Popsugar Living Recipes Creative Thanksgiving Recipes Wow Your Guests With 30+ Totally Creative Thanksgiving Recipes 27 November 2019 by Hedy Phillips Image Source: Sprinkle Bakes Toss your boring Thanksgiving dishes out the window and try something new and crazy and fun. Regular mashed potatoes? Nope. Standard stuffing? Not this year. Roasted whole turkey? We're making a turkey purse instead. We're not kidding. It's a turkey purse. (You'll have to keep reading to learn more about it.) Wow your guests with any of the recipes ahead, which all take a dish you're used to and put a new spin on it. Some of them might even be something you would have never even thought of trying, and that's what makes them exciting. Your guests will thank you for such an amazing holiday experience. We promise! Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Nicole Perry Put a twist on mashed potatoes by adding goat cheese. Get the recipe: goat cheese mashed potatoes 1 / 6 Stuffing Muffins Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Nicole Perry Turn your standard stuffing into an appetizer by making it in muffin pans. Get the recipe: stuffing muffins 2 / 6 Squash Casserole Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Anna Monette Roberts Anyone can have regular squash, so why not bake it into a festive casserole instead? Get the recipe: squash casserole 3 / 6 Rice Pilaf With Cranberries and Pears Image Source: Foxes Love Lemons Throw cranberries into your rice for a pop of tart sweetness. Get the recipe: rice pilaf with cranberries and pears 4 / 6 Savory Pumpkin Custard Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Nicole Perry If you make this recipe, you absolutely have to serve it in a pumpkin. It's required. Get the recipe: savory pumpkin custard 5 / 6 6 / 6 RecipesHoliday LivingFallThanksgivingHoliday