I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!Back in April, before Easter, there was a massive sale on picnic hams. They were $1.29 a pound and I bought a lot of them, fifteen or twenty, I'm not sure exactly, but anyway, they were really cheap. I currently have one in the crockpot for tonight's dinner. It is just over six pounds.
So tonight we will have ham with potatoes and green beans, then I will pick all the meat off the bones and put the bone back in the crockpot all night with plenty of water to make stock. Tomorrow we will have ham sandwiches (or in my son's case ham rolled up in tortillas) for lunch and then I will dice up the ham that is left.
I will add some diced ham into the eggs (possibly omelets) in the morning for breakfast. I will make egg noodles with the ham broth and we will have ham and noddles for dinner. No one here cares for ham and bean soup so that's not an option. I might make pizza on Friday with diced ham as a topping.
Anyone have any other ways to use up ham? I mean these are probably sufficient for a six pounder, but for future reference? If anyone has a good strata or fritatta recipe, I'll take it. I really want to see how many meals I can get out of an $8 ham.
Stretching a Ham
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Our favorite - one dozen eggs, four cups milk, two cups shredded sheddar, diced ham (lots or little - we like lots) and a box of seasoned croutons. Mix all together in 9 x 13 baking dish, bake at 400 for 45 minutes. You might need to adjust baking time for your oven - those stats are particular to mine and since I do it from memory, not sure what the original recipe called for. This is a favorite recipe that my family loves.
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- ham casserole
- ham salad sandwiches
- green beans with ham and potatoes
- green salad with bits of ham
These sound really good. I am saving these ideas for my meals next week.
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Either my comments are not being entered, or I just posted the same comment multiple times. Nothing seems to happen when I select Submit Comment. Hmmmm
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I think the key ingredients for me are ham broth, ham, YELLOW split peas and onions.
July 28th, 2011 at 03:09 am 1311822561
As to the ratio of peas to broth, I do it by eye. THere's a basic ratio that is on the split pea package. My family tends to like the soup quite thick so I think I may use more peas to broth. Or I let it cook down more.
Let me know if you decide to try it.
Marie
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