what are you having as a side dish for Christmas dinner if you are having ham? besides the usual things?

Question

recipes would be apriciated on things you have already tried. thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Salad! I love eating salad: romaine lettuce, onion, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, celery, olives, and chick peas. Then, toss with olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and oregano (homemade italian dressing).

Good Luck!

Answer 2

I love pineapple casserole with ham. It might sound a little strange, but it's so good! Unfortunately, I don't have the exact recipe I've made before with me, but this should be pretty much the same--

PINEAPPLE CASSEROLE

3 tbsp. flour
3 tbsp. pineapple juice
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 c. crushed Ritz crackers
1 stick melted butter
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 c. sugar

Mix all ingredients except crackers and butter in greased casserole dish. Mix crumbs and butter and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.

Answer 3

Ham is very salty, so I tend to serve more sweet side dishes with it than I would with a turkey. I think things like glazed carrots, baked apples and pineapple salad go well with ham.

Here's a recipe for a pineapple dish that's a bit different, but delicous:

1 cup coarsely crushed pretzels
1/2 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
20 ounces can crushed pineapple, drained
12 ounces cool whip, thawed

Combine pretzels, butter and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into 13x9 pan.

Bake at 400 for 7 minutes. Cool. Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until creamy. Fold in pineapple and cool whip; chill until serving.

Break pretzel mixture into small pieces; stir into pineapple mixture.

Also, we don't care for red eye gravy (ham gravy) so I serve my cheesy mashed potato casserole with ham. Here's my recipe:

8 medium potatoes
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
8 ounces sour cream
2 Tbs. butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese

Peel, quarter and cook the potatoes until fork tender, as usual. Drain off the liquid and mash them coarsely.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the potatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, butter/margarine, garlic powder, and pepper. Beat the mixture with an electric mixer till fluffy. Stir in 1 cup of the Cheddar cheese.

Put the mixture into a well greased 2 quart casserole or baking dish. Top with the remaining 1 cup of Cheddar cheese.

Cover and bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Remove the cover and continue baking for 15 minutes longer, so the top gets a bit browned. This can be prepared a day ahead of time and refrigerated prior to baking.

Answer 4

********BAKED CORN PUDDING

2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen corn
3 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. grated onion
1/4 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1 tbsp. sugar
Dash of nutmeg
2 tbsp. butter
2 c. light cream
1 (4 oz.) can pimentos

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart shallow baking dish. Combine all in large bowl; mix well. Bake 1 hour or until pudding is firm or knife comes out clean. Serve hot.


********MARINATED BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Makes about 4 cups.
3/4 lb. sm. Brussels sprouts
3 c. sm. mushrooms
3 tbsp. olive oil
1/3 c. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. basil
1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
Remove any damaged leaves from the Brussels sprouts, trim the base and cut a small crosshatch in the core to allow even cooking. Swirl the Brussels sprouts in a bowl of lukewarm water to clean them.
Steam or blanch them until just barely tender, about three to six minutes. Do not overcook. Cool slightly, then cut the tip off of each sprout so the marinade will penetrate to the inner portions. Clean the mushrooms and cut them in half.
In a medium bowl mix the olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, basil and pepper. Add the vegetables and toss to coat evenly. Refrigerate at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours, removing from the refrigerator a half hour before serving to take off the chill.
Each half-cup serving contains about 5 grams of fat and 68 calories.

Answer 5

Cheese potatoes! So good and a favorite of all that I've made it for!

A bag of frozen hashbrowns
2 cans cream of chicken soup
about 1/2 cup of sour cream
cheddar cheese.

just mix together in cassarole dish and sprinkle cheese on top and bake in oven until its heated through and cheese is melted. Not the most healthy thing but who cares it's the holidays.

Answer 6

We always serve applesauce with ham. Boston baked beans are also a great side.

Answer 7

Choose a sweet side dish for ham.

Answer 8

+ Steamed baby carrots with butter, honey and fresh thyme
+ Stuffing (even though we have ham) made with chorizo and bread, fried with olive oil, water and herbs.. delicious
+ Chargrilled vegetables - zucchini, eggplant, red peppers dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
+ Roast potatoes ( that soak up all the ham juices- only use the waxy yellowy kind)
+ blanched sugar snap peas, dressed with olive oil, garlic and lemon juice.

Answer 9

Black-eyed peas with red-eye gravy.
Mashed parsnips with butter and sesame seeds.
Fried Jerusalem artichokes (sliced and fried) in dressing.
Acorn bread.
Eggs pickled in beet juice.
Pumpkin pie with pistachio nuts on top, whipped cream and maraschino cherries on top of all.

Answer 10

Roasted chestnuts with brussels sprouts, red cabbage and apple braised, glazed carrots with dill sprinkled and roasted fennel.