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I’m all about a great ham recipe – Brown Sugar Glazed Ham, Ham & Bean Soup, or even these Ham & Cheese Pinwheels.

Holiday Meal Essentials

When serving ham for your Sunday supper, Easter dinner or Christmas dinner, there are 3 essentials in my book:

An amazing homemade glaze – I love this brown sugar mustard glaze for ham. Or, try one of these 15+ tasty sauces for ham.
Wine. Here are the best wine pairings with ham.
And, of course, some really delicious side dishes.

When it comes to a serving ham as a main course, you can never go wrong with tasty side dishes like sour cream mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, or asparagus.

But, what else goes well with ham?

Here are 50+ AMAZING ham dinner sides that the entire family will love!

PS – Have ham leftovers? Be sure to try my Leftover Ham Casserole!

Sides for Ham

Duchess Potatoes are a fancy piped potato side dish that must make an appearance at your next dinner party. Rich, creamy, and cheesy with just a subtle crisp, these elegant baked mashed potatoes are unlike anything else!

Duchess Potatoes

Roasted Sweet Potatoes are a salty, crispy, savory, and slightly sweet side dish you can pair with almost anything! Lightly spiced and so simple, this easy recipe is a total crowd pleaser and a must-have for weeknight dinners.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Overhead close up of combined vinegar slaw in large white mixing bowl.

Red Cabbage Slaw is a super simple side dish recipe made without mayo. It’s tangy, delicious and crunchy.

Red Cabbage Slaw

Classic Green Bean Casserole. NO CANNED SOUP! The classic recipe we all know and love except made with a homemade creamy mushroom sauce!

Get the RECIPE from House of Yumm

Homemade Green Bean Casserole

Overhead shot of bowl of mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter, next to bowl of sour cream.

These Easy Mashed Potatoes with Sour Cream are the most delicious mashed potatoes you will ever have. They're light, creamy, buttery and tangy and easy to make with the help of your stand mixer – No hand mashing required!

Easy Mashed Potatoes

These are the BEST Glazed Carrots – Lightly sweetened, delicately seasoned, and perfectly glazed. These carrots make an amazing side dish that both kids and adults can’t get enough of!

Glazed Carrots

Baked in a mixture of equal parts heavy cream and chicken stock, this potato gratin emerges irresistibly crispy on top and creamy underneath.

Get the RECIPE from Alexandra’s Kitchen

Potatoes au Gratin

This delicious Italian Radicchio Salad is dressed in a creamy lemon-vinaigrette and tossed with buttery calvestrano olives, tasty breadcrumbs and nutty parmesan cheese. And, a special tip ensures that your radicchio won't be bitter!

Radicchio Salad

Roasted brussel sprouts in bowl drizzled with balsamic glaze and sprinkled with cranberries.

These Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction & Cranberries make a simple and elegant side dish that both kids and adults love!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction

This always rich and warming Butternut Squash Risotto is the perfect meal for fall. Roasted squash, creamy and tender rice, and fresh sage come together to form dreamy and heavenly flavors in every bite.

Butternut Squash Risotto

Overhead shot of bowl of sauteed snap peas in grey bowl.

Sautéed Sugar Snap Peas is a healthy, quick and delicious side dish to go with any main. Ready in 5 minutes, you’ll love the simplicity!

Sugar Snap Peas

Southern Style Corn Bread – crumbly, moist and buttery Southern cornbread all made from scratch with cornmeal, flour, butter, eggs, buttermilk, and a little sugar.

Get the RECIPE from Immaculate Bites

Southern Style Corn Bread

This delicious Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is a family favorite. It’s loaded with marshmallows, butter, cinnamon and a secret ingredient to create the best Thanksgiving side dish ever!

Get the RECIPE from The Novice Chef

Sweet Potato Casserole

These roasted red potatoes are coated in garlic, herbs and parmesan cheese, then oven baked to golden brown perfection. An easy and elegant side dish.

Get the RECIPE from Dinner at the Zoo

Roasted Red Potatoes

Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes with garlic take a classic comfort food dish to a new level! Made with tangy goat cheese, sour cream, and Parmesan cheese, these potatoes are perfectly creamy and flavorful every time.

Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Learn how to cook fresh green beans! This easy method yields vibrant, crisp-tender beans that are delicious in salads or casseroles or as a side dish.

Get the RECIPE from Love and Lemons

Fresh Green Beans

Crispy smashed potatoes on black plate next to bowl of mojo sauce.

These Easy Smashed Potatoes with Mojo Sauce are the most delicious side dish! Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Easy Smashed Potatoes

Irresistibly Soft Dinner Rolls are easy to make with just 6 ingredients. These fluffy homemade bread rolls are holiday-worthy!

Get the RECIPE from NatashasKitchen.com

Soft Dinner Rolls

This is the best Potato Latke recipe. Crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. Their irresistible golden crusts are seasoned with just a sprinkling of salt and ready to be served with a side of sour cream and applesauce. They’re perfect for Hanukkah, but you’ll want to enjoy them year round.

