Looking for some of the best Thanksgiving recipes to plan an epic holiday feast? I've got you covered, with more than 80 amazing holiday dishes!
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Our Thanksgiving menu was incredibly chill this year: Thanksgiving Burgers with a side of sweet potato chips. The big day was spent on the side of Georgian Bay, with very little effort or clean up.
That said, we usually do two Thanksgivings every year, as my husband is from the country where they celebrate it much later.
This lets us enjoy the end of the regular camping season - a beautiful time of year! - and put the full production of Thanksgiving off for a bit.
Anyway, just like last year... we’ll be putting together this year’s menu from the more than 80 recipes featured below.
These are my best recipes for the fall holiday season, from seasonal beverages and appetizers, to sides, mains, and Thanksgiving dessert recipes.
You’re sure to be able to pull a tasty menu together from this list. An inclusive Thanksgiving too, if needed - many recipes are inherently gluten free, and several are even low carb!
However you’re celebrating Thanksgiving this year, I hope you have a great one - and as stress free as possible!
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Thanksgiving Recipes
Looking for some fantastic Thanksgiving recipes to plan an epic holiday feast?
I've got you covered, with more than 80 amazing holiday dishes!
Thanksgiving Beverage Recipes
Here are a few of my favorite holiday beverages to serve on Thanksgiving Day...
Pistachio Hot Chocolate is one of our favourite Second Cup drinks - but it’s only available seasonally.
This Pistachio White Hot Chocolate recipe lets us enjoy them at home, year round!
Addicted to Pumpkin Spice Lattes and other seasonal drinks?
You can easily make your own Pumpkin Chai Latte drinks at home - here's how!
The Best Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe - Celebration Generation
Can't get enough PSL? You can make homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte in just minutes - and it's SO much better than from a coffee chain!
Looking for a festive fall cocktail to serve at your Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday soiree?
Look no further - This Pumpkin Martini is like pumpkin pie in a glass!
This High Protein Pumpkin Chai Latte is a fun way to dress up a regular protein powder.
These mixes make cold weather camping feel bougie!
Cranberries make a fantastic red wine.
The hardest part about making homemade cranberry wine is waiting - but it's definitely worth it!
Pumpkin mead is a fun, flavourful seasonal beverage... and it's easy to make at home!
Learn How to make Pumpkin Mead, with our recipe!
Thanksgiving Breakfast Recipes
Here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes to start the day off with!
This Easy Pumpkin Pancakes recipe feeds a crowd, is super fluffy, & incredibly tasty!
Whipped cream and maple syrup finishes them off nicely!
Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe [Dairy-Free Option] - Beyond Flour
These gluten free pumpkin pancakes are full of autumn flavour, and work together in just minutes.
A perfect breakfast for cool fall mornings!
These pumpkin protein pancakes are made with your favourite protein powder, and feature the best tastes of fall. Quick, easy, & keto friendly!
This protein pumpkin pancake mix recipe makes an easy, tasty, and seasonal breakfast.
We love making these gluten-free pumpkin pancakes on chilly mornings while camping!
These caramel apple pancakes are an amazing breakfast to start off a lovely fall day.
Spiced apple pancakes with quick caramel apple topping!
These apple cinnamon protein pancakes are a great start to the day - fluffy, flavourful, protein-packed, and easy to make. Gluten-Free, too!
These gluten free apple pancakes are fabulous plain or with a bit of maple syrup ... but are wildly decadent with my Caramel Apple topping!
You’ve probably had a classic cinnamon roll, but have you tried my Maple Walnut Pumpkin Cinnamon rolls?
A fun, flavourful deviation from tradition!
This sweet potato muffins recipe is themed around my amazing sweet potato souffle, with a pecan streusel topping and vanilla glaze.
A little bit of work, for a HUGE flavor payoff!
Easy Maple Pumpkin Spice Muffins Recipe - Celebration Generation
These spiced maple pumpkin muffins are nicely dense, moist, not too sweet, and have the perfect balance of spice and pumpkin flavors.
These gluten free pumpkin muffins have great texture & flavour, and come together in just minutes.
You'd never know they're gluten-free muffins!
Homemade Maple Spice Pumpkin Bagels Recipe - Celebration Generation
These maple spiced pumpkin bagels are loaded with pumpkin, maple syrup, & spices - just like pumpkin pie!
Try your homemade pumpkin bagels with our easy flavoured cream cheese options, recipes in the post.
This Gluten Free Cranberry Orange Bread - with a sweet orange glaze - is a fantastic breakfast treat.
A little sweet, a little tart, great flavor & texture, easy to make!
Everyone loves a seasonal quick bread, and this easy pumpkin bread recipe will NOT disappoint!
Tasty, quick to make, and has a great texture!
This tasty gluten free pumpkin bread recipe is fantastic.
One simple extra step goes a long way to providing great lift and texture!
This delicious pumpkin chia pudding recipe whips together in just minutes.
It tastes like a decadent pumpkin pie, and is a GREAT source of dietary fiber!
Thanksgiving Appetizers
Here are a few festive Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes to kick off your holiday feast!
This gorgeous Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board is the perfect appetizer for your hungry guests this holiday season.
