Last Updated on April 19, 2022 by Anne-Marie
If you’re looking for the perfect side dish to serve alongside ham dinner, then look no further than these delicious recipes that are perfect for many holiday meals.
Ham dinner is a classic American meal that usually includes potatoes, green beans, and cornbread. If you’re looking for other best side dishes to serve alongside your ham recipe, then read on.
There are several different types of sides that you can serve with your Easter or Christmas dinner. Some are traditional, while others are unique pairings for your main dish.
They’ll also work whether you bought a whole ham or complete holiday dinner from your favorite ham company. Or if you made a spiral cut ham in your slow cooker, cooked a Traeger Smoked Ham Recipe in your pellet-smoker grill, or an Instant Pot ham recipe with a brown sugar glaze.
You’ll love these easy-to-make side dishes that you can serve with your Thanksgiving dinner, too.
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30+ Best Side Dishes to Serve with Ham Dinner
Looking for the perfect side dish to serve alongside ham dinner? These delicious recipes are perfect for many holiday meals.
Easy Sweet Collard Greens Recipe
Looking for an easy collard greens recipe? Try this tasty Southern-style sweet collard greens side dish recipe for dinner.
The Best Smoked Mac and Cheese Recipe
It's easy to make smoked mac and cheese on your Traeger smoker grill. Creamy and oh-so-delicious, it's the ultimate comfort food.
Super Cheesy Crockpot Scalloped Potatoes
You'll flip over these super cheesy crockpot scalloped potatoes. This easy recipe for crockpot scalloped potato is one of the more popular side dishes to serve with glazed ham.
Awesome Garbanzo Bean Salad Recipe
This easy garbanzo bean salad is made with chickpeas, cucumbers, and more. Don't wait for special occasions to serve this light salad. Goes great with ham slices or traditional holiday recipes.
Easy Gluten Free Skillet Cornbread Recipe
This easy gluten-free cornbread recipe goes great with a variety of family meals. Make this cornbread recipe in a castiron skillet.
Homemade Applesauce (No Sugar Added)
This recipe for homemade applesauce with no sugar takes 30 minutes to cook. Don't bother with applesauce from the grocery store when you can make your own. Contrasts well the saltiness of the ham or smoked ham.
Seven Layer Salad
This classic seven-layer salad recipe is a show-stopping side dish. Serve up this easy recipe for a seven-layer salad in a glass trifle bowl. One of our favorite ways to make a salad for our holiday table.
Gluten Free Cornbread Stuffing Recipe
This gluten-free cornbread stuffing recipe is a holiday favorite for the taste buds. You won't believe how easy this gluten-free cornbread stuffing is to make.
Crockpot Mashed Potatoes Recipe
There's nothing easier than creamy Crockpot Mashed Potatoes. The best part is that making mashed potatoes in the crockpot is a big time saver when cooking up the holiday feast.
Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Make Instant Pot Sweet Potatoes in 30 minutes. Includes detailed instructions so cooking sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot comes out perfectly every time.
Broccoli Bacon Salad Recipe
This Broccoli Bacon Salad Recipe makes a tasty side dish. Make this easy keto broccoli salad in 15 minutes.
Cucumber Onion Salad Recipe
This Cucumber Onion Salad recipe is the ideal side dish for a quick and easy dinner. Bring this cucumber salad recipe to a potluck dinners.
Oven Roasted Vegetables Recipe
This oven-roasted vegetables recipe is a tasty side dish. Make oven-roasted veggies as an easy side dish for holiday dinners.
Mexican Christmas Salad Recipe
A Mexican Christmas salad recipe layered in a trifle bowl. This Christmas eve salad recipe comes with a method for smoking the beets.
Vegan Rice Stuffing Recipe with Cranberries, Squash & Dates
This vegan rice stuffing is cooked with cranberries, butternut squash, and dates. This vegan, gluten-free stuffing is made with jasmine rice.
Crock-Pot Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Parsnips Recipe
Make Crock-Pot Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Parsnips for Thanksgiving or dinner. Slow cooker sweet potatoes are paleo, gluten, and dairy-free.
Gluten Free Cornbread Stuffing Recipe with Chorizo, Squash & Apples
This easy gluten-free stuffing recipe is made with chorizo, squash, and apples. Make this gluten-free recipe for stuffing vegan or with cornbread.
Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Make a batch of sugar-free cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. This keto cranberry sauce is ideal for those on low-carb or paleo diets, too.
Brussel Sprouts Salad with Cranberries Recipe
This Brussel Sprouts Salad with Cranberries is easy to make ahead of time. Make Brussels sprout slaw for holiday meals or weeknight dinners.
Roasted Marinated Vegetables Recipe
Roasted Marinated Vegetables can be cooked in an oven. Or make roasted grilled marinated vegetables on a grill. Naturally vegan and vegetarian.
Seafood Pasta Salad Recipe
This Seafood Pasta Salad is a tasty side dish to bring to potlucks. This seafood pasta salad recipe is made with elbow macaroni and baby shrimp.
Marinated Asparagus Recipe
An easy-to-make marinated asparagus recipe. This roasted asparagus recipe can be served either hot or cold.
Wild Mushroom Risotto Recipe
Searching for easy risotto recipes? Then you’ll love this Wild Mushroom Risotto dish that can be made in about 30 minutes.
Southwestern Sweet Potato Salad Recipe
A healthy sweet potato salad recipe with a Southwestern flair. Easy to make, this cold sweet potato salad goes great with grilled foods.
Vegan Cornbread Recipe with Rosemary
Vegan cornbread with rosemary is perfect for Thanksgiving. This moist cornbread recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free.
Stovetop Creamy Mac and Cheese Recipe
This Creamy Mac and Cheese takes just minutes to prepare on the stovetop, contains two types of cheese, and is creamy, hearty, and delicious!
Butternut Squash Casserole (Gratin)
Butternut squash gratin is everything you’d want in a cozy casserole dish. Cheesy, creamy, flavored with thyme and garlic, and extremely delicious!
Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Perfectly cooked soft sweet potatoes are whipped until fluffy and creamy for a fall comfort food classic side dish. With a touch of cream and nutmeg, these sweet potatoes have so much sweet and spiced flavor.
Caramelized Brussel Sprouts with Brown Sugar, Bacon, & Blue Cheese
Caramelized Brussel sprouts with brown sugar are a wonderful simple side dish. To make Brussel sprouts even more wonderful add bacon and blue cheese for a sweet, salty, creamy, and nutty delight.
Maple Roasted Acorn Squash
Lightly sweet and loaded with flavor, Maple Roasted Acorn Squash is the perfect side dish to a meal where ham is the star of the show!
Corn Pudding Casserole Recipe
Corn pudding is creamy and filled with two kinds of corn, butter, sour cream, and cheese. A perfect side dish for your favorite weeknight meal or holiday dinner.
Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Walnut-Bacon Crumble
his recipe sounds fancier than it really is: roast sweet potato rounds, a quick sweet and sour glaze, and a crunchy topping. It’s a delightful combination of flavors and textures in a dish that feels ever so decadent, thanks to the bacon and maple syrup.
Potatoes Au Gratin Gruyere
Au Gratin Potato Stacks are a fun and delicious alternative to the original, and they cook up faster, too! Who can resist those golden brown, crispy and cheesy edges?
Lazy Slow Cooker Sweet Corn Spoonbread
Use your crockpot to make this deliciously spoon-able mashup of sweet corn, corn muffin, and eggs. Corn spoonbread is the perfect side dish for your holiday table!
Hasselback Butternut Squash
Hasselback butternut squash with cinnamon butter is thinly sliced and roasted until each tiny sliver is beautifully caramelized, sweet, and delicious. It's slathered with cinnamon butter while it cooks, and it's so super delicious!
Browned Butter Sweet Potatoes with Sage
Browned butter and sage sweet potatoes are a holiday classic snd the perfect accompaniment to a beautiful ham.
Creamed Spinach
This rich and savory creamed spinach is so rich and creamy. Made with fresh spinach that’s enveloped in a rich cream sauce.
Easy Yeast Rolls
These easy yeast rolls are made with simple ingredients and are perfect for yeast bread beginners. This recipe results in soft, pillowy rolls that can be made ahead of time and allowed to rest overnight in the refrigerator or baked right away.
Roasted Herbed Red Potatoes
A quick and easy recipe for crisp and flavorful baby red potatoes that go well with any meal of the day.
Air Fryer Frozen Green Beans
Looking for a healthy side dish you can make without any planning or prep? This recipe for Air Fryer Frozen Green Beans is so easy and tastes great too.
