I'm making a spiral cut ham for Christmas, anyone have good ideas / recipes for tasty (easy) side dishes?

So far my menu is sort of boring:





corn


carrots


potatoes


green bean casserole





with dinner rolls, and pie for dessert.





ANYONE have any ideas??I'm making a spiral cut ham for Christmas, anyone have good ideas / recipes for tasty (easy) side dishes?
my favorite thing to do with potatoes:


12 small red poatatoes(quartered)


1/2 tsp oregano


olive oil(enough to coat the bottom of a pan)


1/4 tsp thyme


1/4 tsp rosemary


salt and pepper (to taste)





coat the bottom of a pan with olive oil and place on a cooktop. When the pan is hot enough, reduce heat to medium and add the potatoes and spices. Let cook until sides of the potatoes are golden brown, stirring occasinally. salt and pepper to taste. Serve in warmed dish soon after finished.I'm making a spiral cut ham for Christmas, anyone have good ideas / recipes for tasty (easy) side dishes?
Sounds great, but you're right, as you present it, it sounds a bit boring. A raisin sauce to serve alongside the ham would perk things up (easy, recipe's on web), and since you're serving potatoes, why not serve au gratin? Cheese is so good with ham. Here's an easy way to make au gratins, steam or nuke potatoes until done, slice put in oven proof shallow bowl. Make a cheese sauce (easy) then add a cup of sour cream to the cheese sauce, pour over potatoes and bake till warmed through and sauce bubbles. What time are you serving? I'll be there.
Orange Sweet Potato Cups


Serving Size : 4





4 oranges


2 1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potato


2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine


1/4 teaspoon salt


1/8 teaspoon pepper


Orange juice


1/4 cup brown sugar


Mini marshmallows (optional)





Halve oranges in zig zag pattern. Carefully ream halves, reserving juice. Remove pulp, keeping shells firm.





To mashed sweet potatoes add butter, brown sugar, orange juice to moisten, salt %26amp; pepper. Beat until fluffy.





Spoon mixture into orange cups to within 1/2 inch of cut. Add a layer of mini marshmallows. May fill higher %26amp; substitute finely chopped pecans for marshmallows





Place orange cups in muffin tins or baking pan %26amp; and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until heated through %26amp; marshmallows partially or completely melt.
Instead of boring old potatoes, make scalloped potatoes or my favorite, au gratin potatoes. Ty broccoli %26amp; cheese casserole instead of green bean casserole. go to www.recipezaar.com.
Make cheesy hash browns:





Mix 1# frozen hash browns, 1 1/2 c sour cream, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, and 3 c shredded cheddar. Bake at 400 about 30 minutes.


You can sautee the corn in butter %26amp; some diced red %26amp; green pepper--it makes the corn very sweet flavored, and looks beautiful.
HAM
Dinner salad, mac and cheese,a squash soup, EGGNOG( !!) mixed nuts, deviled eggs, cream cheese filled dates rolled with coconut or nuts. cheese plate, a rum punch, veggie plate, gingerbread cookies. TAMALES!! rum raisin sauce for the ham...

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