Potato Latkes

This wild rice pilaf is full of color, texture, and fall flavors. It’s the perfect side dish for dinner during the cooler months.

Get the RECIPE from Budget Bytes

Wild Rice Pilaf

There are so many delicious baked potato toppings to choose from! This extensive list of the 50+ BEST toppings includes meats, cheeses, veggies, sauces and more.

Baked Potato Bar

This Arugula Salad recipe with red wine vinaigrette is my go-to green salad. The arugula has a peppery bite to it which pairs wonderfully with the acid in the vinaigrette. It’s the perfect salad for pairing with rich dishes.

Arugula Salad

Overhead shot of baked potatoes topped with sour cream and chives.

Learn how to make Instant Pot Baked Potatoes with crispy skins! They cook in just 12 minutes in your pressure cooker. Then, finish them off under the broiler for perfect, crispy & salty skins.

Instant Pot Baked Potatoes

Mashed Sweet Potatoes – Ultra creamy, flavorful and delicious and made with only 3-ingredients! No hand mashing required. Let your stand mixer do all the work for you!

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Sunchokes are a knobby root vegetable that can be prepared in more ways than you can imagine! In this recipe, you’ll learn how to roast them with olive oil, garlic, and thyme. It’s an easy side dish you can pair with anything.

Sunchokes

A modern and healthy stuffing recipe that’s bound for your Thanksgiving dinner! This wild rice side dish is packed with textures and flavors from hearty fresh herbs, dried cranberries, toasted pecans and more!

Get the RECIPE from Zestful Kitchen

Wild Rice Stuffing

Spears of asparagus cooked sous vide topped with parmesan shavings.

How to cook perfect asparagus sous vide. Bright green, perfectly cooked spears. With three options for flavoring – garlic, parmesan or lemon.

Sous Vide Asparagus

Collard greens and kale cooked with bacon. Perfect for your holiday celebrations!

Get the RECIPE from Life’s Ambrosia

Collard Greens

Say bye bye to basic potato salad. This Grilled Potato Salad combines smoky grilled potatoes with a delicious tangy mustard dressing that’s loaded with fresh herbs and salty capers. It’s delicious!

Grilled Potato Salad

Close up of baked potato with sour cream, cheese and bacon.

Learn how to make perfect slow cooker baked potatoes with minimal effort. Just season the potatoes with a bit of olive oil and salt, wrap in foil, and cook in the crockpot. Serve them with your favorite toppings like cheese and sour cream, or chili. Or, host a Baked Potato Bar.

Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

Split open sweet potato on grey plate with pats of butter and fork.

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes cook up quicker than in the oven and they’re deliciously fluffy and creamy every time! Learn how to make the BEST sweet potatoes in the pressure cooker in just about 30 minutes!

Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes

These Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes with chicken broth are the most delicious mashed potatoes you will ever have. They’re light, creamy, buttery & quick to make with the help of your pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

This delicious warm German Potato Salad combines tender potatoes with a warm bacon-mustard vinaigrette dressing. It’s tangy, creamy and the perfect side dish for the summer grilling season.

German Potato Salad

This Tomato Cucumber Salad features fresh cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, and crisp red onion. Dressed in a tangy homemade red wine vinaigrette, every bite is bursting with refreshing Mediterranean flavors!

Tomato Cucumber Salad

This Vegan Caesar Salad has all the tanginess and creaminess that you'd expect from a traditional Caesar salad, but it's completely plant based. Topped with fresh avocado, cripsy fried capers and croutons.

Vegan Caesar Salad

This fresh and tangy Peach Caprese Salad features sweet peaches, creamy burrata cheese, and juicy tomatoes. A perfect blend of summery flavors, this simple yet delicious salad is the ideal late summer side dish!

Peach Caprese Salad

Overhead shot of shaved fennel salad in green serving bowl on pink table.

This Fennel Celery Salad comes together quickly and has such a delicious light lemon-parmesan vinaigrette and wonderful crunch. It's the perfect side salad for rich and hearty dishes like pasta or braised short ribs.

Fennel Celery Salad

Pasta salad in bowl on wooden cutting board next to bowl of pepper flakes.

This Zucchini Pasta Salad recipe may be the best I've tried to date! Packed with sauteed zucchini, loads of parmesan cheese, fresh dill and crunchy walnuts.

Zucchini Pasta Salad

Overhead shot of Mexican street corn salad in serving bowl.

This Couscous Corn Salad puts a salad twist on Mexican Street Corn. Smoky grilled corn, a creamy cumin-lime dressing, and pearl couscous combine to create this delicious salad.

Couscous Corn Salad

This Cherry Tomato Salad with Roasted Lemons is the perfect side dish. Sweet tomatoes combine with a tangy vinaigrette and delicious roasted lemons.

Cherry Tomato Salad

These Blistered Shishito Peppers are the perfect finger food. They’re so easy to make too. Lightly seasoned and slightly smoky, you’ll find that most are mild… one out of every ten might surprise you.

