Apr 28 2009
One Ham, Five Meals
I’m not sure if these are family recipes or if I just made them up, but here is how I got five suppers out of one ham.
Day 1: Traditional Ham Dinner
I used a bone-in ham that was on sale the day after Easter for 67 cents a pound. I don’t think I need to go into the actual recipes on this, if you have any questions, look on the ham package or check out allrecipes.com
Day 2: Pea Soup
I hate pea soup, but I don’t mind this recipe. It’s a family recipe from my husband’s side.
The day before, I carved most of the meat off the ham bone. I put the bone in the crockpot, covered it in water, and added a bag of rinsed split peas. Then I added the following: 1 diced onion, 4 sliced carrots, and salt and pepper to taste. I put the crock pot in the refrigerator, and the next morning took the crockpot out and started it to cook all day on low. Before I served it, I took out the ham bone and tasted it to make sure there was enough salt and pepper in the soup. I served the soup with Jiffy cornbread.
Day 3: Breakfast for Supper
I fried some ham and made pancakes and eggs. My mouth is watering, just typing this and remembering how it tasted.
Day 4: Potato Bar
1 or 2 baked potatoes per person, cubed ham, broccoli cooked with Velveeta. Each person piles ham and broccoli on their potato.
Day 5: Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
Slice 2 potatoes per person into thin slices, put into a casserole dish. Add diced ham. Dallop 1/2 TBSP butter or margarine, 3 inches apart, over the top. Sprinkle 1 TBSP salt and 1 tsp pepper over the top. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour.
That’s how I did it. If we didn’t have so many ham sandwiches for lunch, I could have made some navy bean soup, too, but those ham sandwiches were really good.
