I need recipe to use up ham

HeatherFP13
HeatherFP13 Posts: 81 Member
edited November 12 in Recipes
I cooked a ham for my family, and now I need to find a way to use the leftovers. Any ideas?

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  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    these are my favorite websites

    skinnykitchen.com
    familyfreshcooking.com
    emilybites.com
    fitsugar.com
    supercook.com
    skinnytaste.com
    hungrygirl.com
    kitchenparade.com
    eatingwell.com
    kraft.ca

    and of course pinterest :)
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    scalloped potatoes with ham
    diced ham in egg with peppers and onions
    ham sandwiches
    twice baked potatoes with ham and broccoli
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    omletes
    split pea soup
    baked beans with ham
  • katemme
    katemme Posts: 191
    The garbage disposal or feed it to your dog. Ham is nasty and is full of worms!
  • If I'm not freezing it to make sandwiches later, I like to make Navy Bean soup with mine :)
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    I make split pea and lentil soup
    Ham with homemade scalloped potatoes
    Potato and ham hash with onions
    Mac & cheese with chopped up ham in it

    Grind some cold ham up and mix with pickle relish and light mayo - ham spread..............mmmmmm
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    The garbage disposal or feed it to your dog. Ham is nasty and is full of worms!
    lol it is not
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    The garbage disposal or feed it to your dog. Ham is nasty and is full of worms!
    lol it is not

    Right????? I want proof!
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Dice some of it and along with pineapple, add it to a bruschetta pizza! I'd freeze the rest if you're tired of it.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,455 Member
    Rats, I have to go to the store for ham .....and canned tomatoes. Otherwise I could stay in. Share-sies?
  • holly1283
    holly1283 Posts: 741 Member
    Definitely not low cal. but very good. Mix hot rotini w/ ham in 9x13 dish. Place broccoli spears on top. Mix soup, milk,
    Ham and macaroni caserole pepper, garlic powder and 1/2 of the cheese. Pour over ham & bake covered at
    1 1/2 C cut up ham 350for half hour. Remove cover add remaining cheese and bake 5 min. more.
    2C cooked rotini
    1 can cream of celery soup
    1 C milk 4 oz. shredded sharp cheese
    1/4 t. pepper
    1/4 t. garlic powder
    10 oz. broccoli spears thawed
    9x13" casserole dish
  • Becky_Boodle
    Becky_Boodle Posts: 253 Member
    Mac & cheese with chopped up ham in it

    ^^this^^ yum :)
  • tinkermommc
    tinkermommc Posts: 558 Member
    Green Eggs and Ham! Thats what we are doing for dinner! It's Dr Seuss's Birthday!!
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    dice it all up. throw it into everything this week:

    1. eggs and potatoes, spinach, onions, whatever you've got - scramble or omelet, or just sunnyside up; throw in some salsa w/ ham.

    2. split pea soup w/ ham

    3. potato and leek soup w/ ham

    4. pasta with chopped tomatoes, spinach, asparagus, onions, juice of 2 lemons w/ ham

    5. jar of pasta sauce, why not?
  • RillSoji
    RillSoji Posts: 376 Member
    tag, just bought some ham on sale this week and could always use ideas. ~_^
  • gingerb85
    gingerb85 Posts: 357 Member
    I no longer eat meat, but my family still loves this recipe. It's from my old blog: http://gingerb85.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-recipe.html Easy and yummy.
  • ooh I have a REALY good Ham and Bean soup recipe I use all the time in my blogs. Its even more delicious with leftover ham. feel free to add me if you need to :)
  • HeatherFP13
    HeatherFP13 Posts: 81 Member
    Wow! Thanks for all the ideas everyone. We should plenty of yummy meals! My family thanks you! :happy:
  • Kimmer2011
    Kimmer2011 Posts: 569 Member
    Split pea soup, potato soup, bean soup, fried rice, scalloped potatoes, twice baked potatoes (I add some cooked cauliflower with the mashed potatoes, too), omelets/scrambled eggs, quiche, pasta/zucchini carbonara, pizza, mac & cheese, calzones.
  • meagalayne
    meagalayne Posts: 3,382 Member
    I made a killer Black Eyed Pea, Ham and Collard Greens soup not too long ago... Highly recommended! I made a hybrid of a soup I found on Kaylyn's Kitchen and a wickedly unhealthy soup -- so damn good :bigsmile: I'm actually going to make it again on Sunday if I can remember how!
  • kiahpyr
    kiahpyr Posts: 85 Member
    I made this last night and put ham in it. The whole family loved it!

    http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/11/skinny-scalloped-potato-gratin.html
  • katemme
    katemme Posts: 191
    http://www.ensignmessage.com/archives/porkfacts.html

    Some highlights:
    The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than beef or venison.

    A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.

    When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal's flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.

    Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts,and eggs will be killed.


    The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig.

    Here is from an actual news source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=6309464&page=1#.T1I9W5jlA20

    "The pork tapeworm has plagued people for thousands of years. The parasite, known as cysticercosis, lives in pork tissue, and is likely the reason why Jewish and Muslim dietary laws ban pork."

    Pigs are nothing but walking sewers.
  • HeatherFP13
    HeatherFP13 Posts: 81 Member
    http://www.ensignmessage.com/archives/porkfacts.html

    Some highlights:
    The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than beef or venison.

    A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.

    When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal's flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.

    Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts,and eggs will be killed.


    The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig.

    Here is from an actual news source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=6309464&page=1#.T1I9W5jlA20

    "The pork tapeworm has plagued people for thousands of years. The parasite, known as cysticercosis, lives in pork tissue, and is likely the reason why Jewish and Muslim dietary laws ban pork."

    Pigs are nothing but walking sewers.

    Just curious...have you ever been to a farm? or a butcher shop? Have you ever actually seen a pig in real life?
  • split pea soup is great with ham, i actually just made a big pot of it and it's good for you
  • It is good to put some in with green beans, eggs, or macaroni and cheese. I just used up a large amount in split pea soup. It was really good. I froze some for eating later as it made so much. What about chopping it fine, mix a small amount of mayo with it and put it in a wrap with lettuce, chopped tomatoes and etc.
  • farmgirlsuz
    farmgirlsuz Posts: 351 Member
    As the daughter of a hog farmer I just laugh. Some people believe everything that is spoon fed to them!
    Eat what you want. I have a tapeworm that is begging me for some ham and bacon.:laugh:
  • dizsolvedgirl
    dizsolvedgirl Posts: 26 Member
    I discovered this after making a ham for Christmas with lots of left overs.
    While it says to do it in a crock pot, I cooked mine on the stove for most of the day and it was the yummiest thing ever.

    I also like it better without the potato

    http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandma-bs-bean-soup/detail.aspx
  • katemme
    katemme Posts: 191
    http://www.ensignmessage.com/archives/porkfacts.html

    Some highlights:
    The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than beef or venison.

    A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.

    When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal's flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.

    Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts,and eggs will be killed.


    The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig.

    Here is from an actual news source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=6309464&page=1#.T1I9W5jlA20

    "The pork tapeworm has plagued people for thousands of years. The parasite, known as cysticercosis, lives in pork tissue, and is likely the reason why Jewish and Muslim dietary laws ban pork."

    Pigs are nothing but walking sewers.

    Just curious...have you ever been to a farm? or a butcher shop? Have you ever actually seen a pig in real life?

    I have never seen an animal butchered in person, but I have watched many food documentaries showing the process. And my cousins do 4H. I have seen all their ostritches, cows, chickens, rabbits and even pigs. Their cows are raised for meat. Although, it is a small farm, and they are fed organically with actual grass their, not corn.
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