Thanksgiving side dishes/5 recipes

Salisbury steaks in a beefy mushroom sauce. This recipe makes nice thick steaks with lots of tasty mushroom sauce.

Cheesy and creamy mac 'n cheese with the added texture and flavor of mushrooms and broccoli, all in one skillet for easy cleanup. Using a skillet keeps it quicker than a slow baked version as well.

Make your own delicious homemade soup that's so easy to make. This recipe uses a slow-cooker so it's a simple place all ingredients into the slow cooker and let is simmer all day unattended.

Flank steak stuffed and rolled into a pinwheel with ham, cheese and a flavor packed mix of ingredients. Guaranteed to wow your BBQ guests that are lucky enough to partake.

Gently spicy basil scents the juicy strips of beef in this classic Thai inspired main. Incredibly quick and easy. It's ready to eat in 10 minutes if your ingredients are prepped and wok or skillet is hot.

How to cook acorn squash. This works with carnival squash (used in the photo) as well as acorn squash. Perfectly cooked moist and not stringly squash paired with a buttery glaze that is caramelized perfectly. All this in about 20 minutes.

A meat-less loaf with a quick and fresh tomato sauce. Freezes well, an easy make-ahead favorite packed with chunks of corn, lentils and rice. One of the best vegetarian loafs I've ever tried.

A super quick and easy one-pan meal is ideal for busy weekday dinner. Feel free to add a bit freshly chopped garlic or onions when cooking chicken. Simply delicious!

Create the traditional french onion soup in your crockpot with this easy to follow recipe.

Crispy crusted chicken breasts stuffed with mushrooms and baked in a creamy sauce. Yum!

A delicious colorful Cajun pasta main with chicken and shrimp.

This quick cheddar and dill bread is packed with flavor. It's cheesy and moist. A delicious loaf just by itself or serve it as a side with any main course.

This is probably the best scalloped potatoes I've had. We made our own cream of mushroom soup with dried wild mushrooms (see recipe link below). Tons of rich mushroom flavor that was embedded in the potatoes along with a nice cheesy flavor throughout. We used a nice old cheddar. The paprika was a nice touch and it ended up giving the potatoes a very rich color (see photos).

This recipe was so easy to make, and it was scrumptious. The ricotta and mozzarella combination was excellent, cherry tomatoes were added into canned tomato, which gave the tomato sauce extra tasty sweetness. It was absolutely delicious!

Ridiculously easy chicken, cheese with a mushroom marinara sauce that tastes great! This is a huge hit in our house, kids love it.

Honey roasted walnuts, dried cranberries and goat cheese are deliciously served with mixed greens, then tossed with a light mustard vinaigrette dressing. Yum!