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Ham and Swiss Scalloped Potatoes

February 3, 2012 by Tiffany

Yesterday, we talked about how to make white sauce. That is the basis for this dish too. The simple white sauce poured over layers of potato, ham ans shredded Swiss cheese makes for a wonderful dinner.

In order to keep the baking time to a minimum and ensure the potatoes get cooked all the way through, I boiled the whole potatoes and then sliced them. Since everything is hot going into the oven, it only needs about 20 minutes to melt the cheese and finish off the dish.

Here’s what you’ll need to make it: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish Tagged with ham, potatoes, scalloped potatoes, swiss cheese, white sauce4 Comments

Not Your Ordinary Ham and Cheese Sandwich

June 17, 2011 by Tiffany

There’s something about church that makes everyone positively ravenous. I can’t seem to get lunch on fast enough on Sundays.

Last week, I made these sandwiches. The ham slices were pre-cut from the grocery, sold in the meat department. I fried them on the griddle (because the gas grill was out of gas). I topped the ham with thick slices of Monterey Jack cheese, sauteed onions and mild banana pepper rings.

What’s the best sandwich you’ve had lately?

Filed under: Main Dish, Sandwich Tagged with banana peppers, cheese, english muffins, ham, monterey jack, onions2 Comments

Ingredient Spotlight: Ham

April 13, 2011 by Tiffany

Easter is coming and that often means ham. Which leads to leftovers.

Leftover ham, means easy meals. If you’re fortunate enough to have extras, cube and freeze the ham in 2-3 cup quantities. Then you’ll be all set to pull it out for a quick dinner.

Here are a few of my favorite recipes that use ham: [Read more...]

Filed under: ingredient spotlight Tagged with ham, ingredient spotlight6 Comments

Slow Cooker Ham and Vegetable Soup

March 11, 2011 by Tiffany

The wonders never cease. My kids actually tried the pearl onions in this soup. And they liked them! Amazing.

This is one of those fantastic “assembly only” type recipes. Basically, you dump everything in the slow cooker and let it do its thing.

You don’t have to use pearl onions, if your kids are averse (but you might give it a go, because you never know…). The bag of frozen veggies I used included the onions. There are only 5 ingredients in this soup and they can be changed up as you wish.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Soup Tagged with chicken broth, cream of celery soup, cream of chicken soup, Crockpot, ham, rice, slow cooker, stew vegetables8 Comments

How to Use Your Oven as a Slow Cooker

February 22, 2011 by Tiffany

Saturday was our first ever Virtual Freezer Cooking Day via Facebook. I say first ever, because it was so much fun to cook with you all and it was so productive that I know I’ll want to do it again sometime.

I cooked 3 large pork roasts over night, plus an accidental ham. (I thought it was something else, and by the time I figured out it was ham, it was too late. It had to cook.) There was no way all of that was going to fit in my slow cooker.

Oven to the rescue! [Read more...]

Filed under: cooking tips, tips Tagged with beef, Chicken, ham, meat, oven, pork, roast, slow cooking11 Comments

Ham and Pineapple Fried Rice

January 20, 2011 by Tiffany

My ears perked up when I heard someone mention a fried rice dish that involved ham and pineapple. Any recipe that involves cubed ham gets my attention right now, since I have so much in the freezer.

My family likes the ham/pineapple combo in recipes, but I admit that this sounded a little strange. But I was wrong. The fried rice was full of flavor and we licked the platter clean. No leftovers to fight over.

I based the recipe on Vietnam Fried Rice, but I used pineapple juice in addition to the soy sauce to season and flavor the dish. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish Tagged with Asian, carrots, eggs, garlic, ham, onion, peas, pineapple, rice, skillet dinner, soy sauce14 Comments

Western Omelette Casserole

January 7, 2011 by Tiffany

For Christmas morning, I wanted to make a different type of breakfast casserole than the egg/sausage one I usually make. We have to have some kind of protein to counteract the cinnamon rolls, frozen fruit cups, and hot cocoa.

I set out on a search to find a recipe that suited me, but since I’m picky, I couldn’t find the perfect casserole. So, I created one based on several recipes. I knew I wanted ham, peppers and onions. And it needed to be something I could make the day before and pop in the oven on Christmas morning to bake.

The result was exactly what I hoped for. The green and red pepper made it look Christmasy, but it would be good for any brunch. It would also make a good breakfast-for-dinner meal. I didn’t get a photo of the ingredients, but here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Breakfast Tagged with bell peppers, Breakfast, brunch, cheddar, cheese, eggs, french bread, green pepper, ham, holiday, italian bread, onion, red pepper18 Comments

Potatoes and Ham ala Julia Child

December 20, 2010 by Tiffany

I’ve been reading Julia Child’s book My Life in France. That led me to order “The French Chef”, her cooking show on PBS, from Netflix. What fun!

I have to say that I’m surprised how many of the recipes she shares are accessible for the average cook at home. I’m not sure why it surprised me, because that is who she wrote for. She aimed to bring French cooking to American kitchens.

This dish is based on one that Julia Child shared on her TV program. She used smoked sausage in hers, but I substituted cubed ham. I don’t remember what kind of cheese she used. I admit that I have some more tweaking and trying to do on this recipe. The sauce didn’t thicken like I’d hoped. I’m pretty sure I did it like she said, but something didn’t work. It may have been that I used milk along with the half & half. Julia Child said that would work, but I only have 1% milk instead of whole.

However, the taste was wonderful! I could really taste the potatoes. You know how sometimes they are just there and you don’t really notice them? Not so with this dish. The ham was a nice complement and it was all underscored with Swiss cheese, garlic and onion.

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish Tagged with butter, egg, garlic, half and half, ham, Julia Child, milk, onion, potatoes, swiss cheese5 Comments

Ham, Broccoli and Cheddar Soup

December 7, 2010 by Tiffany

Have I mentioned my freezer full of cubed ham? We bought 1/2 a hog (my niece’s 4-H project). The place my sister takes the pig to be processed gives us whatever they decide they’re in the mood to make. Last year we had more Italian sausage than I’d ever seen. This year it’s cubed ham.

So of course, when I decided to make a cheesy broccoli soup, I had to put some ham in it too. It’s a combination that works well and makes for a filling soup. I based the recipe on the Cream of Cauliflower Soup from More With Less Cookbook.

Here’s what you’ll need to make it: [Read more...]

Filed under: Main Dish, Soup Tagged with broccoli, cheddar, chicken broth, flour, ham, milk, onion8 Comments

Scrambled Eggs, Ham and Muenster Cheese Skillet

October 16, 2010 by Tiffany

We needed a quick dinner one night (I feel like I say that all the time!), so breakfast for dinner worked great. I really wanted to make Scrambled Egg-wiches, but I didn’t have any English muffins.

Instead, I cooked the eggs and ham in the skillet and then placed Muenster cheese slices over the top. The cheese melted into the eggs and ham perfectly.

Super fast and it tasted great too.

How often do you have breakfast for dinner? How often do you cook this type of food for breakfast?