Penne Ham Skillet

Pretty Penne Ham Skillet

This pasta and ham dish was quick and easy and tasted great.  I served it with Roasted Asparagus, a family favorite. Ingredients: 1 pound uncooked penne or medium tube pasta 3 cups cubed fully cooked ham 1 large sweet red pepper, diced 1 medium onion, chopped ¼ cup minced fresh parsley 2 garlic cloves, minced 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh basil or ½ teaspoon dried … [Read more...]

Ham and Swiss Stromboli

Ham and Swiss Stromboli slices

I’ve made recipes similar to this one before but none have been as good as this one.  It was really good!  I made two loaves – one according to the recipe and a modified version for my husband.  Both were a hit and I’ll definitely be making this again. Oh, and the leftovers are perfect to take for lunch the next day. Ingredients for one loaf: 1 tube (11 ounces) refrigerated … [Read more...]

Cheesy Ham Chowder

cheesey ham chowder

I hadn’t made this Chowder for a while and we all forgot how good it is.  It takes a little work to chop all the ingredients but it’s so worth it! Cheesy Ham Chowder Printable Ingredients: 10 bacon strips 1 large onion, chopped 1 cup diced carrots 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 cups milk 1-1/2 cups water 2-1/2 cup cubed potatoes 1 can whole kernel corn, drained 2 … [Read more...]

Oven Denver Omelet

Oven Denver Omelet on plate

This is another one of those recipes I’ve been making forever.  However, this time I made quite a few changes.  So I’m going to give you the recipe BOTH ways.  The first version is the original. Ingredients: 8 eggs 1 cup milk ½ tsp. seasoned salt 2 cups frozen shredded hash browns 1 cup diced fully cooked ham 1 cup (4 oz.) shredded cheddar 1 Tbsp. dried minced … [Read more...]

Oven Baked Omelet

oven baked omlette cheese

I’ve never been very good at making omelets in the skillet but I have great success with this Oven Baked Omelet recipe.  The best part is that you can customize the omelet any way you want!  My omelet was ham and cheese.  My husband’s omelet had chopped spinach, goat cheese, chopped onion and some chopped red peppers.  Oh, yeah – both had eggs!  But we opted to use only 3 yolks and 5 … [Read more...]

Individual Ham & Cheese Quiches

Ham & Cheese Quiches

from Recipe.com Magazine Summer 2011 I don’t make a lot of quiche type dishes but this one was really good and I’ll definitely be making it again.  The recipe calls for individual ham & cheese quiches but I just made one big quiche.  I’ll admit right up front that I had a little trouble with the pie crust instructions.  I’ll explain later so you don’t have to repeat my … [Read more...]

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

scalloped potatoes edit

From http://thepioneerwoman.com/ I’ve been looking for a good scalloped potatoes and ham recipe for a while.  I think this is it. Ingredients: 3 pounds potatoes, washed thoroughly 2 tablespoons butter 1 onion, diced 3 cups diced ham (I used turkey ham) 1-1/2 cups half and half 1-1/2 cups heavy cream ¼ cups flour black pepper to taste 1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese 1 cup … [Read more...]