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For the Love of Food

90+ Delicious Make Ahead Thanksgiving Recipes

November 19, 2023 Leave a Comment

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Plan in advance and save time during the hectic holiday week by making your dishes ahead of time!

This roundup features over 90 make ahead recipes for your Thanksgiving meal. 

Scroll down for the recipes and comment below with your favorites.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

1. Thanksgiving Carrot Souffles – For the Love of Food

2. Thanksgiving Sausage And Cranberry Stuffing – The Bossy Kitchen


3. Overnight Eggs Benedict Casserole with Creamy Hollandaise – For the Love of Food

4. Make Ahead Turkey Gravy – Chisel & Fork

5. Crustless Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Topping – Snixy Kitchen

6. Cranberry Salad – Miss in the Kitchen


7. Crock-Pot Overnight Breakfast Apple Crisp – For the Love of Food

8. Homemade Roasted Turkey Stock – OMG Yummy

9. Thanksgiving Casserole – Make Ahead Meal Mom

10. Cranberry Goat Cheese Log – Feasting not Fasting

Sausage Bread Pudding
11. Overnight Bread Pudding Breakfast Casserole – For the Love of Food

12. Graham Cracker Crust Sweet Potato Pie – The Short Order Cook

13. Grilled Sweet Potato Casserole – Out Grilling

14. Make Ahead Green Bean Casserole – Jawns I Cooked


15. Nantucket Cranberry Pecan Pie – For the Love of Food

16. Cranberry Pear Crisp – Kitchen Concoctions

17. Duchess Potatoes – Noshing with the Nolands

18. Make-Ahead Baked Mac and Cheese – Borrowed Bites

19. Make Ahead Thanksgiving Stuffing – Our Gabled Home

Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies
20. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies – For the Love of Food

21. Caramel Pecan Cheesecake – Addicted to Dates

22. Pumpkin Pie Sweet Potato Casserole with Coconut Pecan Crumble – Kit’s Kitchen


23. Walnut and Blue Cheese Green Bean Salad – For the Love of Food

24. Cranberry Orange Jam – OMG Yummy

25. Panko Parmesan Topped Green Bean Casserole – Lisa’s Dinnertime Dish

26. Scalloped Corn Casserole – The Suburban Soapbox


27. Jack Daniels Whiskey Corn Pudding – For the Love of Food

28. Make Ahead Butterhorn Dinner Rolls – NeighborFood

29. Stuffing Balls – The Dizzy Cook


30. Crock-Pot Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham – For the Love of Food

31. Apple Hand Pies – A Farm Girl’s Kitchen

Thanksgiving Veggie Appetizer32. Turkey Shaped Vegetable Platter – For the Love of Food

33. Pumpkin Cheesecake and Chocolate Mousse Topped with Dark Chocolate Ganache – Christina’s Cucina


34. Butternut Squash Pie – For the Love of Food

35. Brussels Sprouts Gratin with Butternut Squash – Sweet Peas and Saffron

36. Mini Pecan Pies – Live Well Bake Often


37. Pumpkin Pie Pudding Dip – For the Love of Food

38. Instant Pot Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes – Make Ahead Meal Mom

39. Easy Apple Cider Thanksgiving Punch – Brooklyn Active Mama

40. Cheesy Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes – The Recipe Rebel


41. Three Cheese Spinach and Artichoke Dip – For the Love of Food

42. Pumpkin Bread – Life Done Well

43. Easy Make-Ahead Sausage Stuffing – Amy Ever After


44. Sweet Potato Stuffed Orange Cups – For the Love of Food

45. Sweet Corn Pudding – Carlsbad Cravings

46. Turkey Veronique Meat Pie – Homemade and Yummy

47. Make Ahead Honey Roasted Carrots – Sweet Peas and Saffron


48. Duck Dynasty Mashed Potato Casserole – For the Love of Food

49. Orange Cranberry Cake – Christina’s Cucina

50. Easy Twice-Baked Mashed Potato – Winding Creek Ranch

51. Healthy Pumpkin Pie Bars – Fit Foodie Finds

52. Sausage Cornbread Dressing Cups – Grits and Gouda


53. Baked Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms – For the Love of Food

54. Cranberry Orange Ice Cream – Fresh Flavorful

55. Broccoli Casserole From Scratch – Kristine’s Kitchen


56. Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Maple Glazed Pecans and Bacon – For the Love of Food

57. Southern Squash Casserole – Basil and Bubbly

58. Easy Southern Green Beans – Sweet Tea and Thyme


59. Holiday Cranberry Sauce – For the Love of Food

60. Carrot and Potato Gratin with Parmesan and Thyme – Food 52

61. Apple Butter Cheese Twists – The Pioneer Woman


62. Crock-Pot Fire Crackers – For the Love of Food

 

63. The BEST Classic Cheese Ball – A Reinvented Mom


64. Bacon Wrapped Stuffing Balls – For the Love of Food

65. Salted Caramel Chocolate Pecan Pie – Food 52

66. Creamed Brussels Sprouts – Delish

67. Creamy Parmesan Instant Pot Mashed Cauliflower – Sweet Peas and Saffron

68. Thanksgiving Fruit Salad – Two Cloves Kitchen


69. Thanksgiving Bread Bowl Spinach Dip – For the Love of Food

70. Carrot Casserole – Food Meanderings

71. Apple Tart with Mixed Nuts Crumble – Kopiaste

72. Chocolate Turkey Cupcakes – Pam’s Daily Dish

73. Best Microwave Peanut Brittle – Grits and Gouda

74. Soy Sauce Brined Turkey – For the Love of Food

 

75. Simple Roasted Butternut Squash Soup – The Pioneer Woman

76. 5-Minute Savory Pumpkin Hummus with Fresh Sage – Two Healthy Kitchens


77. Banoffee Pie – For the Love of Food

78. Homemade Brown Butter Brioche Dinner Rolls – Foodal

79. Caramel Apple Cream Cheese Spread – She Wears Many Hats


80. Krispy Kreme Donut Bread Pudding – For the Love of Food

81. Cream Cheese Cranberry Dip – Julie’s Eats and Treats

82. Pumpkin Cornbread – The View from Great Island


83. Crunchy Bacon Mac and Cheese – For the Love of Food

84. Instant Pot Turkey Breast with Garlic Butter Gravy – Recipes from a Pantry

85. The Best Squash Casserole – Quiche My Grits


86. Easy Cheesy Funeral Potatoes – For the Love of Food

87. Layered Creamy Cranberry Pie – Fresh Flavorful

88. Cranberry Almond Rice Pilaf – Sweet Peas and Saffron


89. Twice Baked Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes – For the Love of Food

90. Scalloped Sweet Potatoes – Food Faith Fitness

91. No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars – Chocolate Moosey


92. Bacon Wrapped Pistachio Stuffed Dates – For the Love of Food

93. Bourbon Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes – Zesty Olive

94. Quiche Lorraine – For the Love of Food 

95. Make Ahead Sage Apple Stuffing – Sweet Peas and Saffron

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