Complete your Christmas meal with side dish recipes everyone will remember, featuring festive, wintry ingredients like broccoli, beets and sweet potatoes.

Look at the average holiday dinner table, and you’ll usually be able to guess which page the calendar is on. See boiled eggs? It’s Easter. See a turkey? Thanksgiving (even though the early years had no association with turkey).

The prime rib roast or a spiral-cut ham may take center stage at your holiday table, but the Christmas side dishes are what most of us remember when we sit down with friends and family in our own home or theirs.

No crowd at Christmas dinner? No problem. Whip up an elegant meal designed for four to six people with these stunning recipes.