Christmas Side Dish Recipes

Brightened with navel orange segments and fresh ginger, this traditional cranberry sauce is the perfect accompaniment to our Classic Brined and Roasted Turkey.

Serve this peppery replacement for mashed potatoes alongside seared steak.

Using a ricer yields mashed potatoes with an especially light, fluffy texture. Garlic and chives give them a resonant flavor.

This chutney is a departure from the usual cranberry sauce, thanks to a touch of spice.

This gratin combines two comforting ingredients to their mutual advantage --and ours. Sliced potatoes encircle a casserole dish, with assorted wild mushrooms, such as chanterelle and oyster, taking spots alongside more potatoes. Fresh thyme gives the pie herbal undertones; Gruyere and Parmesan, melting in and around the layers during baking, make it soul-satisfying.

Skip the canned variety and whip up this naturally delicious chunky cranberry sauce instead. Pears and dried cherries give it an extra touch of natural sweetness, allowing you to cut down on added sugar.

Round out your holiday menu with this striking side. These slow-roasted red onions are stuffed with a breadcrumb-parsley filling that is basted with the sweet onion as it cooks. They make a great compliment to mashed potatoes and gravy.

This Cranberry-Orange Relish is an easy addition to the Thanksgiving menu since it doesn't require any cooking.

Get all the things you love about sausagestuffing (savory meat, fresh herbs, and lotsof bread) without feeling stuffed yourself.

The thinner the potatoes are cut, the crispier they'll become in the oven.

A combination of mushrooms provides depth of flavor. We used chanterelle, oyster, cremini, and shiitake varieties.

With a salty, umami edge from the miso, brightness from the Meyer lemons, and a touch of sweetness from the honey, this is a next-level carrot recipe.

A twist on traditional cannelloni, this vegetarian and gluten-free dish is made with blanched sweet potato slices. They're filled with a cottage cheese, sweet potato, and apple filling, then topping with shaved Parmesan and toasted walnuts. The remarkably rich taste and vibrant appearance make it a worthy and healthy addition to any dinner.

The fruit can be segmented one day ahead and stored in its juices in the refrigerator. The salad can be loosely covered and stored in the refrigerator for up to eight hours.

Follow the recipe for Roast Turkey to cook the stuffing in the turkey cavity, or bake it separately as directed below. If you prefer to avoid peeling the chestnuts yourself, buy ones that have been cooked and peeled and are sold in jars or cans. You will need 1 1/4 cups.

Pull out your cast iron for this Thanksgiving stalwart: It's the key to a perfect crust.

A handful of fresh mint brightens peas and pearl onions, making this dish an ideal side for a rich meal.

Make and freeze the pecan- and dried fruit-studded cornbread up to a month in advance, and all you have to do on Thanksgiving is add a few more ingredients and bake.

This recipe for carrot spoon bread from reader Claire Russo in Rye, New Hampshire, can work as a holiday side dish or a dessert.

Instead of plain-old mashed potatoes, look to vegetables like roasted butternut squash and carrots for your holiday—or even a weeknight chicken dinner—side dish.

Spaetzle -- a German dish of tiny noodles -- is often made by forcing dough through thelarge holes of a colander into boiling water;we like to use a potato ricer.

The added step of drying the bread in the oven (rather than just using stale bread) allows the cubes to soak up even more of the fruit-infused chicken stock, as well as the flavors from the greens and sausage.

Tangy orange-butter sauce gives Brussels sprouts a wake-up call in this recipe from "Fast, Fresh & Green," by Susie Middleton.Also try:Vanilla and Cardamom-Glazed Acorn Squash Rings, Roasted Turnips and Pears with Rosemary-Honey Drizzle

Serve these flavorful roasted vegetables from chef April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig and The John Dory Oyster Bar with her Slow-Roasted Balsamic-Glazed Duck for a sophisticated holiday feast.