Today is garbage day, that day when I clean out the fridge and hopefully don’t waste too much food. Many consumer agencies report that Americans waste anywhere from 10%-40% of what we purchase! That’s unreal! If we use it instead, just think, instant savings on your grocery bill.
Although none of us probably has any ham to toss just yet, thought I’d find some ideas now so that we’re not throwing it away after Easter. Plus, if you take a look at some of these recipes now, you can pick up the needed items at the supermarket, in anticipation of your leftover ham.
Potatoes au Gratin or Scalloped Potatoes with Ham (that one is from the Food Network and we’ve made it, it’s good!)
Ham & White Bean Soup
Rachael Ray’s Ham & Cheese Mac
Click to see recipe. This is one of my family's favorite dishes, a staple in our recipe repetoire.
Check out the Simply Potatoes in the refrigerated section of your supermarket. I’ve made these,and they were yummy! They’d be a nice side dish to ham, if you want to just eat the ham as a main course meat again. And click on the photo for one more recipe.
If you don’t want to be bothered with a recipe–maybe a quiche or a frittatta is what you need. My simple recipe for that is 6 eggs, half a cup of milk, and I use my electric beaters to beat for about 30 seconds. From there, you can add anything into it. A quiche has a crust, a frittatta does not. Good time to use up pie crusts if you have any. But I toss in cheese, meat, veggies, whatever I have as leftovers and will go together. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Omelettes, hot ham & cheese sandwiches, cold ham sandwiches, dice it up with some cheddar and top a baked potato. There are lots of things to do with ham, don’t let it go to waste. The only thing that I don’t think works is freezing cooked ham. It gets a weird texture.
Good Luck. And now I’m hungry!
