Another food one..sorry but I’m stuck for a side dish!

[MrsGrindah]

So for many reasons our big family meal is a few days after Xmas day. 6 of us but only small oven. Don’t want to do full Xmas meal as we will have all had one if not two by then. So although it’s a sit down meal my plan is to serve help yourself style. No starter but.
Glazed ham
Saffron roasties
Pigs in blankets
Pickled onions , red cabbage and coleslaw
Lobster mac and cheese
Warm bread.

But I feel I need another dish to go along side. Any ideas?

Honestly, by 2 or 3 days after Christmas, I would much prefer ham, new potatoes and a nice salad. Another big dinner would be a chore.

You need more veg - what about a green salad?

yes I second a salad and I'm not sure you need the macaroni cheese

Something green. I think broccoli would be nice. Theres a yum purple sprouting with chilli recipe I had once, I'm sure you could find something online (I'm too lazy to check!)

Definitely salad and new potatoes

Salad and if possibly do cauliflower cheese not macaroni

The cheese will be good with the ham but by a few days past Xmas my body is usually begging for veg 😂

Something green.

Dauphinois potatoes

Green beans

Honey glazed carrots

Personally I would do the ham but with proper oven baked potatoes not roasties, and red cabbage. OK bung on the pigs in blankets as well. I would make a crunchy salad like a Waldorf and if another vegetable is needed I would either do broccoli spears or a recipe for leeks in an orange sauce(easy, it's not really a sauce at all) it's a Sophie Grigson one and probably on line somewhere. If not I can post it. I would lose the lobster Macaroni and cheese but only because we have that for Christmas Eve supper.........

Sprouts!

Nobody is that keen on greens unfortunately! Except me! I’m doing the Mac and cheese fir extra card because two people have huuuuge appetites! But keep the ideas coming..sorry I meant to say I’m doing a salad too.

Ooh just had a thought...cheesy leeks!

Carbs not card

Cook pasta - add cucumber water chestnuts and pepper - stir all together with mayonnaise

Salad! Don't bother with the mac and cheese and roasties too much stodge. Keep it simple in my opinion - ham, potato salad, green salad, red cabbage coleslaw and bread

My people need stodge unfortunately! Big blokes who do loads of exercise!

The lobster macaroni cheese doesn't really go with the rest of it.
I would look at that spread and thing ' But there's no veg!'

I have a good appetite but that looks like a beige buffet.

Roast potatoes sound nice. The cheesy leeks sound good.

They don’t like veg though. It’s a help yourself thing rather than a complete meal if you see what I mean....a sat down buffet I suppose!

I missed out in my opening post then I will be doing a salad but that’s more fir me to be honest....everyone else will avoid veg if possible

Leek gratin would be delicious with that.

I think leeks would work. Would they eat greens in the form of a green bean casserole?

Buttered (garlic optional) green beens and toasted almonds. Easy and yum.