The 16 Best Thanksgiving Recipes from Panning The Globe

Roasted butternut squash baked with blue cheese (or goat cheese if you prefer) and sage, makes a fabulous festive Thanksgiving appetizer. Serve it with a sliced baguette or crackers.

Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Apples: 

This curried butternut squash soup gets its deep rich flavor from sweet melted onions and tart green apples cooked with the buttery squash and fragrant Madras curry powder. If you’re looking for a great soup to start a holiday meal, this one will do the trick.

Minted Sweet Pea and Spinach Soup:  

Start your Thanksgiving meal with a bowl of intense green goodness.“This rich elegant soup is a perfect beginning for an important dinner.” That’s how the authors of The Silver Palate Cookbook describe this soup. I agree. I’ve served it as a first course at many dinner parties and at Thanksgiving. It comes together fast and always stirs up excitement at the table. 

My Favorite Holiday Salad:

A wonderful, refreshing seasonal salad with mixed baby greens, fresh oranges and toasted pecans tossed with bright cranberry orange vinaigrette. The perfect salad to start a hearty Thanksgiving feast or an elegant winter dinner party.

Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries Apricots and Pecans:

This wild rice salad is bejeweled with cranberries, apricots and pecans and dressed with orange shallot vinaigrette. It’s a great side dish for Thanksgiving or any festive meal.

Spicy Yogurt Marinated Turkey: 

With yogurt’s natural tenderizing powers, this bird comes out tasty, tender and juicy with a flavorful, spiced-up gravy.

Olive Oil and Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes:

Roasted garlic and fruity olive oil give these dairy-free vegan mashed potatoes their great flavor and texture, so there is no need for butter or cream. Whether you're vegan or not, these are totally delicious!

Italian Sausage Stuffing with Broccoli Rabe and Parmesan: 

I took all my favorite Italian ingredients and turned them into stuffing. Sweet Italian sausages, broccoli rabe, onions, garlic (lots), parmesan cheese, and hot paprika for a spicy kick. All that incredibly delicious stuff is tossed with toasted bread cubes and broth and baked in or out of the bird or both. It’s rich and savory, spicy, garlicky, crispy edged, highly-addictive…a keeper.

Chili Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cranberry Maple Citrus Glaze: 

Everything you already love about Roasted Sweet Potatoes just got even more exciting. Sweet potato rounds are dusted with chili powder and brown sugar and roasted in the oven until soft, sweet, spicy and caramelized. Then they’re topped with lots of chopped scallions and a warm ruby glaze made from fresh tart cranberries, orange juice, lemon juice, mustard and maple syrup. 

Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Fried Shallots:

Here’s one of my all time Favorite Veggie Side Dishes for Thanksgiving or any occasion. Brussels are shredded and pan-browned for maximum caramelization. Then loads of scrumptious crispy fried shallots are piled on top. It’s an incredible combo of flavors. I could eat the whole platter by myself, in one sitting!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Dried Cherries:

This dish is seriously addictive. Crisp, golden, caramelized roasted Brussels sprouts, smoky sautéed bacon and sweet tangy dried cherries. Cook this for Thanksgiving or anytime you want to make everyone at the table swoon.

Roasted Squash Stuffed with Roasted Vegetables:

This is one of my all time favorite holiday recipes – a rainbow of delicious healthy veggies piled into roasted squash halves. A beautiful, awe-inspiring vegetable side dish that’s perfect for Thanksgiving or any festive meal. And all of the chopping, roasting and stuffing can be done ahead of time!

Roasted Vegetable Antipasto:

A terrific starter or side dish for a holiday feast or dinner party. An exciting platter of colorful vegetables, cooked to perfection with sweet and sour onions, seared asparagus, and roasted rings of winter squash, carrots and fennel. 

Healthy Pumpkin Bread with Almond Flour:

I love having sliced pumpkin bread on the table for Thanksgiving. This Pumpkin Bread is moist and delicious without white flour, sugar, or added oil. Almond flour, made from ground blanched almonds, is the key ingredient that gives this bread its tender crumb, rich flavor and healthy, gluten-free nutritional profile.

Turkey Soup with Kreplach:

Turn your leftover Thanksgiving turkey into a delectable turkey soup with turkey-stuffed dumplings called kreplach. It's easier than you might think!

Curried Chicken Turkey Salad:

This is my favorite chicken salad recipe - super easy to throw together and it works beautifully with leftover turkey!