Thanksgiving recipes, side dishes, leftovers, and dinner-planning guides.
Candied carrots are sliced carrots simmered first in water until just tender, then finished in a butter and brown sugar glaze that reduces until it clings to every piece. Carrots are the side dish nobody plans around and everybody finishes first. Glazed properly, they go from an afterthought to the thing people ask about before
Candied yams are sliced sweet potatoes simmered in a butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon syrup until tender and glazed, made on the stovetop or finished in the oven, with marshmallows entirely optional depending on which side of the family you grew up in. The name bothered me for years before I finally looked into it.
Creamed corn is fresh or frozen corn kernels simmered in butter and cream until the sauce thickens into something rich and slightly sweet, made without any canned cream-style corn at all. I spent years assuming creamed corn came from a can, the pale, oddly sweet stuff sitting next to the green beans on the Thanksgiving