60 Side Dishes for Ham That Will Have Everyone Demanding Seconds

Is there nothing more comforting and delicious than mashed potatoes? This creamy side dish is the perfect pairing for honey baked ham.

The secret to the best ever baked potatoes? Cook them like the British do.

Creamy, cheesy, and crowd pleasing dauphinoise potatoes are practically impossible to dislike. This classic French dish is simple yet indulgent, and pairs perfectly with baked ham.

Melted Parmesan takes these roasted potatoes to a whole new level.

Garlic confit improves just about everything, including these buttery mashed potatoes.

Thin slices of potatoes are doused in a cheese-bolstered cream mixture and baked in a skillet until it becomes a crispy and tender gratin-like dish that everyone will love.

The secret to these impossibly crispy potatoes? Not baking or boiling. All you need is a skillet and a lid (yes, really) to pull off these perfect spuds. Serve them with Bourbon-Glazed Ham for a meal the whole family will love.

Skip the roux! My easier version of this cheesy classic is so much better.

An easy, step-by-step guide to making creamy mashed sweet potatoes sweetened with maple syrup.

Thick chunks of red potatoes are tossed with a generous dusting of garlic powder, then finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon before they hit the table.

Learn how to make colcannon — a classic Irish side dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage dressed with browned butter.

Inspired by melting potatoes, thick slices of potatoes get tossed with a lemony herb butter and cooked in a hot oven, creating a crispy, snappy crust on the outside.

Cream cheese upgrades classic mashed potatoes into the creamiest, dreamiest side.

Boiled baby Yukon gold potatoes are tossed in a mixture of melted butter, honey, hot sauce, and red pepper flakes, then smashed, roasted until crispy, and brushed with more butter before serving.

These creamy baked mashed potatoes are loaded with two kinds of cheese and are make-ahead-friendly.

The easiest, simplest way to make the best baked sweet potatoes every time.

An easy, impressive recipe for restaurant-quality fondant potatoes made with just five staple ingredients.

These delicious twice-baked colcannon potatoes are a twist on classic twice-baked potatoes.

For this super-simple side dish, thick chunks of sweet potato are roasted and then dusted with a snowy layer of nutty Parmesan that turns irresistibly crisp around the edges after a few minutes under the broiler.

If you're looking for a seriously impressive way to upgrade your basic mashed potatoes, take inspiration from loaded baked potatoes with all the fixings.

Tender spring asparagus baked under creamy Alfredo sauce until bubbly and browned is the ultimate spring side.

This classic vegetable side dish comes together in minutes.

Sweet corn kernels simmered in butter and cream is better than anything from a can.

Snappy blanched green beans served with sautéed shallots and buttery sliced almonds.

If you love roasted cauliflower, you must try melting your cauliflower. Melting cauliflower takes inspiration from the brilliant technique used for melting potatoes.

Roasted asparagus is a quick and easy side dish for any night of the week. We add a little Parmesan and garlic for some serious crave-worthy veggies.

Sweet, jammy roasted carrots get a salty, crispy Parmesan crust.

Tender baby spinach, mixed in a flavorful cream sauce, makes one of the best and easiest side dishes for holiday dinners.

Cabbage, bacon, and a couple of spices join forces for a quick and easy, smoky-sweet vegetable side dish that will forever change the way you think about cabbage.

The vegetable, often called baby broccoli, isn’t just immature broccoli — instead it’s a hybrid of broccoli and Chinese broccoli.

This classic Southern dish is the epitome of comfort food.

Miso is a fantastic ingredient that makes simple roasted carrots into something magical.

If you have yet to master sautéed kale, here's your recipe.

A warm sauté of sweet corn, peppers, and onion enriched with heavy cream and topped with crispy bacon that’s often served in Louisiana.

Toss roasted broccoli with homemade Caesar dressing, then shower it with toasted breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese for the ultimate side dish.

These perfect Brussels sprouts have a little bit of char and are perfectly crisp-tender: cooked all the way through with a little crunch remaining.

Cabbage wedges are seared, then baked until the leaves become meltingly tender and caramelized just enough around the edges.

Fresh green beans are stir-fried until blistered, then tossed with tangy pickled shallots and topped with crunchy, salty breadcrumbs.

Buttery, brown sugar- and bourbon-glazed carrots are what you pair with your ham dinner when you’re going for something fast and fancy. The bourbon and brown sugar bring out the natural sweetness of the carrots.

This step-by-step recipe for easy sautéed broccoli rabe involves quickly blanching to reduce bitterness.

A step-by-step guide to making the best, most foolproof dinner rolls.

These buttery, tender Parker House rolls are perfect for your holiday bread basket. To make these tender pull-apart rolls extra fluffy, we use instant potato flakes, a common pantry ingredient that helps yield the most perfect crumb.

These tender rolls get their pale orange hue and delicate sweetness from mashed sweet potatoes.

Individual knots of challah bread, rich with eggs and ready for a slathering of butter.

Freezing the butter and then grating it into the dough is the secret to these perfectly tender biscuits.

These tender, rich, pillowy dinner rolls are flecked with herbs and crowned with a toasty cheddar cheese crust.

Classic buttermilk biscuits are nice, but this version with bacon and cheddar might be your new favorite.

These Irish cheddar potato rolls are baked to cheesy, buttery perfection.

These from-scratch biscuits come together in just one bowl, don’t require any fancy techniques, and come out perfectly pillowy every single time. In short, they’re the quickest, easiest way to make biscuits at home.

These flaky, buttery homemade crescent rolls ready in less than an hour.

This vibrant salad takes full advantage of sweet spring asparagus. It’s a celebration of the season’s bounty: crisp asparagus, sweet green peas, tender leeks, and lots of fresh herbs.

With briny feta crumbles, crunchy toasted walnuts, and zippy herbs, this chopped kale salad tastes just like spanakopita, the iconic Greek savory pie.

This green bean salad pairs snappy green beans with nutty farro and purple radicchio. Finish the salad with buttery toasted hazelnuts, crispy fried shallots, and a dressing that’s so good you’ll want to eat with a spoon.

This twist on classic Caesar salad features shredded Brussels sprouts and homemade croutons.

A creamy salad with fresh sweet peas, snow peas, snap peas, and radishes tossed with cheddar & bright dressing.

This classic cucumber dill salad is made creamy thanks to a tangy sour cream dressing.

Put together this potluck-friendly salad in just 20 minutes.

These sweet roasted beets are loaded with fresh herbs and feta cheese.

This refreshing snap pea salad features fresh mozzarella, radishes, and lots of fresh mint.

This star of this crunchy, veggie-packed salad is a tangy Greek-inspired dressing, which doubles as a marinade for the feta and chickpeas.