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These Southern Thanksgiving Recipes include entrees, side dishes, desserts and more! Everything you need to create your own Southern holiday feast!
From potatoes to sweet potatoes, stuffing to salads, meats to pies, this collection of Southern Thanksgiving recipes has it all! One of the most joyous experiences of a holiday meal, is planning a meal you know your people will love.
Pouring your time and efforts into finding the recipes that will please and delight those you love. Crafting and creating the meal. Then watching them enjoy it around the table together. The entire process is filled with love and joy. Hopefully this collection of some of our favorite recipes we’ve created over the years will be able to bless you this holiday season!
As a bonus, I’m including some recipes at the end that will help you make use of some of your leftovers also! Let no food go to waste!
Thanksgiving Main Dishes
Smoked Turkey Breast
This Garlic Herb Smoked Turkey Breast is tender, juicy, and flavorful thanks to using a simple brine and a homemade garlic herb dry rub. This turkey breast will be the highlight of your Thanksgiving or family dinner.
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Smoked Turkey Breast
Smoked Turkey Breast. This simple, Texas style smoked Turkey Breast is made flavorful thanks to a brine, and a basic dry rub. Be prepared to fall in love with this tender, moist, flavorful turkey!
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Turkey Meatballs in Creamy Gravy
Turkey Meatballs in Creamy Gravy. These tender and flavorful turkey meatballs seasoned with a combination of dried herbs. All swimming in a creamy gravy. These come together quick and easy for an easy weeknight dinner, or a fun substitute for a light Thanksgiving feast!
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Jalapeño Honey Glazed Ham
Sweet and spicy, Jalapeño Honey Glazed Ham, is cooked in a homemade glaze of honey, brown sugar, jalapeño and other spices. This honey glazed ham is sweet, sticky, and creates a luscious juice perfect for basting with prior to serving. This ham will be the start of your holiday table!
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Texas Smoked Brisket Recipe
This Texas Smoked Brisket uses simple ingredients, but the process used creates meat so tender it will melt in your mouth. Apply a simple rub and let your smoker do the work!
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The One And Only Gravy You Need…
Turkey Gravy Without Drippings
This Turkey Gravy without drippings is beyond easy and perfect as a make ahead dish for a stress free Thanksgiving meal. Perfectly flavorful and creamy, this gravy will be the highlight of the meal!
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Potatoes In all their Glory
Perfect Mashed Potatoes
This recipe for the Perfect Mashed Potato comes together with basic ingredients and creates a smooth, creamy, and buttery mashed potato that pairs with all your favorite dishes.
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Herb Roasted Potato Salad
This herb-roasted potato salad is everything you want in a side dish: golden, crispy potatoes tossed in a tangy Dijon honey vinaigrette and loaded with fresh herbs. Bright, bold, and irresistibly flavorful, it’s a must-have for gatherings or any meal in need of a little extra zing!
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Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
These Cheesy Mashed Potatoes are loaded with cheddar cheese and a bit of sour cream to make them extra creamy. This recipe is easy to make ahead and reheat, making it perfect for holiday meals or large gatherings!
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Candied Sweet Potatoes
Buttery, sweet, caramelized Candied Sweet Potatoes are an easy to make side dish that always impresses. This recipe only requires a few ingredients but makes a big impact!
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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet and creamy Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole, topped with a cinnamon spiced pecan crumble! Save precious cooking space by making this holiday side dish completely in the slow cooker.
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Best Vegetable Side Dishes
Creamed Green Beans
These stovetop Creamed Green Beans with a crispy shallot and herb topping bring all the cozy flavors you love, but with a fresh, crunchy twist. Think tender beans in a rich, velvety sauce, topped off with golden panko and shallots that add the perfect bit of crunch. It’s the best of classic comfort with a little extra flair—holiday side dish perfection.
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Southern Green Beans
These Southern Style Green Beans are slow simmered in a broth of bacon, onion and garlic. These beans come out tender, flavorful and melt in your mouth tender. This comforting side dish will complement all of your favorite Southern style family meals.
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon
These easy to make Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon come together with 10 minutes of prep time. The roasted brussels sprouts are paired with crispy bacon, toasted pecans and sweet dried cranberries, all coated in a maple dijon sauce. A perfect show stopping side dish for any meal!
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Roasted Carrots
These simple Roasted Carrots are a classic side dish that only need 10 minutes of prep time. The sweet and savory flavors of the seasoning blend mixed with honey and melted butter will have everyone wanting more!
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Cozy Casseroles
Mashed Potato Casserole
This Mashed Potato Casserole is melt-in-your-mouth creamy and smooth, loaded up with tons of melty cheese, crunchy panko bread crumbs, topped with crisp, salty bacon, and bits of chives for color and a pop of fresh flavor.
