The rules have changed.
Period.
I love a good home-cooked meal.
But so many times, I see readers, friends, and loved ones, who stress out about the cooking of a “family meal”, that they miss the most important word in that equation…FAMILY.
I’ve said it over and over again…do what you love and buy the rest.
And so the rules have changed.
If you love to cook side dishes and the main course, but hate to bake cookies and pies…then buy them.
If you love to make cookies and pies, but hate side dishes and the main course…then buy them.
Because honestly, sometimes the “purchased” product is better than a “good-attempt” at homemade.
With the world’s best ham, HoneyBaked Ham is already the number one choice for holiday meals all over the country. Famous for spiral slicing and sweet, crunchy glaze, HoneyBaked hams and turkeys are the centerpiece of dinner tables in 2-million homes during the holiday season.
And there prices are fair…they have a deal right now where you can get any three heat and serve sides for $21.99.
To find a store near you – here.
And because HoneyBaked Ham wants to make it easier on your for the holidays…they are giving one KCM reader a $75 Gift Certificate to HoneyBaked Ham.
Here’s How To Enter The Giveaway
(Remember, each comment is considered a entry – so leave a separate comment each time.)
Leave me a comment and tell me your favorite holiday dish. (Ex. Sweet Potato Casserole)
Additional entry: Become a email subscriber to Kansas City Mamas. (I promise, I won’t spam you.) And then leave a comment and let me know.
Additional entry: Become in Like with Kansas City Mamas on Facebook. (We have fun, I promise.) And then leave a comment and let me know.
Contest will be open till end of day on December 19, 2012. Winner will be notified by email and has 48-hours to respond before another winner is chosen. Good Luck.
Disclosure: HoneyBaked Ham provided the giveaway prize and KCM with a like prize, but I was not compensated in any other way. The written remarks are entirely my own. Want more information – check out my full disclosure statement.
carol says
My husband smokes a turkey and it is good
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Courtney says
Can’t beat green bean casserole and it has to have Frenchs onions on top. YUM!
Carrie says
I love all the Holiday sweets!
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Karen McDowell says
I love all of the sides, I couldn’t pick a favorite. 🙂
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Amy says
I like my mother-in-law’s shrimp salad!
Ashley says
My favorite holiday dish is my Grandma’s macaroni and cheese.
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Joanne says
Green bean casserole.
Kaycie says
Smoked turkey is my favorite. And pumpkin pie. I can’t choose.
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Meagan says
corn pudding
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Sara says
My favorite holiday dish is stuffing.
Jennifer S says
Cheeseball and crackers
Jill W says
I am an email subscriber. Happy Holidays
Fern Sutton says
The sweet potato casserole is amazing! My favorite.
latanya says
macaroni and cheese
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Lori Belden says
My favorite holiday dish is a pretzel strawberry layered dish…YUMMY!
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D Schmidt says
My favorite is sage and onion stuffing
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Celeste says
My favorites are sweet potato casserole & ham- and honey baked ham is the best!
Susan Connor says
Oh there are so many favorties!!! Okay, first thing that came to mind was my mom’s cinnamon pears for Christmas. My grandma use to make them too and who know’s before that! LOL 🙂 I took them last year to my boyfriend’s family’s Christmas dinner and they all loved them and said they’d never seen such a beautiful dish!
Susan Connor says
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Danai says
Cranberry sauce
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Karen says
Stuffing!
carla says
I love homemade stuffing!
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robin says
Green bean casserole.
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Shelly says
I like fudge.
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Vicky E says
ALL of the desserts!
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nicole w says
the dessert!! Pie!
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Joyce says
Turkey with good gravy and mashed potatoes!
Lindsay Kindell says
I love the mashed potatoes!
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Audrey says
I am from france and turkey with chestnut is very popular. LOVE IT!
Joyce says
Pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting.
Keri Peterson says
Good old fashion mashed potatoes
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Lisa says
Fav holiday dish … probably dessert! Does that count? A nice cheesecake or pie. But I also really do like ham… 🙂
Lisa says
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I also subscribe via email. Thanks for the giveaway!
Amanda W. says
I love my dad’s stuffing!! Look forward to it every year!
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Just became an email subscriber 🙂
Rachel V says
Mashed potatoes
Leslie says
Fave dish stuffing!!!
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Leslie says
I like ham
Stephanie says
Cheesy hashbrown casserole – comfort food!
Stephanie says
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Stephanie says
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Kalynn says
I love green bean casserole!
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Sus says
homemade Stuffing and turkey
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Karen says
My favorite is gingerbread cookies – husband’s is honey-baked ham.
Lisa R says
My favorite holiday dish is my Grandma’s pumpkin dessert. It’s so much better than pumpkin pie!
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Faith says
Pie is defiantly my favorite!
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Schmidty says
Sweet potato casserole (I could eat it all by myself) ….lots of butter, brown sugar, and pecans. No marshmallows!
