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25 Of The Best Christmas Side Dishes Your Family Will Love

Modified: Jan 10, 2024 · Published: Dec 2, 2020 · by Ramona

Let's jazz up our festive time and the dinner table with these fantastic and so easy to make family side dishes recipes, perfect for Christmas dinner. Something for everyone, whether you are vegan, vegetarian or like a bit of meat. Here are some beautiful, yummy, healthy and quick Christmas side dishes to put together this festive period.

25 Of The Best Christmas Side Dishes

We all have our favourite and best Christmas side dishes, from a nice potato salad to the more indulgent cauliflower and broccoli gratin, or the super simple and so delicious honey-roasted carrots with butter, mmm. All these Christmas food ideas that will cheer up any table. Many of these can be made ahead of time like the day before, some even earlier and frozen.

Healthy Potato Salad
I cannot think of anything better than a homemade potato salad to bring to your Christmas table as a side. A delicious and healthy side option that your family will absolutely love.
Healthy Potato Salad
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Chunky roasted cauliflower with capers, honey and raisins dressing
This chunky roasted cauliflower uses a vinaigrette that's made from super healthy ingredients like honey, capers, cider vinegar and raisins. It can be that perfect if not the best Christmas side dishes you can think of. A fab combination!
chunky roasted cauliflower with capers and raisins
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Curried Brussels sprouts with chicken and cavolo Nero
The colours alone in this recipe are sufficient to brighten any dinner table. Serve at Christmas dinner for an instant winner. This curried brussels sprouts with chicken and cavolo nero recipe a truly delicious side whilst still remaining within your healthy habits.
A festive plate of curried Brussels sprouts, with chicken and chopped cavolo Nero.
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Four-Potato salad recipe with egg and swede
Not one type of potato, not two, but four types of potato salad which also contains eggs, raw swede shavings and fresh herbs, could make a truly delightful side for the festive table. Are you ready to tuck in? I am! Delicious!
4 potato salad recipe with egg and swede
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Best homemade Yorkshire puddings
Oh, there Yorkshire puddings or popovers are great fun making, they are definitely on my list of the best Christmas side dishes, they are perfect to accompany any roast. They really need to make it to the Christmas dinner. Oh, and they can be made in advance too. Bake them from frozen and...tada! Unmissable!
Yorkshire puddings
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Romaine Salad with Lemon-Pecorino Vinaigrette
Give a classic Caesar salad a makeover in this romaine salad with lemon-pecorino vinaigrette recipe. Serve this beauty at Christmas as a super healthy side.
romaine salad lemon pecorino vinaigrette
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Potato, olives and feta cheese salad
Another super tasty potato salad, ideal for a Christmas side dish or to take for a potluck. A fairly simple side dish that only requires a few ingredients but really delivers a delicious side option.
A bowl full of delicious potato, olives and feta cheese salad.
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Red cabbage, carrot & egg coleslaw
This red cabbage and carrot coleslaw has a little twist to it. Adding grated egg makes it almost a meal on itself.
Red cabbage, carrot & egg coleslaw
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Pigs in blankets for Christmas recipe
Take your pigs in blankets to the next level (they look pretty, too) with these rosemary and honey cute wonders. You can prepare in advance and freeze them to cut down your prep on Christmas Day. Want something even fancier? These stuffed pigs in blankets are made with pancetta and homemade sausage stuffing. Mmmm!
Pigs in blankets for Christmas recipe
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Chicken breast with giant couscous, pesto n’ radicchio
This superb chicken and giant couscous make a unique side dish, quick to make and requires just a few ingredients like chicken breast, pesto sauce, radicchio and peppers. Totally scrumptious!
Healthy Chicken breast recipe with giant couscous, pesto sauce and radicchio
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Roast carrot and spelt salad with dukkah and preserved lemon dressing
This zesty carrot and spelt salad is a fresh, vibrant and super easy one to make. The dukkah addition to this side dish gives it a delightful nutty flavour, perfect for a Christmas side to a meat or meatless feast. Tantalizing!
Roast carrot and spelt salad with dukkah and preserved lemon dressing
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Lentils, chorizo and sun-dried tomatoes
Why not choose to prepare this superb, hearty lentil, chorizo and sun-dried tomato dish, it is delicious, healthy, quick and yummy. It is all you really need on Christmas table.
A white bowl of chunky lentils, chorizo and sun-dried tomatoes, ready to go.
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Mediterranean potato, egg and olive salad
Grab a bite out of this Mediterranean potato, egg and olive salad, mmm, and all the fresh herbs, making this a refreshing side.
Grab a bite out of this Mediterranean potato, egg and olive salad, a yummy treat suitable for garden parties, picnics.
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Middle Eastern roast carrot salad with herby carrot top yogurt
Oh, wow, check out this spiced roast carrot salad recipe with zesty yoghurt and serve this easy recipe as an impressive side dish at your Christmas gathering. Impressive!
Middle Eastern roast carrot salad with herby carrot top yogurt
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Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratin
Get the kids to eat their vegetables this Christmas to impress Santa with this broccoli and cauliflower gratin. Click on this to learn how to make this tasty broccoli and cauliflower gratin.
Broccoli and Cauliflower Gratin
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Herby barley couscous with chipotle halloumi and grilled apricots
Herby barley couscous with chipotle halloumi and grilled apricots is one of those great looking favourite couscous salad recipes over here. Packed with goodness, airy, tasty, light and so perfect as leftovers (if any). Healthy and super easy to make! Totally scrumptious.
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Roasted Asparagus with Buttered Shallots and Garlic Scapes
A simple yet delicious side dish that requires just six ingredients! These asparagus are full of flavour and wonderfully complemented with shallots and garlic scapes.
Roasted Asparagus with Buttered Shallots and Garlic Scapes
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Potato, sausage and parmesan cheese bake
A truly comforting family meal, ready in two flashes and munched in a flash. Yes, it is quick to prepare, a wonderful and pleasing dish to have over the festive period.
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Crusty baked potato spuds - Ramona’s Cuisine
No need to say much here, these crusty crushed potatoes with oil, butter, garlic and herbs are so easy and quick to make and absolutely divine. Too good to miss.
These crusty baked potato spuds are a simple and delicious potato side dish, a classic potato recipe that never fails to deliver.
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Potato, cucumber and garlic salad
Oh my, another beautiful potato salad containing cucumber, garlic and pepper dressed with a yummy yoghurt sauce. An incredibly delish and refreshing side dish that's been kept simple and pretty healthy!
This potato, cucumber and garlic salad is an adventurous salad recipe, and you can get creative with the ingredients.
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Giant potato and cauliflower filo samosa - Ramona’s Cuisine
This can make an impressive side too, a giant samosa! So easy to make and a lot healthier than the regular deep-fried mini version, it contains potato and cauliflower and some amazing spices. It is seriously good and one to consider.
Giant potato and cauliflower filo samosa plate
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Cabbage casserole with mince beef and fresh herbs
This cabbage casserole with ground/minced beef and fresh herbs is a shortcut to the traditional stuffed cabbage rolls which to me are a mush have over the festive period. So good!
Cabbage casserole with beef mince and fresh herbs
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Roasted Butternut Squash with Pecans and Blue Cheese
Roasted butternut squash with pecans and blue cheese, wow! This makes that perfectly warm and savoury winter dish that you cannot possibly skip and consider not having on the Christmas table. Colourful and super healthy!
Roasted butternut squash-with pecans and blue cheese
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Parmesan Zucchini and Corn - Damn Delicious
This parmesan zucchini and corn it's that healthy quick side dish perfect to any meal dress up, super simple and so delicious, not to mention how healthy this is too!
Parmesan Zucchini and Corn - Damn Delicious
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Honey Butter Roasted Carrots (So Sweet and Tender!) - Rasa Malaysia
It cannot get any better, simpler than these delicious honey-roasted carrots with butter, garlic and parsley. The super quick and easy recipe that takes just 10 mins prep time and 25 mins in the oven. Wow!
Honey Butter Roasted Carrots (So Sweet and Tender!) - Rasa Malaysia
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Other Recipes:

