Holiday Slow Cooker Side Dishes


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Looking for the best holiday side dishes to make in your slow cooker for the holiday meal?

Here are my favorite recipes, such as green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, and mashed potatoes (and more!).

collage of holiday sides in a christmas theme.
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My family cooks the main dishes (and rolls) in the oven and everything else is in slow cookers! The slow cooker will keep your side dish warm for the entire dinner too!

See my list below of my favorite ways to use the slow cooker for the holiday sides.

Slow Cooker Green Bean Recipes:

We can’t have a holiday dinner without a green bean dish! Here are my variations of green bean recipes.

Green beans with bacon and french fried onions.

Slow Cooker Yams and Sweet Potatoes, Squash and Carrots:

Cooked yams in rich colored sauce in the slow cooker.

These recipes have one thing in common. that they are wonderfully sweetened with brown sugar and make a great addition to the holiday meal.

Slow Cooker Stuffing recipes:

cooked stuffing in the slow cooker with turkey and mashed potatoes on the side.

You could make a couple of boxes of stove-top stuffing or make one of these from scratch stuffing recipes.

Other Slow Cooker Vegetables

Corn is a popular side dish, and I have a few choices for your holiday table.

corn in a cheesy sauce with black pepper on top.

Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce:

Ditch the canned stuff and make this slow cooker cranberry sauce ahead of time.

cooked cranberry sauce in the slow cooker with wooden spoon in it.

Slow Cooker Potato Recipes

Can’t have a holiday meal without mashed potatoes (or cheesy potatoes). The potatoes will stay warm the entire meal!

mashed potatoes in slow cooker with wooden spoon in them.

Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese

Do you need a mac and cheese recipe for Thanksgiving or Christmas? My recipe has cream cheese in it!

Cooked large macaroni and cheese in the slow cooker, large wooden spoon in it.

Slow Cooker Baked Beans

This is a new tradition for our family. My sister-in-law’s family loves baked beans on thanksgiving. It goes so well with turkey or ham.

baked beans cooked in the slow cooker with wooden spoon in them.

Enjoy these sides and have an amazing holiday dinner. Comment below with what your favorite holiday dish to make in the slow cooker.

Dinner Rolls:

And don’t forget the rolls! Try my Slow Cooker Honey Butter Rolls for your holiday table.

Cooked rolls in a crockpot.

My favorite Holiday Mains:

turkey and gravy in a crockpot

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20 Comments

  1. Sharon says:

    Iโ€™m so hungry after reading your recipes! Iโ€™ve used a lot of your recipes and they have all been great Thank you for all these Thanksgiving time savers.

  2. Linda says:

    Just saw the honey rolls. How would you use frozen rolls in this recipe?

    1. Sarah Olson says:

      I have not tested, but I think they would work the same if you thawed them.

  3. Anonymous says:

    I will for sure be using these recipe’s