A few days ago, I shared this delicious Turkey with Bacon, walnut and dried cranberries stuffing Thanksgiving recipe. To accompany this meal, I made the following side dishes: Sweet and sour pumpkin & sweet potato as a side one. I also made a spiced cranberry sauce. I love spicy dishes, so does my family. I also like mixing pumpkin and sweet potato as they add a nice color to the dish, as well as taste. Besides, they are available at the farmer’s market. Nothing tastes like fresh produce. I wish I had access to fresh produce all year long.
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Thanksgiving Side Dish 1: Sweet & Sour pumpkin and sweet potato
Ingredients
- 4 small sweet potato; peeled, and chopped
- 1 small bakers pumpkin; peeled, seeded and chopped
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup of maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon of ginger
- Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine all the chopped vegetables in a large bowl and toss with a few tablespoons of olive oil and maple syrup.
- Add the spices and toss.
- Spread the mixture on a parchment paper in a single layer.
- Roast in the oven for 30-45 minutes tossing once or twice.
- Serve warm.
Thanksgiving Side Dish 2: Spiced Cranberry sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 package fresh cranberries (Frozen can be used also)
- 1 3/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C water
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until the berries pop and sauce begins to thicken.
- Will take about 30 minutes before being done.
- Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
These Thanksgiving side dishes are beyond delicious. My kids are used to eating spicy meals but if yours are not used to, consider making a non spicy side for the little hands. Don’t forget to come back in few days to get the Thanksgiving dessert I made. hint, hint: I will be using pumpkins.
What do you prefer as a Thanksgiving side dish? Spicy? Not spicy? Let me know.
Sweet & Sour Pumpkin and Sweet Potato: Amazing Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipe
Sweet & Sour Pumpkin and Sweet Potato: Amazing Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipe
- 1 package fresh cranberries (Frozen can be used also)
- 1 3/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C water
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- Place all ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until the berries pop and sauce begins to thicken.
- Will take about 30 minutes before being done.
- Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
I like spicy dishes and I’d also like to try your recipe for the sweet and sour pumpkin sweet potato dish, it sounds really yummy!
Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. It looks so delicious I’m going to try it.
I’m so looking forward to Thanksgiving and this looks like a wonderful dish. Thanks for sharing it with us on Merry Monday. Pinned.
Wonderful side dishes. Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
Oh my goodness I remember why we love the holidays after reading your post. We love many side dishes and normally serve the old favorites and one or two new ones. One of our favorites is always pea salad, potatoes and sweet potato casserole. Looking for some new ones as well, thanks for sharing your post got me inspired and thinking
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Everything does look oh so good. These kind of hearty meals are just made for sharing. :)
Omg yummy!!!. Your post has me all excited for thanksgiving dinner now! I always make thanksgiving so I might just have to add this to my menu :)
I am not a fan of cranberry sauce, even though my mom always make it. I’m going to send her this recipe though. i love spicy food. I wonder if I’ll be a fan of this. you sure made it look delicious with your pics!!
I don’t like spicy food at all, so I prefer side dishes that are not spicy. We usually celebrate Thanksgiving at my BIL’s and my SIL does all the cooking and she never prepared spicy side dishes. Not sure if she doesn’t like spicy food too. :)
I will have to try this dish. It sounds so heavenly! I love pumpkin and sweet potato together too.
For the first time, I will be cooking Thanksgiving this year at my house since my FIL lives with my SIL and we can’t do it at his house. Thanks for the great idea.
I have been dying to swap out our traditional sweet potato casserole for something else! This looks great and soooo fallish!!
Well now I can’t wait for Thanksgiving! I absolutely love putting together the big feast, especially when I can add new recipes like this to the mix!
I am SO excited for Thanksgiving dinner on Monday, I can’t even explain. I would LOVE to try this however i’m really not that big of a pumpkin fan. Looks great!
I host Thanksgiving every year and this looks like a great alternative to my usual sweet potatoes. And everyone loves cranberry sauce.
What a great recipe I love sweet potato but never know what to do with it! This looks like the perfect recipe to bring to my friends house.
Oh now dish 1 would be an awesome Thanksgiving day dish. We always have to include sweet potatoes!
I really want to try the sweet and sour pumpkin sweet potato dish! I bet the maple syrup and cinnamon taste amazing together and really enhance the pumpkin and potato!!
This would be a fun one to try for the holidays! I like almost anything pumpkin and sweet and sour so I bet I would love this!
I am hosting Thanksgiving at my house and SOOOO need to make this. It sounds like a perfect side dish!
I can’t wait for the Thanksgiving holiday! Now this certainly is a different take on the traditional side dishes. I’ve never thought about a sweet and sour dish let alone combining the sweet potato and pumpkin.
Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. I’ve bookmarked it to show my sister so we can make it this year!
Take care Olfa!
Cori
Thank you so much Cori. I hope you enjoy it. Holiday is in the air and I love it.