How to make an Easter ham last all week

The beauty of making a baked ham for Easter (or immoderate vacation aliases ample gathering) is that there’s bound to beryllium leftovers.

Leftover ham, which will past for up to 5 days successful nan fridge, tin beryllium a springboard for different meals during nan week. Of people you’ll want a sandwich aliases two, but location are galore different ways to put that porky, steaming spirit to bully use.

FREEZING IT

First off, you tin ever freeze leftover ham if you can’t usage it each wrong respective days. Wrap it tightly successful integrative wrap aliases immoderate type of reusable wrap that really clings to it. Place nan wrapped ham successful a freezer-proof bag. Press retired immoderate excess aerial from nan bag, seal, and frost for up to 6 months.

You tin besides portion aliases dice your ham earlier freezing. Diced aliases sliced ham will besides request to beryllium good wrapped earlier freezing, and is champion erstwhile utilized wrong 4 months. Don’t hide to explanation your ham pinch nan date.

To defrost stiff cooked ham, transportation it to nan fridge and fto defrost. Small pieces of cubed ham will return astir a time to defrost. A larger portion of ham whitethorn return up to 2 days. Do not defrost ham astatine room temperature, which tin let germs to form.

BEST HAM SANDWICH

There are ham sandwiches, and location are Ham Sandwich Masterpieces.

My favourite type is made pinch toasted sourdough aliases state achromatic bread, tons of crunchy lettuce, slices of an assertive patient food (like Provolone aliases crisp cheddar), coarse aliases grainy mustard (like Maille), mayonnaise, immoderate verrrrrrryyyyy thinly sliced onion, and possibly a portion of tomato, if they are successful season. Simple and classic.

Also, furniture immoderate ham into a grilled food sandwich – its ain cleanable benignant of pleasure.

A VERSATILE ADDITION

Diced aliases chopped ham is simply a awesome summation to salads: Try adding a cup aliases truthful to macaroni salad, Cobb salad, potato salad aliases kale salad. Or make a elemental ham crockery pinch chopped ham, mayo, minced celery and onion, and a spot of mustard and relish, on pinch brackish (be judicious – astir hams are salty) and pepper.

You tin besides springiness a casserole a boost pinch leftover ham. Add it to dishes for illustration baked tortellini aliases baked macaroni and cheese. Diced ham is simply a bully summation to rootlike gratins and murphy dishes of each kinds, specified arsenic scalloped potatoes. Quiches, soups, stir-fried atom and more. And don’t hide astir braised greens for illustration collards aliases mustard greens.

If a look calls for bacon, see utilizing ham.

Eggs are ever a cleanable partner to ham, whether scrambled, successful an ovum sandwich, aliases arsenic portion of Eggs Benedict. A classical Denver omelet is simply a cleanable measurement to bask ham successful a caller guise.

Not wasting food has ne'er tasted truthful good.

CLASSIC DENVER OMELET

2 aliases 3 ample eggs

Kosher brackish and freshly crushed capsicum to taste

1 tablespoonful unsalted butter, divided

3 tablespoons chopped cooked ham

2 tablespoons chopped onion

2 tablespoons chopped doorbell capsicum (any colour aliases operation of colors)

2 tablespoons shredded cheddar food (optional(

DIRECTIONS:

Whisk nan eggs pinch brackish and capsicum successful a mini vessel and group aside.

Melt half of nan food successful an 8-inch omelet cookware aliases shallow skillet, preferably nonstick, complete medium-high heat. Add nan ham and cook, stirring occasionally, for astir 2 minutes, until it starts to brownish connected nan edges. Add nan bulb and doorbell capsicum and operation occasionally for different 3 minutes until nan vegetables soften slightly. Transfer nan ham and vegetables to a mini bowl.

Return nan cookware to nan power and adhd nan remainder of nan butter. Let it melt, and swirl nan cookware truthful that nan food coats nan bottommost evenly. Pour nan eggs into nan cookware and quickly shingle and swirl it truthful nan eggs screen nan full bottommost of nan pan. Let nan eggs patient up connected nan bottom, astir 30 seconds, past usage a rubber spatula to assistance nan edges of nan omelet up, truthful immoderate uncooked ovum connected nan apical runs underneath.

Sprinkle half of nan eggs pinch nan sauteed vegetables and ham and nan cheese, if using, and fto it navigator for different 30 seconds; nan apical should beryllium moist but not rather runny (unless you for illustration it runny). Flip nan untopped broadside of nan eggs complete nan filling, and descent it onto a plate.

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Katie Workman writes regularly astir nutrient for The Associated Press. She has written 2 cookbooks focused connected family-friendly cooking, “Dinner Solved!” and “The Mom 100 Cookbook.” She blogs astatine https://themom100.com/. She tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected].

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