Sweet potatoes take on a tropical twist with this recipe by including crushed pineapple.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Thanksgiving Side Dishes
If the turkey is the star of the Thanksgiving show, then the side dishes are the supporting actors. Your choice of sides are important for balancing out the flavors of the meal.
How many side dishes you choose depend on how many people you are serving (or how many leftovers you want!). For a small group a simple selection of stuffing, mashed potatoes, and green beans might suffice. For a larger gathering you might pick a variety of salads, vegetables, potatoes (both mashed and sweet), and more than one stuffing recipe.
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Sweet Potatoes With Pineapple And Marshmallows
Stuffed Baby Pumpkins
Made with vegetable stock or water, onion, celery, dried sage, garlic, dry bread crumbs, dried thyme, pine nuts, dried apricots, salt
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Jamaican Yam Casserole
Made with coconut, pecans, yams, banana, orange juice, salt, black pepper
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Candied Yams with Cranberries And Crunchy Topping
Made with miniature marshmallows, cranberries, flour, brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon, butter, yams
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Thanksgiving Bacon-Apple Stuffing
Made with bread, bacon, onions, garlic, Granny Smith apples, sage, chicken stock, eggs, heavy cream, parsley
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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Purple Smashed Potatoes
Made with white pepper, salt, purple or blue potatoes, whole milk, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Sausage And Corn Bread Stuffing
Made with pork sausage, onion, chicken broth, cornbread stuffing mix, butter
Method: crock pot, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Quinoa Stuffing with Oyster Mushrooms and Chestnuts
Made with salt and pepper, thyme, fresh sage, quinoa, chicken or turkey stock, olive oil, sweet Italian sausage, oyster mushrooms, chestnuts
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Green Beans With Caramelized Onions And Porcini Mushrooms
Made with black pepper, sea salt, green beans, vidalia or other sweet onion, butter, garlic, porcini mushrooms
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Sweet Potato Crescent Rolls
Made with flour, sugar, active dry yeast, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, ground cloves, sweet potatoes, butter
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Maple Syrup Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Made with maple-flavored syrup, butter or margarine, sweet potatoes
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cornbread Stuffing with Fruit and Pine Nuts
Made with celery, butter, corn bread, dried rosemary, sage, salt, black pepper, dried peaches, dried apricots, raisins
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Oyster And Sausage Stuffing
Made with French bread, oysters, chicken broth, frozen chopped spinach, Italian sausage, onion, poultry seasoning, celery, fennel seed, eggs
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Sweet Potatoes & Pears
Made with ground cardamom, ground cinnamon, sugar, sweet potatoes, butter, Bartlett pears, pear nectar
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Thanksgiving Praline Yams
Made with yams, nutmeg, brown sugar, heavy cream, butter or margarine, pecans, salt, ground cinnamon
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecan Topping
Made with sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, milk, vanilla extract, eggs, pecans, brown sugar, flour
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Sausage And Wild Rice Stuffing
Made with salt and pepper, butter, wild rice, sausage meat, onion, parsley, mushrooms, sage
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Butterscotch Yams
Made with cinnamon, salt, butter, yams, corn syrup, brown sugar, evaporated skim milk
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Not to be confused with evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk is very sweet (and very sticky) and used primarily in desserts.
This Italian cheese is so versatile that it can be used in both sweet and savory recipes from cheesecakes to lasagnas.
This iconic whiskey is a "Jack of all trades" when it comes to cooking. Toss it in some pasta, as a savory dipping sauce, and even bake it into something sweet.