An elegant fall charcuterie board, it’s easy to make and super customizable.
Just use gluten free crackers for a gluten free spread!
This festive roasted jalapeno & bacon Pumpkin Cheese Ball is a lot of fun!
Rolled in crushed Cheezies, this is sure to be a huge hit at your Thanksgiving dinner or Halloween party!
This pumpkin cheese ball recipe is a cute and tasty addition to your Thanksgiving spread or Halloween Party.
This is no ordinary cheese ball : A bit of Dijon, a splash of wine, judicious use of garlic .. Done up to look like an adorable pumpkin!
These gluten free turkey meatballs with cranberry glaze are a pretty, festive appetizer for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Super tasty, too!
Pyrizhky, Piroshki, Pirozhki, Sauerkraut balls - whatever you know them as - these little buns filled with bacon and sauerkraut are SUPER addictive!
These were always the best part of Thanksgiving, when I was growing up!
These Gluten-Free Sauerkraut Balls - Pyrizhky - are a more allergy-friendly update of a childhood fav.
Little buns filled with sauerkraut and bacon!
Mushroom Turnovers Recipe [With Brie] - Celebration Generation
Mushroom Turnovers with Brie! Be forewarned – doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling this recipe is a very wise idea.
These also make great leftovers!
Thanksgiving Side Dishes
The roast turkey may be the centerpiece, but let’s be real... the selection of sides is the real star of the show at any Thanksgiving dinner table!
Here are a bunch of delicious side dish recipes to round out your holiday feast!
This Mushroom Chestnut Stuffing is one of my favourite stuffing recipes ever.
Such a great mix of flavours and textures, always a hit!
Being gluten-free doesn't mean foregoing traditional stuffing with your holiday turkey.
Here's my delicious recipe for easy gluten-free stuffing!
This AIP Bread Stuffing is not only AIP and Paleo, it's a proper bread based stuffing that tastes great and has a great texture!
Thanksgiving isn't Thanksgiving without stuffing!
This easy keto stuffing recipe may be low carb, but it's tasty enough to keep the whole family happy!
This easy, rich turkey gravy is made with roux and turkey pan drippings.
Super flavorful, and very customizable - get it as dark as you like!
Diet or not, you can't serve a roast without gravy!
This easy keto turkey gravy recipe makes a smooth, brown gravy that rich, thick, & very low in carbs.
These Gouda Mashed Potatoes are an easy, tasty way to upgrade your usual mashed Potatoes offering.
Perfect for the Holidays!
Mashed cauliflower is a mainstay for many on a low carb diet. This keto cauliflower mash is smooth, creamy, and loaded with good stuff.
The addition of one ingredient makes it taste MUCH more like actual mashed potatoes!
My Next-Level Scalloped Potatoes recipe involves jalapenos, beer, & Monterey Jack cheese - truly living up to the name! An easy recipe to make, it’s gluten-free, too!
IMHO, no holiday table is complete without potatoes.
This Keto Scalloped Potatoes recipe uses turnips as an incredibly convincing, tasty substitute.
This Keto Funeral Potatoes recipe is low carb, hearty, rich, satisfying, LEGIT ... and contains no potatoes at all!
The secret? Daikon radish!
Rosemary Maple Syrup Sweet Potatoes is such a simple dish to make - and cook over a campfire.
An easy but spectacular side dish!
Planning your holiday dinner and missing potatoes? Try these Hasselback turnips!
A tasty and elegant side dish, surprisingly easy to make.
Honey Roasted Carrots & Parsnips is an easy side dish that's far more impressive than it has any right to be!
Perfect for any holiday spread!
This Maple Bourbon Glazed Carrots recipe is easy to make, delicious, and disappears quickly - be sure to more than you think you'll actually need!
Why go for generic canned creamed corn when you can easily make it at home... and load it up with cream cheese, butter, and more cheese? SO good!
Scalloped Corn is a flavourful, easy, casserole-style side dish.
It is made from fresh sweet corn, fat, cheese, and general awesomeness!
If you think you don't like Brussels Sprouts, I highly suggest you to try this Bacon Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Dijon Vinaigrette recipe!
Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce Recipe - Celebration Generation
Planning for the holidays, and looking for a departure from your traditional cranberry sauce?
Try this Orange-Ginger Cranberry sauce for a burst of flavour!
Bannock is a traditional native bread that's been around for hundreds of years.
It's also a good recipe to make over a campfire - here's how I make my bannock recipe!
Thanksgiving Main Dishes
Whether you’re looking to roast a traditional Thanksgiving turkey, or looking for something a bit different... here are some tasty Thanksgiving Main Dish recipes!
When holidays are looming, do you stress out about roasting a whole turkey?
Never fear, here's what you need to know to roast a stuffed turkey!
Cranberry chicken is an easy - and festive! - one pan meal.
My recipe uses whole, fresh ingredients & makes a tasty, healthy weeknight dinner!
Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin with Fruit Sauce Recipe - Beyond Flour
This slow cooker pork tenderloin with fruit sauce recipe requires very little in the way of effort & ingredients, with major flavour payoff!
