As usual FIL brought over a huge ham for us for easter. There is usually only the two of us. Thank goodness stepson decided to join us for easter dinner yesterday. Now we still have enough ham left over to feed half the city. Ham sandwiches will be nice for today. I'll be making split pea soup today or tomorrow. But I would like some other ideas. Especially ones that don't sound like left-overs. SO doesn't do "left-overs".
Ham & Bean soup, quiches, scrambled eggs with ham, pizza toppings---the list goes on. You can chop it up and freeze it in the amount you would use for such a recipe. It will freeze fine, but it does need to be used up in a month or two, as the amount of water in most hams keeps it from keeping for an extended amount of time. If you use it up fairly soon, it would be just fine. Just pop it in the back of the freezer so SO doesn't realize the yummy food comes from the leftover ham!!!!!
Ham dinner, ham dinner, ham sandwiches for a few days then I will make lots of navy bean soup and can most of it. By then we should be sick of ham for a while.
I have a huge amount of leftover ham, and I LOVE it! I slice what I can, and pack for the freezer in portions for two- ham steaks about 1/2" to 3/4" thick sandwich slices chunks for casseroles bits for seasoning collards, soup, mac and cheese, etc. I don't buy the spiral sliced, so I can cut thicker steaks. An electric knife really makes it easy to get the slices, then a boning knife for the rest. The bone is frozen and used for split pea soup when it gets cold. Yum!
I finished mine off yesterday.. Had ham and beans, ham sandwiches, home egg and cheese omelets.. Fed the fat to the rescue dog and the bone (after making beans ) to the chickens they picked it clean in less then 20 minutes, marrow and all...
