14 Creative Condiments to Impress Your Guests This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving isn’t just about the main dishes—condiments can make or break your feast. These 14 creative homemade sauces, spreads, and toppings add flavor, flair, and a little extra wow to your holiday table. Elevate every bite of your Thanksgiving meal with these must-try condiments!
Apple Cider Cranberry Sauce
My apple cider cranberry sauce is the perfect blend of spiced apples, sweet sparkling apple cider, and tangy cranberries for Thanksgiving! It is tart, sweet, and full of juicy apple flavor! This easy-to-make cranberry sauce is sure to be a new family favorite for the holidays!
Classic Turkey Gravy
Classic turkey gravy is made using roasted turkey drippings and slowly simmered turkey neck and giblets for a flavorful gravy! It is rich, creamy, and amazingly smooth. This super easy gravy takes just minutes to prepare and you’ll be so thankful you skipped the store-bought version!
Arugula pesto (rocket pesto)
Arugula pesto is and easy variation on the classic pesto with a delicious slight peppery taste. It’s perfect stirred through pasta, spread in sandwiches and more.
Prime Rib Au Jus
The very best prime rib au jus combines rich beef drippings from your roast with beef stock, Worcestershire, and seasoning. It’s a savory part of serving a fantastic prime rib dinner for your Christmas or holiday meals! This incredibly flavorful DIY beef sauce is easy to make – just as easy as starting with a store-bought packet.
Turkey Gravy Without Drippings
Learn how to make delicious Turkey Gravy without drippings! This creamy, rich and utterly satisfying gravy with elevate your Christmas or Thanksgiving meal. Ready in 10 minutes.
Mushroom Wine Gravy
This deliciously creamy Mushroom Wine Gravy is quick and easy to make and packs a flavorful, earthy punch to anything it tops. It’s a savory gravy that’s extremely versatile and can add a moist richness to poultry, meats, potatoes and even pasta. Perfect for that small scale Thanksgiving to accompany a roasted turkey breast. Gluten-free with vegetarian option.
Cranberry Orange Relish
A Thanksgiving dinner staple, every house dons a bowl of tart cranberries, but how they are prepared varies greatly. This cranberry sauce recipe is a base recipe to create something spectacular and be the star of your Thanksgiving showdown.
Easy Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
All you need is some cranberries, sugar, oranges and an Instant Pot and you have the easiest Easy Cranberry Sauce! To make the flavor even better this Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice also features a slight cinnamon flavor. And you’ll love the 2 minute cook time almost as much as you love the taste.
Cranberry Syrup
Tart and sweet, this homemade cranberry syrup recipe is perfect for the holidays! The festive colors and flavors will be a special touch to your breakfast and dessert.
Creamy Horseradish Sauce Recipe
Good beef doesn’t need a sauce, right? But even the best beef can use a sidekick and this homemade horseradish sauce recipe is the perfect match. It is quick and easy, perfect for any steak, roast, or turkey.
Homemade Compound Butter
Making Homemade Compound Butter is a fantastic trick to have up your sleeve to take any recipe to the next level. Also known as herb butter, this special condiment is so versatile allowing you to get creative and add in your own flavor. Not to mention, it’s so easy to make and super fun to serve!
Nashville Hot Sauce with Butter
The spice lovers at your Thanksgiving table might be in need of a little kick! For them, make sure to have Nashville Hot Sauce on the table. The hot sauce is more of a paste or spicy oil than a sauce, thick and grainy, it is full of flavor.
Lamb Gravy
Lamb gravy is a simple and flavorful sauce made from the juices of roasted lamb that will elevate any lamb dinner! This rich gravy is made with 4 ingredients and only takes minutes to prepare. You’ll never want to use a lamb gravy mix again after making this amazing sauce from scratch!
Onion Gravy
This simple onion gravy is a marvellous recipe that can be made in lightning quick time!
