Cooking Suggestions Please? What vegetable goes good with ham?

Question

I mean what is a good mix for the pallet? Of course this is a subjective question just looking for ideas. First answer that is a little thought out will be best. Thanks for the help in advance just the same!

Further Info: I intend to glaze the ham & make mashed potatoes to begin. Yams sound good as well, I put marshmallows in my Yams? And what are good vegetables on top of potatoes and yams?

Answer 1

Actually, pineapples and cherry with a honey and molasses glaze tastes quite nice. The vegetable would give the meat too bland a taste. The fruit gives a nice contrast. I'm not really certain how to make the honey and molasses glaze, but my mom used to do it all the time.

Answer 2

I'd go with a green veggie.
Green peas would be great, or green beans...
Corn would be okay except you're glazing the ham, which is sweet, and the yams are sweet too so it would be probably too much sweet over all. Same for carrots.

What about some wilted spinach with garlic & a splash of balsamic vinegar? Or buttered brussels sprouts?

I guess I'm pretty visual when it comes to food - ham is pink, yams are yellowy, you need some green!
(Going by color also helps to ensure you get a good mix of vitamins & nutrients!)

Answer 3

Well yams are a good start. Try adding a can of sliced yams, drained, to a small can or jar of apple pie filling. Mix together and bake in the oven until hot. You might also try mixing peas and pearl onions with cream of mushroom soup. Or the good old fashioned Green Bean Casserole!

Answer 4

You're thinking pretty starchy. Mashed potatoes & sweet potatoes at the same sitting is going to be a little carb overkill so I wouldn't go with corn or any other starchy veg. Try some freshly grilled asparagus. If you don't have a grill, stick them under the broiler for a couple of minutes. Either way, roll them in a little olive oil & sprinkle with Kosher salt & freshly cracked black pepper first.

You can also heat a couple of teaspoons of olive oil in a screaming hot sautee pan, add some fresh spinach & garlic, salt & pepper to taste. Don't overcook. Very, very good.

Answer 5

Are you helpful there are no longer any instructions that got here with the ham, including on returned of the label? If the ham is already sliced, it probably is likewise precooked. yet you nonetheless desire to prepare dinner it some greater! positioned it in a roasting pan, conceal the backside of the pan with approx a million/2 inch of water. positioned lid on pan, or conceal ham with aluminum foil. Bake a number of hours at approximately 4 hundred ranges F. candy potatoes could go great with ham. you're able to desire to easily positioned them interior the oven on the rack and that they could bake on a similar time as the ham is baking. Yum! The candy potatoes could be completed in approximately one hour, so positioned them interior the oven later than the ham.

Answer 6

My son likes peas or green beans with his ham and potatoes. You can get a can of green beans and pour out most of the water/juice and put them in a little sauce pan with butter and garlic salt and let them cook in there on medium for a while and it makes a good garlic-y sauce!!!

Answer 7

Cumcumbers with a sourcream and vinegar dressing. Peel the cucumbers, and then slice them very thin. Place in a small mixing bowl and make a thin dressing with sour cream and white vinegar. Add salt and let it sit in the frig for about an hour. YUM

Answer 8

I would say corn. Ham is somewhat salty and so are mashed potatoes. Corn is sweeter and really compliments the saltier food.

Answer 9

broccoli with a good cheese sauce or a plain baked sweet potatoe with the skin on, no marshmallows , served withREAL butter. enjoy!

Answer 10

At holidays when we have ham, my mom has always served corn. You can splurge and get the white and yellow sweet corn. The fancy stuff! LOL