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kelly says
broccili rice casserole
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Cfosh says
I just love green bean casserole! Easiest thing in the world to make, yet I never do unless it is the holidays! Just not the same any other time of year! LOL
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Gina Bacus says
My favorite is sweet potato casserole. I will make it for myself this year because no one else likes it.
Susan says
My favorite is sweet potato casserole topped with pralines!
Robin Douglas says
Sweet potato casserole with LOTS of marshmallows and brown sugar. That is how I get my whole family to eat it. Is a great contrast to the salt in the ham. 🙂
Tabathia B says
I love potato salad
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Jessica K says
Green Bean Casserole 🙂
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Erin says
I like cheesy potato casserole.
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Andrea Williams says
Mine is green bean casserole.
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Michelle Mills says
My favorite holiday dish is fried turkey.
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april yedinak says
My fave holiday side dish is my Grandma’s stuffing. I can eat the whole pan myself.
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chantal cooper says
cranberry sauce and stuffing
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susan b says
My favorite dishes – ham and potatoes au gratin. Yum!
Rachel says
Ham with pineapple sauce!
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krystal says
My FAVORITE dish is green bean casserole.
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Rosemary ford says
My favorite is gren bean cassorole
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Sara Prochelo says
sweet potato cassserole with marshmallows! Yum!
Denise H says
Crockpot corn
Jessica Bretches says
Cornbread casserole!! Yummy
Jessica Bretches says
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Mindy says
My favorite holiday dish is my mom’s banana pudding!
Jessica Bretches says
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alicia says
I know with it being a prepackaged year round store item it doesn’t ound so “holiday” anymore, but my father in law’s homemade Chex Mix is to die for!
Angie baldridge says
My fav. Is my homemade rolls and her turkey
alicia says
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Beth S says
I love me some cheesy potatoes with ham of course!
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Jess Trump says
Holiday Dish: Oh boy! My mother in laws Hashbrown Casserole!
alicia says
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Beth S says
I like you on facebook.
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Morgan Stewart says
Green Bean Casserole!!!
Beth S says
I am an email subscriber.
Amanda Sakovitz says
I love Breaded Macaroni and Cheese balls for the holidays
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Esther says
I love homemade cottage cheese rolls and cheese potatoes!
Jenny says
Green bean casserole!
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Laurie Perkins says
My favorite dish is green rice casserole. The BEST!!!!
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I get your emails and thank your for the great giveaway!
Marlo Martin says
I love deviled eggs.
Heather B says
Any dessert!
Janelle says
My favorite holiday dishes are the fun goodies – the cookies and candies that only come out at Christmas time!!
Janelle says
I am already “in like” on Facebook! 🙂
Janelle says
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Jen says
I love mashed potatoes
Tina says
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Stephanie Putnam says
I have a few Favorite dishes but I would say my ultimate favorite is sweet potatoes with Marshmallow or walnut topping
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Jessica Zemler says
We always make Emeril’s spinach and artichoke stuffing recipe… Yum!
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Tina says
I get the newsletter.
Tina says
I love the Christmas candies that are made only this time of year.
Amanda says
I love any holiday dessert. Especially the sugar cookies and homemade candies.
lakeisha k says
Apple pie
Amanda says
I get the emails.
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trena says
I like your fb page:-)
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I signed up for emsils
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I get your great email.
trena says
My favorite holiday dish is my grandmas cranberry dessert. She used to make out and now my kids help me make it as I tell them about their great g-ma.
Amanda says
I liked you on fb! AND my fav holiday recipe is Green bean Casserole! Yum!! 🙂
Mary Ann says
I love stuffing!!
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I am an email subscriber.
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diane says
I am a email subscriber
Jenny says
Homemade stuffing is my fave!
diane says
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diane says
Green bean casserole
Dana says
Chicken Noodles!
Jenny says
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Dana says
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Kelly says
Prime rib on Christmas Eve! And cookies…
Maureen says
Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream!
Maureen says
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Tonya says
I like you on Facebook
Maureen says
I am an e-mail subscriber too!
Tonya says
Pistachio Salad aka the green stuff
Abby Craig says
My favorite side is mashed potatoes and gravy. No wait, green bean casserole. Green bean casserole, final answer 🙂
Jennifer G says
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I subscribe to your e-mails.
Abby Craig says
I am in “LIKE” with you on FB and we are definitely having fun!
Brenda E says
I like you on Facebook.
Jennifer G says
I also follow you on facebook.
Abby Craig says
I am also an email subscriber. And I appreciate that you don’t spam be, but would love for you to “HAM” me 😀
Brenda E says
My favorite holiday dish is my aunt’s peanut brittle! Yum!
Jennifer G says
Tough call for my favorite side dish, I think Im going to have to go with my Great Grandmaw’s sweet potato bake. I also love my Mom’s cornbread stuffing!
Lisa P says
I love my Mama’s fruit pies! I follow you on FB
Hatty says
I love the ham and green beans with mashed or boiled potatoes! Yummm.
