The very best a part of a Thanksgiving feast is certainly the facet dishes, am I proper? These paleo and Whole30-compatible Thanksgiving facet dishes will fulfill everybody at your dinner desk and nobody will will discover that these wholesome spins on the classics are naturally grain-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free!
Though I really like a wonderfully cooked Spatchcocked Turkey smothered in Umami Gravy, I all the time discover myself piling my plate excessive with multicolored vegetable facet dishes. In the event you’re in the identical boat as me, listed below are a few of my favourite wholesome Thanksgiving facet dishes to spherical out your menu!
Potato Thanksgiving Facet Dishes
On the spot Pot Mashed Candy Potatoes
Perked up with a splash of cayenne pepper, lime juice, and recent cilantro, this vegan, Whole30, and paleo candy potato mash would be the new favourite at your Thanksgiving desk! It’s means tastier than the normal candy potato casserole!
Garlic Cauliflower Mashed “Potatoes”
Going low carb this Thanksgiving? This Whole30 and keto garlic cauliflower mashed potatoes recipe is nomtastic and tremendous straightforward to make within the On the spot Pot or on the stovetop. Nobody will suspect that you simply’re serving low carb mashed cauliflower as a substitute of mashed potatoes!
Cauliflower Colcannon
Right here’s a wholesome and keto-friendly twist on the normal Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cooked greens. Nobody will discover that the potatoes have been changed with creamy puréed cauliflower—they’ll simply scoop up seconds and thirds!
Baked Candy Potatoes
In search of one of the simplest ways to prepare dinner candy potatoes or yams? This fool-proof methodology to make baked yams and candy potatoes is a recreation changer!
Crispy Swoodles With Bacon
This fake noodle dish made with crispy candy potato noodles isn’t a conventional Thanksgiving facet dish—but it surely needs to be. Save the leftovers and throw an egg on it for breakfast the subsequent day!
Brussels Sprouts Thanksgiving Facet Dishes
Roasted Brussels sprouts and Bacon
Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Bacon is the very best Whole30- and keto-friendly vacation vegetable facet dish you could make within the oven or air fryer!
Shaved Brussels sprouts with bacon
Shaved Brussels sprouts with bacon is without doubt one of the quickest methods to make a deliciously smoky Whole30-friendly vegetable facet dish—and it’ll knock your socks off, too!
Heat Brussels sprouts Salad with Asian Citrus Dressing
This heat Brussels sprouts salad with Asian Citrus dressing is a crowd-pleaser as a result of you can also make it forward and everybody loves it!
Different Vegetable Thanksgiving Facet Dishes
Paleo Cran-Cherry Sauce
In case you are on the lookout for a wholesome, easy, and scrumptious cranberry sauce, look no additional than this improbable sauce that makes use of frozen cranberries and cherries!
On the spot Pot Autumn Mash
This lovely vegetable mash made with roasted garlic, parsnips, carrots, and cauliflower is cooked even quicker in an On the spot Pot!
On the spot Pot Kale and Carrots
Tender kale and carrots are rapidly cooked in an On the spot Pot for a easy and scrumptious facet dish that received’t take up room on the range!
Air Fryer Carrots
Oven tied up with the turkey or different veggies? This easy savory facet dish could be prepared in about 20 minutes and also you don’t even have to peel or reduce the carrots!
Roasted Garlic Autumn Root Vegetable Mash
Thanksgiving dinner simply wouldn’t be full and not using a beneficiant serving of mashed root greens. Wish to make my Autumn Mash however don’t have an On the spot Pot? That is the OG stovetop model!
Roasted Inexperienced Beans with Lemon and Garlic
Bored with comfortable, limp, and bland inexperienced bean casserole? Roasted inexperienced beans tossed in a zesty garlic and lemon marinade will probably be your new favourite option to prepare dinner them!
Roasted Kabocha Squash
When roasted, this Japanese pumpkin has the style and texture of roasted chestnuts. Roasted kabocha pairs completely with turkey, too!
World’s Finest Braised Cabbage
One other improbable make-ahead vegetable facet dish you could heat up on Thanksgiving! It transforms a humble cabbage into a young, savory, vegetable showstopper!
Swiss chard with Raisins, Pine Nuts, and Porkitos
The mere considered a heat plate of tender chard cooked with scorching garlic and tossed with pine nuts and raisins makes me weak within the knees, however crumble some crispy Porkitos on high, and just about all my stresses and worries disappear. Similar? Make this dish!
Complete Roasted Cauliflower
Complete roasted cauliflower is a present stopping Whole30-friendly, keto, and vegan facet dish. Plus, this recipe solely makes use of 3 substances!
Thanksgiving Soup Recipes
On the spot Pot Butternut Squash Soup
This On the spot Pot Butternut Squash Soup is tremendous straightforward to make, tremendous bacon-y, and Whole30-friendly! You can even make it in a gradual cooker!
Carrot Cardamom Soup
Craving a creamy vegetable soup on the Thanksgiving desk? My Whole30-friendly Carrot Cardamom soup could be made forward on the stovetop or within the On the spot Pot!
Pea Soup with Crispy Prosciutto
This Whole30-compatible soup combines recent or frozen peas, soaked cashews for decadent creaminess, and recent mint and lemon juice for an additional zing!
On the spot Pot Cream of Mushroom Soup
In the event you’re an umami evangelist like me, you’ll love this recipe for On the spot Pot Cream of Mushroom Soup!
Thanksgiving Salad Recipes
Asparagus Mimosa
Combining tender-crisp asparagus stalks with a lemony French dressing and topped with fluffy, sieved laborious boiled eggs—it’s the proper make-ahead vegetable dish for Thanksgiving!
Endive, Radicchio, and Apple Salad
Generally you desire a salad together with your turkey and this one hits all the appropriate notes!
Chopped Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
Need a recent and engaging Asian-inspired chopped salad that’s massive on taste and low in effort? Your company will like it!
Kale Salad with Persimmons
This Whole30-friendly kale salad with candy persimmons, toasted almonds, and a zippy lemon French dressing will hit the spot with out a lot effort!
Purple Cabbage Slaw with Tangy Carrot French dressing
This colourful and tangy Whole30-friendly pink cabbage slaw is a refreshing spin on a conventional cole slaw. The acidity of this salad completely balances the hearty turkey and gravy!
Want extra Paleo and Whole30-compatible Thanksgiving recipes? Take a look at my epic Paleo Thanksgiving recipe roundup which incorporates dessert and stuffing recipes! You can even get my downloadable Thanksgiving menu and planning information there!
[Originally posted on November 17, 2020. Updated on November 15, 2022.]
In search of extra recipe concepts? Head on over to my Recipe Index. You’ll additionally discover unique recipes on my iPhone and iPad app, and in my cookbooks, Nom Nom Paleo: Meals for People (Andrews McMeel Publishing 2013), Prepared or Not! (Andrews McMeel Publishing 2017), and Nom Nom Paleo: Let’s Go! (Andrews McMeel Publishing 2022).
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