Rustic Potato Cake with Manchego and Chipotle Crema
This rustic potato cake is soft and creamy on the inside, crisp like a potato chip on the outside! It’s a classy alternative to mashed potatoes and soaks up delicate ham juices just as well.
Cheesy Brussels Sprouts and Wild Rice Casserole
Bring a touch of elegance to your fall and winter holiday table with this luxurious side dish or vegetarian main! Cheesy Brussels Sprouts and Wild Rice Casserole can be made ahead of time and may even win over a Brussels sprout skeptic!
Cheesy Potatoes
One of the best side dishes mom made us was Cheesy Potatoes. The homemade cheese sauce is what makes this recipe a big hit!
Easy Cheesy Potato Casserole with Diced Potatoes
Cheesy potato casserole with diced potatoes is the best side dish for ham! I’m amping up the flavor of these EASY cheesy potatoes by adding onions in a few forms and plenty of shredded cheddar cheese.
Potato Gratin with Smoked Salmon & Paprika Cream Sauce
Thin slices of potatoes are layered with onions, parsley, smoked salmon, loads of cheese, and a rich paprika cream sauce, topped with panko bread crumbs and baked into crispy, creamy, cheesy, awesomeness.
Korean Corn Cheese Side Dish
A simple and delicious side dish that is packed with gooey cheese, this Korean Corn Cheese is made with just a handful of ingredients and in 20 minutes!
Sauteed Green Beans with Shallots and Pine Nuts
Simply sauteed green beans are dressed up with fried shallots and toasted pine nuts. And the best part, all made in one pan!
Rice Pilaf Recipe (With Vermicelli)
This fluffy, buttery Rice Pilaf, infused with incredible flavor from sauteing in butter and cooking in seasoned chicken broth, with vermicelli (or orzo), creates a classic side dish for a holiday meal.
Kid-Friendly Cinnamon Brown Sugar Carrots
These quick and easy brown sugar cinnamon carrots make a delicious side for your holiday ham. They are kid-approved and can be made ahead.
Slow Cooker Green Beans Shallots & Almonds
Taking help from the slow cooker for holiday cooking is a big help. These green beans with shallots and almonds will cook while you prepare the rest of the meal.
Roasted Cauliflower and Asparagus (Whole30)
This roasted cauliflower and asparagus is such an easy, healthy and delicious side dish! It goes well with ham and it is incredibly flavorful.
Sauteed Spinach with Garlic - Quick And Easy Side
There is truly no simpler side than sauteed spinach with garlic. No chopping of the spinach or garlic allows you to throw this together in about 15 minutes.
Pineapple Cheese Casserole Recipe | Holiday Side Dish Idea
Pineapple Cheese Casserole is a super simple recipe that combines sweet pineapple with creamy cheese, topped with salty butter crackers.
Easy Sour Cream Green Bean Casserole {with fresh green beans}
This sour cream green bean casserole is classic holiday comfort food at its finest! This green bean casserole uses fresh green beans and sour cream instead of cream of mushroom soup. It goes great with ham or turkey.
Simple Arugula Salad with Sun-dried Tomatoes & Honey Lemon Vinaigrette
This Simple Arugula Salad is the perfect side salad for the holidays. With sun-dried tomatoes and a honey lemon vinaigrette, it's sweet, sour & salty - with the perfect coloring for the season.
Garlicky Smashed Potatoes with Parmesan cheese
These garlicky Smashed Potatoes topped with parmesan cheese are the perfect side dish for the holidays. Easy to make with just a few ingredients, they turn out crispy, cheesy, and plain delicious. You can even prep them ahead of time!
Corn Souffle {delicious & super easy recipe}
This corn souffle is so easy to make. It is a wonderful side dish for the holidays, especially with ham.
Pomegranate Couscous Salad
Pomegranate couscous salad is a bright, fresh and festive side dish for the holidays. It is a great make-ahead salad recipe that will go perfectly with ham.
Air Fryer Honeynut Squash
The cute little honey nut squash are like baby butternut squash. Roast them in the air fryer or oven for a fun holiday side dish.
Classic Broccoli Crunch Salad
Make classic broccoli salad for a holiday side dish. It is easy to make ahead of time and goes perfectly with ham.
Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole
Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole is always a crowd-pleaser. Hash brown potatoes are combined with cheddar cheese and sour cream to create a side dish that can easily steal the show at mealtime.
