Easter Leftovers

Happy Easter, a little early!

This weekend is Easter Sunday, and we will be spending time with family, attending church, and heading out for an Easter brunch. I'm sure many of you will be sitting down to enjoy a lovely meal featuring a HAM. I have partaken of many an Easter ham dinner, but I enjoy it most when it's incorporated into a recipe, versus the star of the show. I've got a number of uses for you for those Easter ham leftovers. If you have a favorite ham recipe, please feel free to share!

Some no recipe needed uses:

make a hot ham & Swiss sandwich with a good roll - use some brown mustard, too
toast an English muffin, heat up some ham, scramble some eggs, and melt a little cheese on it for breakfast
dice it up, throw it in a pan to heat it and brown it a little bit, and top a baked potato with ham, cheese and broccoli
make Stromboli with ham, broccoli & cheese
cut some thin slices and make a Cuban! Here's the recipe I like: Cuban recipe from Tyler Florence
dice it and make a chef salad of sorts with whatever you've got on hand - cheese, hard-boiled egg, ham, turkey, tomato, etc.
throw some chunks of ham and pineapple on a skewer and make kebabs!
make Hawaiian pizza - not my thing, but some people love it!

Some hammy recipes:

Our family used to make a "hot dish" with leftover diced ham, sliced potatoes, some diced onion, ground black pepper, and a can of cream of mushroom soup (I know) - it was really tasty, actually... Here's a"classed-up" version: Ham & Potato Bake

Ham & Cheese Pretzel Bites

Ham & Cheese Sliders

Spinach, Ham & Egg Frittata

Layered Mexican Trifle Salad

So this is awesome. It's a lot of work, but it is awesome. Feeds a crowd, looks cool, tastes great. What more can you ask for? I first had this at a party, and then tracked down the recipe - I believe it was originally from Pampered Chef. You can mix it up, but I really like this combo. It's easy to double or whatever is needed, based on the serving dish. The one pictured was MASSIVE, and was basically a triple batch - so much work, and at the last minute! Layered Mexican Trifle Salad I ngredients: Beans: drain, rinse and mix together 1 15 oz. can pinto beans and 1 15 oz. can black beans 1 15 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained (I've also used fresh) 1 large tomato, diced (I usually use several Roma tomatoes) 2 green bell peppers, diced 3 ripe avocadoes, diced and mashed with the juice of 1 lime and salt and pepper to taste 1 large onion, diced (red or white) 2 cups cooked chicken, diced or shredded 2 cups cheddar or jack cheese, shredded

Skillet Chicken, Broccoli, Ziti & Asiago Cheese

We ALL really love this recipe. This is based on a recipe from the good people at Cooks Illustrated - I am grateful to them for getting my kids to happily eat sundried tomatoes and broccoli! I've also made this in a huge batch and served it family-style for a dinner party (and got to use my giant Pampered Chef Simple Additions square pasta bowl (it's really big), and it was AWESOME). If people could have licked the bowl clean, they might have - there was NOTHING left. Try this, and love it: Chicken, Broccoli, Penne and Asiago Cheese Skillet 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch squares 2 tbsp. vegetable oil (or olive oil - just don't heat that to smoking) 1 medium onion, minced (about 1 cup) 3 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tbsp.) 1/4 tsp. dried oregano 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes 8 oz. ziti or penne (2 /12 cups) 3 c. water 2 c. low-sodium chicken broth 3-4 c. broccoli florets 1/4 c. sun-dried tomatoes in oil, rinsed and choppe

Another Take on Comfort Food

Sometimes there's nothing you can do but cook. I've had the displeasure of seeing 2 young moms in our school community recieve cancer diagnoses in the last 18 months. If you're like me, when someone you know is hurting, you want to help, but lots of times, there's not much you can do. If you can cook, you can take away some of the stress of getting the family fed and bring a meal or two. In fact, even if you can't cook, you can pick up a meal at a restaurant or a bag of groceries, or even a gift card for a local restaurant. I think it comes naturally to some - the church and school communities I grew up in always loved with food - church potlucks, school spaghetti dinners, and of course lots of meals for people who needed them. But not everyone has done this before, so it might be overwhelming. As in my "feeding a crowd" blurb, there are a few things to keep in mind. Don't try to impress - don't try new recipes. Find out if you're

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