Ellie says
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Jill says
I love scalloped potataoes:)
Ellie says
My favorite side dish is cheesy corn bake.
Beth says
I love fresh baked bread!
Shyla says
I love real mashed potatoes!!
Michelle Sandal says
Favorite holiday food are frosted sugar cookies
Gina Finch says
I LOVE any kind of Potatoes!!!!
Gina Finch says
I LOVE Honey Baked Ham!!!
Emily B says
I love green bean casserole!
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Corina says
It’s not the holidays without green bean casserole.
Corina says
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Lani says
We love pumpkin pie..aka at our house the kids refer to it as brown pie.
Angie says
We love cheeey potatoes.
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I already subscribe to your emails and love them!
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Jenny Horsley says
Ham!!
Haley says
nothing beats my mom’s homemade rolls
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Tiffany Neer says
I love jello ribbon salad. Red jello on top w/ a cream cheese,pineapple mixture in the middle and red jello on bottom.
Tania says
Any dessert!!
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Heather says
My mom’s sausage stuffing is my favorite side!
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Brandy says
Sweet Potato Casserole
Kacy Marxen says
My favorite dish is 7 layer salad
Brandy says
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I already get your emails
Kacy Marxen says
I already follow you on facebook
Brandy says
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LaShonda W says
I followed you on Facebook and my favorite dish during the holiday’s is mac and cheese. Thanks for the giveaway
LaShonda W says
I follow you on FB. I see you said, post another.. this is my second entry. In the comment, above I posted my dish and I mentioned following you on FB. I dont want to cheat myself out of 2 entries. I love honey baked ham
Heather H. says
I love pumpkin pie.
Heather H. says
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I’ m a Facebook fan.
Michelle says
Favorite holiday dish – sweet potato anything! I love me some sweet potatoes!
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Shelly says
Kale and Brussel Sprouts salad. Seriously. So good and hearty and makes you feel a little better about all the other stuff you ingest during the holidays.
Susan S says
I love my Grandmother’s cranberry pecan salad.
Susan S says
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Christi Young says
email subscriber and facebook. Favorite is stuffing,
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Kari says
Favorite side dish – mashed potatoes!
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cathy almon says
I am a subscriber
cathy almon says
I love my dads cole slaw recipe we make for Christmas
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Tracy Simons says
It’s Honeybaked! It’s gotta be the ham!! mmmmmmmmmmmmm
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I am an email subscriber as well 😀
Gina W. says
I love homemade cranberries. I cook a turkey (or ham) just to eat with my cranberries!
Gina W. says
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Margie Payne says
I am an email subcriber & liked you on facebook. My fav is Christmas cookies.
Virginia says
Sauerkraut Balls
Josie says
I love the pies
laura says
green bean cassarole
Virginia says
I like you and am n email subscriber
laura says
love those honeybaked hams
melissa says
Cheesecake
Stephanie Bron says
green bean casserole!!!
Stephanie Brown says
I’m already an email subscriber & I already like you on fb too!!! 🙂
Ashley says
Jimmy Dean Holiday Brunch Casserole Christmas morning!
Silke Loftus says
I like/follow you on FB.
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I am an email subscriber.
Silke Loftus says
Home-made apple or cherry pies!
Jennifer says
Please save me from myself and my monumentally high expectations for a great holiday meal.
Lisa says
Love honey ham. Can’t wait for the holidays
Susan Connor says
One of my favorite holiday dishes is my mother’s cherry coke salad. She always made it for Christmas every year. It has a bottle of coke, cherry jello, marshmallows, pecans and other goodies in it. Yummy!!! 🙂
Susan Connor says
I am already an e-mail subscriber and look forward to them every day! 🙂
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Christina Z. says
Green Bean Casserole!
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Darla says
Strawberry pretzel salad!
Tami says
Green beans
Jennifer says
My favorite holiday dish is a rice dish called “Rich dish”. It has perhaps 2 sticks of butter in it and is my favorite side to go with a good ham.
Jennifer says
I have already liked you on FB! You rock! Thanks!!
Courtney E. says
I love broccoli rice casserole!!
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I also am a fan on fb…
Kristen says
Gotta love the desserts, Christmas cookies and pumpkin pie!
Jessica M says
I love the classic mashed potatoes and gravy 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Jessica M says
I also am a fan on FB!
Kris says
Fav side dish is cranberry salad, homemade.
Kris says
I’m a friend on Facebook as well.
Kris says
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Becky says
My favorite dish is the dressing, love it with a little gravy on top
I subscribe and am a fan on FB
Mike Huntington says
Pork fried rice!
Mike Huntington says
Subscribed a long time ago. Does this still count as an entry?
Mike Huntington says
Of course, I also like you on fb.
Emily says
Green bean casserole!
Emily says
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Denise says
I’m an email subscriber!
Denise says
Mashed potatoes and noodles are the highlight of my holidays!
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sami says
Love those cookies
Melissa says
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Melissa says
I love my mom’s homemade macaroni and cheese!