Apple Cranberry Sauce
Apple Cranberry Sauce is a refreshingly delicious change from the typical cranberry sauce. A flavorful balance of sweet and tart, with hints of cinnamon and orange, even those who swear they don’t like cranberry sauce find they enjoy this tasty recipe.
Cream Cheese Biscuits Recipe
Making delicious, homemade biscuits is hard. Get the recipe for these light and fluffy cream cheese biscuits and make a batch today.
Easy Air Fryer Broccoli
This quick and easy air fryer broccoli is the absolute BEST. It’s tossed with olive oil, garlic salt, and nutritional yeast.
Herb and Garlic Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Herb and Garlic Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes! Quick, easy, and impossible to mess up. Perfect for weeknight dinners or holiday entertaining.
Hot Honey Roasted Carrots
These hot honey-roasted carrots bring some sweetness and heat to the side of your plate and might just become your new favorite veggie side.
Dairy-Free Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Dairy-Free Garlic Mashed Potatoes made with 5 simple ingredients and packed with a ton of flavor. These vegan mashed potatoes are a fantastic side dish for any meal!
Smoked Au Gratin Potatoes
A unique spin on Au Gratin Potatoes. The smoker gives this dish an amazing flavor.
The BEST Soft French Bread Recipe
Super easy homemade French bread that tastes and smells bakery fresh. Learn how to make the fluffiest French bread that goes with everything.
Pineapple Dressing (Oven or Instant Pot)
Scalloped pineapple dressing is a sweet side dish that pairs wonderfully with ham. Leftovers can double as a dessert, especially with a dollop of whipped cream!
Crock Pot Brown Sugar Carrots
Everyone will eat their veggies when you serve them these brown sugar carrots with dill. Make this easy 5 ingredient side dish for a delicious veggie for your holiday spread.
Oven Roasted Delicata Squash Recipe
This Oven Roasted Delicata Squash Recipe is roasted with sweet maple syrup, butter, and sprinkled with ground cinnamon for a flavorful autumn side dish everyone will love.
Maple Gochujang Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Maple Gochujang Roasted Brussels Sprouts are a delicious side dish featuring tender Brussels Sprouts tossed with sweet and spicy maple gochujang sauce then caramelized to perfection.
Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Crunch
Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Crunch is a simple five-ingredient side dish featuring buttery mashed sweet potatoes hidden under a layer of crunchy chai-spiced pecans. This irresistible casserole will satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth during the holidays
Zesty Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Creamy and comforting, this Green Bean Casserole is made entirely from scratch. The extra effort of using fresh green beans and a zesty homemade mushroom cheese sauce improves upon this classic holiday casserole.
Collard Greens au Gratin
Collard Greens au Gratin combines a lusciously creamy sauce topped with a cheesy panko crust. With each bite, this side dish is full of crunch and decadently creamy goodness that is sure to make this southern veggie the star of your holiday table.
Oven-Fried Okra
Oven-Fried okra has all of the flavor and crunch of Southern-fried okra without all the oil for a lighter version. This straightforward classic side dish can be made in an air fryer or oven and frozen to "fry" later on.
Mashed Purple Sweet Potatoes and Banana
This recipe makes a sweet side dish. If you like bananas, this is the recipe for you.
Asparagus Casserole
Asparagus Casserole has tender asparagus and mushrooms baked in a luscious Dijon cream sauce. This festive and colorful side dish is a variation of asparagus au gratin and is perfect for a special dinner.
Maple Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Bundles
These oven-roasted green beans with bacon are salty, sweet, and buttery. They pair with pretty much anything. Try them with chicken, steak, your Thanksgiving ham, or anything else you want. These green beans wrapped in bacon will become a family favorite.
Twice Baked Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping
This sweet potato with pecan topping dish pairs well with – well, just about everything! These individual sweet potato casseroles are a great side dish for a potluck or any family dinner.
Creamed Corn Biscuit Cups
These Creamed Corn Biscuit Cups are an easy Thanksgiving appetizer that is super creamy and buttery!
Baked Parmesan Tomatoes
These delicious Baked Parmesan Tomatoes make a great side dish. Flavorsome tomatoes are filled with breadcrumbs, herbs, Parmesan cheese, and garlic. Baked until golden, this easy dish is a great addition to many meals.
