45 Thanksgiving Casserole Recipes to Get Your Guests in the Spirit (and Make Hosting a Breeze)

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45 Thanksgiving Casserole Recipes to Get Your Guests in the Spirit (and Make Hosting a Breeze)

Sure, the turkey gets all the attention. But Thanksgiving dinner would be nothing without the sides, namely casseroles. These handy, make ahead-friendly recipes typically come together in a single baking dish, making them a hostess's BFF before the big feast. That's why I've rounded up the 45...

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Katherine Gillen

• Time Commitment: 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients, beginner-friendly
• Serves: 8

It’s not a casserole in the traditional sense, but the squash is tightly packed into a single casserole dish to bake *and* it couldn’t be more appropriate for Thanksgiving if it tried. "You don’t want to slice all the way through the squash halves, so having a guide will be helpful," former PureWow senior food editor Katherine Gillen advises. "I like to arrange a chopstick lengthwise on either side of the squash to stop the knife from cutting to the bottom; skewers or even butter knives would work, too."

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Katherine Gillen

• Time Commitment: 50 minutes
• Why I Love It: crowd-pleaser, beginner-friendly
• Serves: 6

Totally adding this Thanksgiving casserole to my list of Thanksgiving traditions. "It’s creamy, comforting and big enough to feed a crowd, but still feels modern thanks to dollops of ricotta and plenty of spinach," Gillen explains.



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Katherine Gillen

• Time Commitment: 1 hour
• Why I Love It: vegetarian, crowd-pleaser, <10 ingredients
• Serves: 8 to 10

"If you need even more definitive proof that casseroles can be classy, make this recipe for creamy fennel gratin with garlicky breadcrumbs at your next holiday gathering," Gillen suggests. "It’s decadent, but a fresh, licorice-y bite from the fennel that reminds you it counts as a vegetable."