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.
Stuffing!
If you’re not stuffing your stuffing into your bird this week… then adding sausages and herbs 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.
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!
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
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!
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.
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, homemade cornbread 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.
Thanksgiving Cheeseboard
A Loaded Thanksgiving Cheeseboard to kick off your day/night with an easy and quick, throw together cheeseboard that requires zero skill and no prep work!
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Move OVER Pumpkin Pie! Pumpkin Cheesecake is in town…and its friend Oreo cookie base comes with it!
Apple Crumble (Apple Crisp)
Apple Crumble is a dessert you wouldn’t care if you ate for every meal of every day! Full of soft cinnamon spiced apples, brown sugar, and buttery crispy baked oats. The easy answer to apple pie with all of the flavour and minimal effort.
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Not just any chocolate pie…. this Chocolate Pecan Pie is a cross between a pecan pie, chocolate fudge, molten brownies and a hot fudge chocolate pudding. Spiked with optional bourbon, our recipe is addictive and irresistible.
Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake
Do something different this year and give your guests a chocolate pudding cake TO DIE FOR! EASY to throw together and perfect wIth ice cream!
DEBBIE WARREN says
I absolutely love all your recipes! They are my go to for anything! Thank you for giving me delicious dinners!