Smoked Mac and Cheese - Traeger Mac and Cheese
Creamy, cheesy, and smoky Traeger Mac and Cheese is the ultimate main course or side dish to any meal.
Winter Holiday Salad with Pomegranate and Pear
This Winter Holiday Salad is loaded with baby greens, pear, pomegranate, pistachios, and goat cheese which all get topped off with a delicious, sweet, and tangy pomegranate vinaigrette.
5-Ingredient Muffin Tin Crispy Roast Potatoes
Crispy roast potatoes with 5-ingredients and made in a muffin tin. A simple, yet flavourful roasted fingerling potato recipe – a family favorite that is always a hit!
Roasted Butternut and Beetroot Salad
This roasted butternut and beetroot salad makes such a beautiful and delicious gluten-free winter salad. Roasted butternut squash and beets paired with feta cheese, sweet pomegranates, crunchy pumpkin seeds, all on an arugula base and topped with a creamy Whole30 Date and Dijon dressing.
Easy Sauteed Mushrooms with Garlic Butter
Sauteed mushrooms cooked in garlic butter until golden brown! Serve with steak, chicken, on burgers, or serve as an easy holiday side dish!
"Baked" Potatoes in the Instant Pot
Made with a few simple ingredients, this foolproof Instant Pot Baked Potatoes recipe comes out fluffy and creamy every single time! Thanks to the pressure cooker, you get the perfect baked potatoes without having to wrap them in foil.
Roasted Persimmon and Asian pear with Brussels Sprouts and Purple Daikon Radish
Roasted persimmon, Asian pear, brussels sprouts, and purple daikon radish make a great fall side dish or salad that is both sweet and savory. Forget the plain roasted brussels sprouts and try bringing this dish to your next potluck or get-together.
Maple Tarragon Roasted Turnips
These oven-roasted turnips are subtly flavored with maple syrup, Dijon mustard, tarragon, and bacon. The sweet maple is offset by the sharp mustard and the tarragon, and the crispy bacon works nicely with the soft turnips.
Maple Pan Roasted Carrots With Tahini Dressing
Looking for an easy, healthy side dish? These pan-roasted carrots are cooked to perfection in the oven. They're caramelized and have a touch of sweetness from the maple sugar. The carrots are then topped off with a tahini dressing and finished with pomegranate seeds and lemon zest.
Knotted Challah Rolls
Bake up some challah dinner rolls (made with bread flour) with this step-by-step recipe. These rolls are light, fluffy, and topped with a seed mixture for some texture.
Buttery Parsley Potatoes
This parsley potatoes recipe is ultra buttery and infused with fresh parsley, turning simple and traditional flavors into an elevated side dish with only 4 ingredients.
Bell Pepper Rice
Sweet bell pepper rice is a sweet and savory rice dish that’s perfect as a side for your next meal. The rice is soft and sweet, while the bell peppers and onions have their natural sweetness and savory flavor going on, and when it’s all combined, it tastes like magic.
Savory Cheddar Jalapeno Cornbread Pudding
This easy cheddar jalapeno cornbread pudding is the best comfort food side dish. Made with homemade or leftover cornbread, this savory bread pudding is a tasty side dish for the holidays or weeknight dinner.
Zucchini Stuffing
Zucchini, carrots, and onions, along with your favorite stuffing mix, combine to create a savory, veggie-infused side dish that's perfect alongside a holiday meal. Make this side dish from scratch in about an hour.
Air Fryer Parsnip Fries
Try a different approach to fries and give our air fryer parsnip fries a whirl. Crispy outside, soft inside, and a delicious sweet, nutty flavor, air fryer parsnip fries are fantastic and a healthier side dish option.
Cauliflower Risotto Recipe
This cauliflower risotto recipe is simmered with mushrooms, onions, cream, cheese, and herbs in flavorful chicken broth to reimagine the traditional version.
Biscuits & Gravy
Check out this plant-based version of the traditional American biscuits and gravy dish that everyone craves. These delicious biscuits and gravy are so fluffy and full of flavor, you will love them.
Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallows And Pecans
This sweet potato casserole is the perfect side dish for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. A classic dish with warming fall-flavored spices and topped with delicious pecan streusel and gooey mini marshmallows.
Keto Fries - Low Carb Jicama French Fries
Try these low-carb French fries. Keto jicama fries as a delicious side dish.
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