The Easter ham requires a great group of side dishes to complement it and create a beautiful Easter feast on your table for everyone who attends your Easter dinner.
Creamy potato recipes, fresh spring vegetables and 14 other recipes will allow you to create an incredible Easter dinner experience.
1. Scalloped Potatoes
A creamy and delicious scalloped potato dish is truly the type of dish that creates a “Sunday Dinner” feeling.
It’s the best side dish to pair with Easter Ham!
The main thing is to thicken the cheese sauce before you put it in the oven to allow for all the wonderful creamy texture and flavour that comes with it, so you have tender potatoes without a bunch of liquid in your scalloped potatoes.
It’s pure comfort food and pairs beautifully with the salty/sweet flavour of the glazed ham.
2. Instant Pot Creamy Mashed Potatoes
If you are looking for easy mashed potatoes, try making them in the Instant Pot!
This method is way easier than the stovetop method.
You can keep your mashed potatoes warm in the Instant Pot until you are ready to serve your Easter dinner and take care of another dish during that busy time.
The steamed garlic mellows and sweetens and creates the silkiest, creamiest and most flavourful mashed potatoes you will ever eat.
Plus, by using the Instant Pot for your mashed potatoes, you are freeing up space on the stovetop for other dishes.
3. Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
This type of mashed potato can hold its own as a comfort food!
Loaded with two different cheeses and fresh herbs that are perfect complements to ham.
The use of chicken bouillon in the water adds a wonderful depth of flavour to the potatoes that makes them an amazing addition to your Easter dinner, and you will be sure to have guests returning for more seconds and thirds!
4. Roasted Carrots and Potatoes
This recipe takes advantage of inexpensive root vegetables and pantry staples to create a dish that looks and tastes like it came from a fancy restaurant.
To ensure that both carrots and potatoes finish cooking at roughly the same time, they need to be cut into uniform pieces.
This will provide you with perfectly caramelized, tender vegetables.
This is a traditional vegetable side that is perfect for Easter dinner!
5. Steakhouse Creamed Spinach
This creamed spinach is the same rich-style creamed spinach served in most upscale steakhouse restaurants.
It is an elegant side item to include in your Easter Dinner Menu.
The consistency of the dish is such that it will remain on a fork while you eat and has an incredible creamy texture with a lot of fresh-tasting spinach flavor combined with it.
The flavour pairing is ideal when used in conjunction with the strong, rich flavour of ham and/or glazed ham.
6. Hot Honey Brussels Sprouts
Boiled Brussels sprouts tend to turn mushy, whereas roasted or baked Brussels sprouts will dry out if overcooked.
However, using the pan-searing method prevents this from occurring since they stay crispy.
The addition of the hot honey glaze will give them a deliciously sweet/spicy flavour that complements the butteriness of the ham.
Anyone who doesn’t like Brussels sprouts will certainly change their mind after trying this recipe!
7. Garlic Lemon Sautéed Spinach
The enormity of a pile of spinach may be a little intimidating as you think of it shrinking down to one tiny bite, but with this recipe you won’t have that worry due to the dramatic reduction in volume!
The bright, tangy flavour from the lemon and aromatic sweetness from the garlic create a very refreshing contrast to the heavy richness of ham at Easter.
This dish is fast, healthy, and will add an attractive touch of vibrant green to your Easter platter.
8. Stovetop Candied Yams
This side dish gives the impression that you spent a lot more time in the kitchen preparing it than you really did!
The sweet potatoes become fork-tender and create a beautiful caramelized glaze with a sweet, but not too sweet, flavour.
They also add a traditional holiday flavour that balances the rich, savory taste of ham.
9. Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Garlic Butter
Normally we think of sweet potatoes as being a soft casserole-type vegetable, however, smashing them creates more surface area for browning (gives us nice crispy edges) and creates a lovely texture difference between the crispy edges and the fluffy centre.
The mashed potato-like texture and crispy edges, when topped with rich, flavorful garlic butter will definitely create discussion at your Easter dinner table.
10. Easy Roasted Asparagus
Simple and delicious, this side goes with almost any main course, especially your Easter ham.
The parmesan cheese gives a nice salty finish, but if you want it to be lighter, skip the cheese.
Fresh asparagus is such a spring vegetable and the perfect choice for your holiday meal.
11. Fried Asparagus
These are way better than any frozen appetizer you’d get at a restaurant, because the coating stays super crunchy and the asparagus inside remains crisp.
Even non-fans of asparagus will enjoy this method of preparation because the crunchy coating makes it more like a special treat than a vegetable.
Unexpected and delicious!
12. Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
These taste exactly like the ones from Red Lobster, but you can make them at home in 20 minutes or less!
The finishing touch of the garlic butter brush makes these biscuits delicious and the BEST way to mop up any leftover ham glaze on your plate.
Your family will be asking you to make these every holiday from now on.
13. Cheesy Garlic Bread
This version of cheesy garlic bread uses ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen, and the time to prepare is 25 minutes.
It doesn’t compare to frozen varieties available at grocery stores and you have the ability to customize it according to your garlicky and cheesy preferences.
There is something truly satisfying about a warm, buttery loaf of bread next to a beautiful Easter ham.
14. Bacon Cheddar Biscuits
These biscuits are buttery buttermilk biscuits filled with sharp cheddar, crispy bacon and fresh chives.
Everything you want to enhance the flavor of ham!
The food processor allows you to combine the ingredients for this easy dough in minutes.
Rich and delicious, these biscuits are the perfect accompaniment to glazed ham and bring an extra element of indulgence to your Easter feast.