Blistered Shishito Peppers

Roasted Delicata Squash is a winter side dish that’s really easy to prepare. There’s no peeling required and the maple flavors and warm spices taste divine!

Roasted Delicata Squash

Mashed Cauliflower is a delicious, low carb & keto friendly side dish. With 5 flavor variations and instructions for making Stovetop Mashed Cauliflower or Instant Pot Mashed Cauliflower.

Mashed Cauliflower

I’m serving up these Oven Roasted Mexican Carrots elote style. Similar to how you’d dress grilled street corn, these delicious tender carrots are topped with lime, crumbled cheese, jalapenos and cilantro. So crazy good!

Oven Roasted Mexican Carrots

Crispy parmesan Green Bean Fries are baked in the oven for a healthy, delicious treat. Served up with three dipping sauces – green goddess, honey mustard & creamy sriracha. A secret ingredient makes them extra delicious! Air Fryer directions included.

Green Bean Fries

This grilled broccolini is topped with a tangy apple cider vinaigrette and marcona almonds for a delicious crunch. It’s a perfect side dish for autumnal menus or Thanksgiving.

Grilled Broccolini

Ears of corn on the cob in a grey serving dish with a pat of butter and sprinkling of parsley.

Learn how to make the BEST Instant Pot Corn on the Cob. This pressure cooker corn on the cob recipe uses a simple, secret ingredient to guarantee that your corn is sweet, tender and delicious!

Instant Pot Corn on the Cob

Overhead shot of smashed brussel sprouts drizzled with lemon tahini dressing.

These Crispy Smashed Brussel Sprouts are flattened so that they become extra crispy when roasted in the oven. Drizzled with the most amazing Lemon Tahini Sauce.

Crispy Smashed Brussel Sprouts

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries with Lemon Tarragon Aioli are perfect for snacking. Strips of zucchini, coated in panko cook up perfectly crispy in the air fryer. Dip them in an easy-to-prepare creamy aioli flavored with tarragon and lemon.

Zucchini Fries

Add a healthy boost of nutrients to your dinner with this easy Sauteed Spinach. Baby spinach is added to a skillet along with garlic and olive oil, then sauteed gently to create a simple side dish that pairs with any meal!

Sauteed Spinach

Over head shot of cooked brussels sprouts in grey bowl with spoon.

Air Fryer Brussel Sprouts with Balsamic cook up crispy and delicious with minimal oil with the help of your air fryer! Dressed simply with balsamic vinegar and a sprinkle of salt. You'll love these!

Air Fryer Brussel Sprouts

This Mushroom Risotto is rich, creamy and totally decadent.

Mushroom Risotto

Bowl of cooked pinto beans flecked with cilantro.

Instant Pot pinto beans are easy to make and taste so much better than the canned version! Perfect for meal prep or as a side dish to your favorite tacos, salads, or protein bowls, these beans can be ready in under an hour with no soaking required.

Instant Pot Pinto Beans

This is the BEST Instant Pot Mac and Cheese! Made extra creamy with a secret ingredient plus delicious cheddar & parmesan cheese. It can be made in just 4 minutes with your electric pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

Learn how to instantly turn an ordinary vegetable into an extraordinary side dish with this easy canned corn recipe! It covers everything, from how to cook canned corn on the stovetop to how to dress it up with seasonings and flavor boosters to what to serve with it for a meal to remember.

Canned Corn

How to Make Ahead and Store

Many of these ham side dishes can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for a few days or even in the freezer. Simply check the individual recipes for full storing instructions and details on how to make ahead.

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55+ Sides for Ham

Over 50 best side dishes for ham – including vegetable side dishes, pastas, potatoes, rice, salads, and more. One of my favorite side dish recipes is these Duchess Potatoes.

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Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 40

Total Time: 1

Servings: 6 people

Created by Platings and Pairings

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes (peeled)
6 Tablespoons butter (divided)
¼ cup heavy cream
1 cup shredded Cabot Vermont Sharp Cheddar Cheese
4 large egg yolks
Minced fresh parsley (for garnish (optional))
Salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

Instructions

Cut the potatoes into 1-inch cubes and place them in a large pot. Add enough water to cover the potatoes and add about 2 tablespoons of salt. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 15-20 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart easily when pierced with a fork. Drain well.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Add drained potatoes to a large mixing bowl along with the cream and 4 TBSP butter. Mash well with a potato masher until there are no longer any lumps (or press through a potato ricer).
Stir in the cheese until well combined. Season with salt & pepper, to taste.
Let cool slightly, then stir in the egg yolks.
At this point if the mixture is very thick you can add additional heavy cream, if needed.
Transfer the mashed potatoes to a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. (You’ll need to work in batches.) Pipe the potatoes onto the parchment-lined baking sheets into swirls about 3 inches in diameter.
Gently brush with the remaining 2 TBSP butter, melted.
Bake until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Serve immediately garnished with parsley, if desired.

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55+ Easy Side Dishes for Ham