Six Quick & Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

I know I have a ton of recipes on this website but I actually don't like complicated recipes or spending all day in the kitchen - and that applies to the holidays too! I'm not even a fan of your typical Thanksgiving food (never have been!). I do love the holidays but I think that more focus should be on spending time with the ones you love and less on elaborate cooking, cleaning, and shopping (unless that's your thing!).

I wanted to bring you some delicious but also very easy to make side dish recipes that you could use over the holidays or even just during your normal food prep! Also, don't forget to get your FREE copy of our Fit Festive Foods eCookbook! Enjoy!

Six Quick & Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes

Balsamic Garlic Asparagus

Fall Cauliflower Quinoa Salad with Raisins

Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash

Creamy Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
by Hettman Homestead

Pomegranate, Butternut Squash, & Wild Rice Power Salad
by Hettman Homestead

Maple Acorn Squash
by Hettman Homestead

Looking for a Cranberry Sauce recipe? We have one in our FREE Fit Festive Foods eCookbook!

Fall Food Prep Favorite Recipes

As the seasons change our food prep usually changes right along with it! During the summer our food prep usually consists of things like Clean Eating Chicken Salad and Zesty Grilled Chicken. In the fall we usually like to make more cold-weather type recipes, many that use the slow cooker!

Our food prep lately has consisted of the following recipes. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we have!

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He and She Eat Clean's Fall Food Prep Favorite Recipes

Healthy Pumpkin Banana Bread

Apple-Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats

Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

Savory Chicken Casserole

Which one is your favorite?

- Scott and Whitney

Banana Cream Quick Oats

We just returned from a hiking trip where we hiked in CO, UT, and NM. We shared some of our pictures via social media (Facebook and Instagram) but plan to do a series of posts from how we save money when traveling, what we eat when traveling, etc...so stay tuned!

We bought quick oats to make in order to fuel up before our hikes. There are so many different ways to make quick oats and we always seem to discover a new favorite while traveling!

Try these Banana Cream Quick Oats and let us know what you think - the coconut oil really makes this recipe!

Clean Eat Recipe: Banana Cream Quick Oats

Ingredients:

• 1/2 - 1 cup gluten free quick oats
• 1/2 - 1 banana
• 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil (you can melt before adding or just add it to your hot oats and let it melt in them)
• water or unsweetened almond milk
• sweetener of your choice (Stevia, Truvia, honey, etc.)
• dash of sea salt
• dash of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Prepare oats as listed on package (we usually use boiling water and a small amount of unsweetened almond milk)
2. Add all ingredients, except banana, and stir
3. Slice banana and add to the top - then stir into the oats
4. Enjoy!