet potatoes are so easy to make, right up there with potatoes, making them an incredible side dish ready to be served with absolutely anything.

Stove Top Green Bean Casserole

An easy to make Stove Top Green Bean Parmesan Casserole, with a creamy mushroom sauce, all made from scratch and on the stove to save precious oven space! | https://cafedelites.com

Dinner Rolls

The softer and fluffier, the better. Especially when you’re saving your beloved roll to mop up the last globs of sauce or gravy on your plate. No mixer needed! With only 2 sets of rising times and a handy trick to get your dough rising quicker than normal, you guys are going to love this one! So fluffy and soft on the inside AND outside, with the perfect salt and sugar ratio to make these rolls absolutely wayyyy better than anything store bought.