  • Cucumber roll slices on white plates with mixed sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
    Cucumber Rolls
  • Yoghurt mint sauce in a green serving bowl and spices sprinkled over.
    Yogurt Mint Sauce
  • Roasted red bell pepper sauce on a wooden board.
    Roasted Red Bell Pepper Sauce
  • Roasted pepper salad in a plate with salad dressing.
    Easy Roasted Pepper Salad

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  1. Black And Polka Dot Living Room says

    March 07, 2025 at 2:58 am

    5 stars
    superb dishes here and I have to say not only for Christmas 😉 I’ll be back to your blog soon.

    Reply
  2. Choclette says

    December 23, 2020 at 6:38 am

    5 stars
    Christmas sides are my favourite part of Christmas. I like to have as many as possible. Now I've got heaps more ideas, so thank you for this gorgeous post.

    Merry Christmas

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      December 23, 2020 at 7:42 am

      Merry Christmas to you too dear Choclette! I totally agree with you, the more sides the merrier indeed!

      Reply
  3. Marisa F. Stewart says

    December 22, 2020 at 7:47 am

    5 stars
    Thank you!! You've saved me hours of searching on the Internet for sides. Why is it I can always come up with the meat but can never think of what to do with the sides. They all look delicious. It will be difficult choosing which one but they will be a huge success I'm sure.

    Reply
  4. Deborah says

    December 21, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    5 stars
    So many healthy recipes! It is difficult to decide which to try first. I love this roundup. Photos are amazing.

    Reply
    • Ramona says

      December 22, 2020 at 4:33 pm

      Thank you so much dear Deborah, it really means a lot 😉

      Reply
  5. Audrey says

    December 18, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    5 stars
    These all look so amazing! My mouth is watering.

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