12 Last Minute Thanksgiving Sides That Don’t Seem Last Minute

Need another side dish for Thanksgiving? These quick and beautiful dishes come together in minutes, but they look like you planned them a few days ago. If you’re struggling to complete your Thanksgiving side dishes this week, here’s the list to go through. The emphasis is on color, brightness, manageable (seasonal) ingredient lists and intense flavor. Appreciate!

1. Green Bean Salad: This recipe is so fantasticbright alternative to the traditional green bean casserole. It features caramelized onions, toasted walnuts, dates, a touch of serrano pepper, and a unifying drizzle of oregano and garlic. Avoid out-of-season peaches here – it’s still okay.

2. Roasted Beans with Kale: Pan-roasted, golden-crusted beans are made even more special by filling them with kale, parmesan, lemon, walnuts and nutmeg. So many beautiful variations in the comments too!

3. Baked Mushrooms with Miso Butter: Baked mushrooms are the ultimate low-rise creation. Here, mushrooms are tossed in a simple ponzu marinade, topped with butter cubes and citrus slices, then baked to perfection in a hot oven.

4. Roasted Delicata Squash: This recipe uses the pretty scalloped cross-sections of delicata squash, a few small potatoes, chopped kale, radishes, almonds and a bold miso harissa dressing.

5. Blistered Green Beans with Walnut Sauce: Roasted green beans tossed with your favorite spicy garlic nut sauce and topped with extra toasted walnuts and shredded cheese.

6. Warm Tassajara Red Cabbage Salad: A warm winter salad made with sautéed shredded red cabbage. Feta, balsamic vinegar and golden raisins make it sweet and savory, rich in color, texture and flavor.

7. Apple and broccoli salad: A dreamy apple and broccoli salad made with star ingredients. Bright broccoli florets, crisp apples, crunchy fried shallots, candied walnuts and sliced ​​red onions are tossed in a creamy honey almond vinaigrette.

8. Roasted Broccoli: The definition of a delicious elevated basic. Prepare the tahini sub-seasoning and green onions and peanuts in advance. The rest is a breeze on the big day. Inspired by a baking sheet recipe from Alison Roman Dinner on sitethis broccoli is on repeat.

9. Green Bean Salad: A walnut-studded, coleslaw-like green bean salad made with cabbage, arugula, perorino cheese and croutons. To prepare it at the last minute, avoid soaking the grapes overnight. Still so good!

10. Miso and Sesame Winter Squash: Roasted winter squash is paired here with a wonderful miso, maple, sesame and citrus sauce. I used a recipe from Bryant Terry’s cookbook, The inspired vegan as a starting point here.

11. Simple weekday cauliflower: Cauliflower adapts endlessly and cooking it this way is quick and delicious. After just a few minutes in the pan, the cauliflower will begin to brown, then take on a deep, nutty flavor. The tiny florets are mixed with garlic, chives, lemon, parmesan and flaky sea salt. Simple and super tasty.

12. Nikki’s sweet potatoes: Decadent and delicious baked sweet potato recipe made with seven ingredients: sweet potatoes, ginger, coconut milk, shredded coconut, maple syrup, macadamia nuts and a little butter or olive oil. Or here is the link to my favorite mashed potato recipe – with garlic-enriched saffron butter.

More Thanksgiving Recipes

• 12 Favorite Pie Recipes to Make for the Holidays and Beyond
• All the good salad recipes
• Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes
• Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

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