ALDI Ham Christmas Dinner Price 2023

How to make a tasty, full Christmas dinner in 2023 on the cheap from ALDI. Serve a ham, sides, and dessert and wow your guests with your frugalness with such delicious food.

Christmas is by far the most expensive holiday to celebrate. With all the gift giving going on, it might not leave much left in the budget for the Christmas meal.

That is why I am here to help by showing you how to make a full Christmas dinner on the cheap by purchasing what you need at your local ALDI store.

For this dinner, we are going to start off with the main course. And what feeds a group of people the cheapest? Why, a ham, of course!

I am going to show you how to make it super tasty too, with a few extra ingredients!

Jump to:

• 🐖 Ham Prices
• 🥕 Side Dishes for Christmas
• 🥔 Mashed Potatoes
• 🍄 Shredded Brussels Sprouts + Mushroom Saute
• 🥧 Homemade Pie<
• 💲 Final Cost
• Homemade Blackberry Ham Glaze

🐖 Ham Prices

Here are the prices of ham at ALDI that I found on Saturday, December 16th at the St. Augustine, FL store.

Type of Ham	Price per pound
Appleton Farms Shank or Butt Ham	$1.79/lb
Appleton Farms Hickory Smoked Carving Ham	$3.49/lb (2021 price)
Appleton Farms Spiral Hickory Smoked Honey Ham	$1.69/lb
Appleton Farms Spiral Gold Foil Glazed Ham	$3.99/lb

In 2021 I got the carving ham. This is a boneless ham that is a flat shape similar to the one I get at Costco. It's not like one of those logs they smash together. The bone it removed. It's more expensive than the other hams but you do end up with 100% useable meat, so take that into account. The ham was a hit with my family, but I haven't seen it the last couple years.

Let us know in the comments at the end if you found any other ham.

🧀 Make sure to check out our other ALDI Christmas post on How to Make a Cheese Platter.

The cheapest ham at ALDI is the Appleton Farms Spiral Hickory Smoked Honey Ham It is going for $1.69 per pound. I found that the average ham weights about 8-12 pounds.

It is possible that this price will reduced as we get closer to Christmas. I found that to be the case for turkeys for Thanksgiving 2022. They went from $1.59/lb in October to $1.07/lb the week before Thanksgiving.

We have a family of 6, so a 10 pound ham would give us 1 ⅔ lbs per person. Even including bone we will have enough with some leftovers.

The cost of a ham at ALDI

$16.90

I love making my own glaze for a ham, even if it comes with one. This is Christmas after all? Here are ingredients to make a homemade ham glaze that will knock the socks off everyone at your dinner table.

Priano White Wine Vinegar (16.9oz)	$2.75
Specialty Selected Blackberry or Raspberry Spread	$3.09
Worcestershire Sauce	$.99
TOTAL COST:	$6.83

Here are the amount are going to need. The rest can be saved for different uses later.

• 6 ounces Blackberry Spread
• 2 teaspoons white or vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

A recipe is posted at the bottom of this post.

🥕 Side Dishes for Christmas

I love pairing carrots with ham. Cooked carrots in my opinion are really underrated

For a quick, cheap, and tasty side, just cut the carrots into cubes or matchsticks. Saute in a pan with butter (the butter can be extra from buying it for making a pie) until browned.

Check your pantry for any additional spices you can use. If you have any of the following already give them a try: cumin, coriander, dill seed, fennel seed, and freshly grated nutmeg.

Bag of carrots for 2 lbs

$1.55

🥔 Mashed Potatoes

Another cheap option is Russet potatoes. They are the cheapest potatoes in the store going for $3.99 for 10 pounds, which at 39.9 cents a pound.

Want to save oven space on Christmas day? Try making mashed potatoes in the slow cooker. Just put the potatoes into your slow cooker with some water on the bottom so they don't burn, and cook them on high for 2-3 hours..

Russet potato skins are a little tough so you might want to peel them before hand.

When potato are done add in your milk ($3.35/gallon which only need a small amount of) and butter and whip them with a hand mixer. Leave them in the slow cooker on warm until it's time to eat.

Russet Potatoes + Milk (you will have alot of milk left)

$7.34

🍄 Shredded Brussels Sprouts + Mushroom Saute

This time of year Brussels Sprouts are my favorite veggie. To make them quick you can shred in a food processor. If not food processor chop them up as small as you can with a knife.

You can also add some mushrooms to the pan as well. Just slice the mushrooms and cook them all together with whatever other seasonings you have on hand.

Bag of Brussels Sprouts + 1 package of mushrooms

$4.34

🥧 Homemade Pie<

How about a homemade pie for dessert. Making your own pie crust is not that hard and can be done with just a bag of flour ($1.99 for 5 pound bag) water, and butter ($2.99)

As for the filling, take advantage of the frozen fruit at ALDI and make a blueberry pie. The frozen blueberries cost $4.05 for 24oz. I would get 1 bags for a whole pie. You can look at other options too like frozen strawberries, berry medley, or cherry berry blend. Then you will need some sugar as well and you can get that for $3.45 for a bag of Baker's Choice sugar.

1 bags of frozen fruit + butter + flour + sugar

$12.48

Remember you will have extra flour and sugar leftover.

For instruction on how to make a homemade pie crust check out out post on Peach Pie. You can use all butter instead of lard and butter that recipe calls for and just use regular flour.

💲 Final Cost

For your meal you have:

• Ham with Blackberry Glaze
• Cooked Carrots
• Shredded Brussels Sprouts & Mushroom Saute
• Mashed Potatoes
• Blueberry Berry Pie

Final Cost

$49.44

Not bad at all when you consider you will have possibly have leftovers and leftover ingredients.

Now let's get to that ham glaze recipe, I promised.

What are you going to make for your Christmas breakfast? Are you in need of some ideas? Check out our post on ALDI Christmas Breakfast ideas.