This Fall Harvest Chicken Salad features all the best flavours of fall, topped with a delicious maple balsamic vinaigrette.
An elegant, but simple salad, perfect for your holiday table !
Gluten-Free Chicken Mushroom Tourtiere Recipe [Meat Pie] - Beyond Flour
This Gluten-Free Chicken Mushroom Tourtiere is a shockingly accurate version of the traditional pie.
You’d never know there’s no beef, pork, or gluten!
This Thanksgiving Stuffed Meatloaf is a great recipe to use up leftover stuffing and cranberry sauce.
It can even be made gluten free or keto!
Thanksgiving Desserts
Here’s a wide variety of Thanksgiving Dessert recipes to help you plan an epic holiday dessert table!
Great-Uncle Tom's Perfect Pie Crust Recipe - Easy and Flaky!
My whole life, my Great Uncle Tom was well known for his Perfect Pie Crust recipe.
In this post, he shared his prized pie dough recipe with me - and you! - via my grandma.
This gluten free pie crust recipe is fantastic - easy to make, handles like a regular pie crust dough, and tastes great!
You can even make fancy lattice pies!
My Southern Comfort Pecan Pie is easy to make, absolutely delicious, and a fun take on tradition.
Serve it with Southern Comfort infused whipped cream!
Classic apple pie recipes are usually great, but this caramel apple pie recipe takes it to another level.
Bonus? It's a maple syrup based caramel - delicious!
One of my absolute favourite apple desserts of all time!
This gluten free apple pie has all of the flavor - and texture - of traditional apple pie... just without the wheat.
Enjoyed by everyone!
Maple and Pumpkin is always a great pairing.
When combined with favourite autumn spices, this Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie recipe is a winner!
If you're looking for an over the top peanut butter pie for your special occasion, look no further than this Reese's Pie.
Easy to make, too!
This maple pumpkin mousse is made in the traditional way - with whipped cream & egg whites - a wonderfully festive dessert for the holidays!
This cranberry mousse is made traditional style - with egg whites & whipped cream - but don't be intimidated!
It's an easy & tasty dessert!
This light & airy sweet potato souffle is an easy to make, popular side dish - or dessert!
Maple syrup, pecans, and spices round out this easy sweet potato csaserole - yum!
Pecan Pie Cookies - these unique cookies are full of great pecan flavour, have a great texture, and are so pretty to look at.
What more could you want in a cookie?
These gluten-free pecan pie cookies are rich, delicious, and look fantastic on a holiday cookie tray.
They're surprisingly easy to make, too!
These keto pecan pie cookies are super addictive, festive, and LEGIT.
Fantastic fall flavour, in a cookie that does NOT feel like diet food!
These apple pie cookies are the best fall cookie - a tender cookie with a quick homemade apple pie topping.
Fun, great flavour and texture!
These tender gluten free apple pie cookies are everything you could want in a fall cookie - fresh apples, tasty spices, and great texture!
These keto apple pie cookies are cute, tasty, and in NO way feel like diet food!
Enjoy the taste of fall with everyone else, these are LEGIT!
This Brandied Apple Upside Down Cake recipe is elegant, tasty, and super easy to make.
Non-alcoholic variations are also an option, see the post for more details.
Gluten Free Apple Cake Recipe [Brown Sugar Buttercream] - Beyond Flour
This delicious gluten free apple cake is everything you want in a fall dessert - a delicious spice cake, apple filling, and brown sugar frosting.
My Keto Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies are low carb, gluten free, full of flavor - the perfect seasonal treat.
They do NOT feel like diet food!
This Homemade Deep'n Delicious Cake is a copycat recipe of a beloved Canadian freezer cake... and it's a very accurate replica, at that!
These keto pumpkin bars - with cream cheese frosting - are not only tasty, seasonal, and festive, they're also easy to make AND have some protein!
These Pumpkin Spice Cookies are my seasonal take on a traditional rolled sugar cookie.
Tasty as is, and fantastic to use for decorating!
These Keto Pumpkin Spice cookies are a fun, fall take on soft sugar cookies - but without sugar, & a fraction of the carbs! Gluten-free, too!
These Pumpkin Spice Nanaimo Bars are a fun variation on tradition, and a great way to use leftover canned pumpkin puree this season!
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Mini Doughnuts! Super quick and easy to make, and SUPER tasty.
Absolutely indistinguishable from "normal" doughnuts!
These elegant pumpkin fat bombs taste just like pumpkin pie, and are pretty enough to serve as part of a Thanksgiving or Christmas spread!
Brandied Gluten-Free Apple Crisp is a flavourful, adult update to a childhood favourite.
The brandy works SO well with the fall flavours.
Any Baklava is good baklava, but sometimes I love to play around with the flavours.
This Maple Walnut Baklava is always a big hit!
These maple caramel apples start out with delicious maple syrup - as well as a few basic ingredients - and are easy to make. Super tasty!
This Pumpkin custard is an easy and elegant dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
They're basically individual crustless pumpkin pies!
This versatile and festive cranberry Jello salad recipe is full of flavour and texture.
Serve it as a side, in place of cranberry sauce, or even as a dessert!
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