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Homemade Green Bean Casserole
Classic Green Bean Casserole. NO CANNED SOUP! This made from scratch version is just like the classic recipe we all know and love, except..it’s a bit better because it doesn’t use any canned soup. Instead we have a creamy homemade mushroom sauce to bake the green beans in.
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Mexican Corn Casserole
This Mexican Corn Casserole is made with a homemade cornbread mix, sweet corn, queso fresco, cilantro and a bit of chili pepper. The flavor combination will remind you of street corn! This flavorful side is perfect along your favorite Mexican meals or any Holiday meal.
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Cornbread Casserole
This easy Cornbread Casserole is buttery, sweet, and loaded with corn flavor thanks to cornmeal, creamed corn, and whole kernel corn! This side dish is perfect for any holiday meal or weekday family dinner.
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Cheesy Corn Casserole
A Cheesy Corn Casserole that is the perfect side dish for any holiday meal! Topped with crackers for a little bit of crunch.
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Breads and Rolls
Cornbread
This buttermilk cornbread is tender, flavorful and sweetened with a little bit of honey. The perfect side dish for chilies and stews.
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Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits
These jalapeño cheddar biscuits are buttery, fluffy, and packed with a savory kick from cheddar cheese and fresh jalapeños. Quick to prep and perfect with a bowl of chili or soup, they bring a bold, comforting flavor to any meal!
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Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread with Sweet Honey Butter
This cornbread is loaded with cheese and jalapeno served with a sweet honey butter. The perfect amount of sweet and heat in this cheesy bread side dish!
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Salad Ideas
Autumn Apple Salad with a Maple Vinaigrette
This easy to make Autumn Apple Salad is loaded up with crispy bacon, crunchy pecan halves, crumbled feta, and sweet dried cranberries. All drizzled with a homemade Maple Dijon Vinaigrette. This salad comes together in less than 15 minutes and is a perfect side dish or light lunch.
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Kale and Apple Salad
This kale and apple salad is a perfect balance of sweet, tangy, and savory with crisp apples, nutty pistachios, and a bold mustard vinaigrette. It’s quick to make, endlessly versatile, and guaranteed to upgrade any meal.
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Desserts
Butternut Squash Pie
Smooth and silky, this Butternut Squash Pie can be made completely from scratch! This pie is sure to the highlight of any Holiday meal, or can be enjoyed anytime throughout the year.
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Classic Southern Pecan Pie
This nutty, sweet Southern Pecan Pie recipe is wonderfully rich and chock full of pecans. Baked in a flakey butter pie crust, this pie is the highlight of the holidays!
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Southern Sweet Potato Pie
This Southern Sweet Potato pie is made from scratch and loaded with warm spices. Serve topped with cold vanilla whipped cream for the ultimate southern dessert!
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Pecan Pie Bars
So much easier than it's cousin the pie, these pecan pie bars are a laid-back version with a flaky shortbread cookie crust and your favorite pecan pie filling smothered on top!
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Easy Butter Pie Crust
This all-butter pie crust is everything you want in a homemade crust—flaky, golden, and so rich with buttery goodness it almost melts in your mouth. Made with just a handful of simple ingredients, it’s versatile enough to pair with any filling, whether you’re going classic apple, decadent chocolate, or savory quiche. And best of all, it's easy enough for beginners but still has that professional bakery finish. You'll be proud to serve it up with any pie, any time!
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Bonus Recipes for Holiday Leftovers:
Have some things leftover? Don’t le them go to waste! Here’s some recipes to help you create something new out of what you have.
Homemade Turkey Broth
Save that turkey carcass from your Thanksgiving feast and turn it into Homemade Turkey Broth! This flavorful and rich bone broth uses simple vegetables, herbs and the leftover bones from your turkey. Perfect for freezing, making soup, or using in any recipe that calls for broth.
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Leftover Mashed Potato Fritters
These Mashed Potato Fritters are crisp fried on the outside, soft velvety mashed potatoes on the inside! Loaded up with cheese, jalapeño and bacon, these potato fritters are always a hit!
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Crispy Mexican Potato Tacos (Tacos de papa)
Easy and crispy, these Mexican Potato Tacos are pan fried corn tortillas stuffed with cheesy mashed potatoes. The ultimate in comfort food, this budget friendly meal is sure to please the entire family!
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Leftover Ham Bone Soup
This leftover ham bone soup uses the bone from your holiday ham to make a smooth and flavorful broth perfect for this ultra comforting Ham and Potato Soup. This soup involves nothing but classic ingredients including carrots, celery, onion, potatoes and diced ham all swimming in a deeply flavorful homemade creamy ham broth.
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Great post! My group doesn’t care for turkey so our holiday meal is all sides and homemade pecan pie. Thanks for the inspiration!
That sounds like an amazing meal! The sides and the desserts are always my favorite 🙂
great, thank you for all of this Thanksgiving inspiration! Homemade mac and cheese!