Thanksgiving Side Dishes to Serve With Baked Ham : Southern Cooking

potatoes

🥗Healthier: cauliflower

💰Cheaper: sweet potatoes

Cauliflower is lower in calories and carbs, while sweet potatoes are often less expensive.

green beans

🥗Healthier: asparagus

💰Cheaper: frozen green beans

Asparagus is more nutritious, while frozen green beans are budget-friendly.

stuffing

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: bread crumbs

Quinoa is higher in protein, while bread crumbs are a cost-effective option.

Snap the white ends off the asparagus and wrap about six asparagus stems in bacon.

Drizzle about a cup of French salad dressing over the asparagus.

Cover and refrigerate the asparagus for one hour to marinate.

Poke holes in the top of the aluminum foil before smoking the asparagus.

Coat sweet potatoes with olive oil and sea salt.

Place sweet potatoes on the smoker for 1 hour.

Wrap the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and put them back on the smoker for an additional hour.

Remove the sweet potatoes from the smoker, cut them in half, and score the insides with a fork.

Add two pats of butter and one tablespoon of brown sugar to each potato half.

Top each potato half with a tablespoon of roasted pecans.

Transfer the marinated asparagus to the smoker after the hour of marinating.

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