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8 Leftover Ham Recipes

Hope your Easter was fantastic! Today, I wanted to highlight a few fun ways to use your ham in delicious leftovers.

Cheesy Ham & Pasta Bake - This recipe is a family favorite. We love the combination of cheddar cheese, ham and whole wheat pasta. It’s excellent with mushrooms, but if they aren’t your thing, leave them out.

Minnesota Wild Rice Soup – If the weather is still chilly where you are, you must make this soup. Creamy. Filling. And, with a hint of nutty wild rice mixed in.

Cheesy Cauliflower Ham Bake – A different dish that combines with ham and Swiss cheese with a yummy cauliflower sauce.

Broccoli, Pea & Ham “Hot Pockets” – Try these on your family. They’ll love them. You will too because you can make up a bunch and freeze them for quick dinners.

Ham and Garden Veggie Garden Shell – Easy. Just like mac & cheese, but with ham and more veggies. Your kids will love it.

Ham & Mushroom Omelet – Use up leftover ham for breakfast too!

Ham & Asparagus Quiche – Amazing. Good for dinner or breakfast.

Ham Primavera – Delicious veggies sautéed with garlic and ham, served over sour cream noodles (substitute Greek Yogurt for sour cream, if desired)!

What are your favorite ways to enjoy leftover ham? Links and recipes welcome either in the comments below or over on Facebook!

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Happy Easter

“He is not here; he is risen, just as he said!”
Matthew 28:6

Easter represents hope, joy and thankfulness all wrapped up into one day. The holiday follows Passover, and the Bible is clear that on Easter weekend, Jesus became our Passover Lamb. He took on our sin, carried our cross to Calvary, and was crucified. But the story doesn’t end there!

Christ rose from the grave.

And, when He did, He overcame sin and death – for us.

Why? Because God loves us that much.

As we celebrate today, I wanted to share an old hymn with you – the words capture Easter in light of Passover quite beautifully.

Christ our Redeemer, died on the cross,
Died for the sinner, paid all his due;
Sprinkle your soul with the blood of the Lamb,
And I will pass over you.

When I see the blood, of my Holy One,
My wrath will be quenched, my judgment be through.
When I see the blood, of my only Son,
Yes, I will pass over you.

Chiefest of sinners, Jesus can save.
All He has promised, surely He’ll do.
Wash in the fountain where sinners can bathe.
And, I will pass over you.

Judgment is coming, all will be there.
Each one receiving justly his due.
Hide in the saving, sin-cleansing blood,
And, I’ll pass over you.

O great compassion! O boundless love!
Now crowned with power, Jesus is true.
Find peace and shelter, under his blood,
And I’ll pass over you.

When I see the blood, of my Holy One,
My wrath will be quenched, my judgment be through.
When I see the blood, of my only Son,
Yes, I will pass over you.

Happy Easter, dear readers. Praying the day is filled with joy, peace and hope.

{I’ll be back next week with a bunch of leftover ham recipes!}

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Empty Tomb Rolls

One tradition for Easter that is really fun is making empty tomb or resurrection rolls. These use everyday food items to symbolize the true meaning of Easter.

The marshmallows (ideally, use white) represent Jesus – pure white because He lived a sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 1 Peter 2:22).
The melted butter represents the oil that was used to prepare Jesus’s body after He was crucified, and the cinnamon and sugar mirror the spices (John 19:39-40).
The crescent rolls symbolize the tomb, into which Jesus was placed; sealed tightly after placing in His body (Mark 15:46, Matthew 27:63-66).
On Sunday morning when the women returned to Jesus’ tomb, they found the tomb empty, as Jesus had risen from the dead just like He prophesied (Like 24: 1-7).

Frog Prince and I enjoy making these together and reading the Scriptures, and plan to continue this tradition to enjoy on Easter morning!

Empty Tomb Rolls – Adapted from here

Ingredients

1 recipe whole wheat crescent rolls
2 T melted butter
2 T sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Jumbo marshmallows

Directions

Prepare the whole wheat crescent rolls according to directions found here.

Roll out the crescent roll dough into a circle, and then cut into 6-8 wedges.

Dip the marshmallows in butter.

Then, roll them in cinnamon and sugar.

Place the marshmallows onto each crescent dough triangle. If you use jumbo marshmallows, you will only need 1 marshmallow. We used up the marshmallows we had, and put 2-3 in each square. What can I say… we don’t like to waste food.

Wrap up the marshmallow in the crescent roll dough. Seal them really tight.

Dip the dough ball in butter and cinnamon and sugar.

Place the rolls into a muffin tin that has been lightly greased. We used jumbo tins.

Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned.

Serve warm.

“He is not here; he has risen, just like he said” (Matthew 28:6).

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Easter Bunny Eggs

These little eggs are a great alternative to plain hard boiled eggs on your Easter table -

And, aren’t they cute?

Easter Bunny Eggs – Mom

Ingredients

Hard boiled eggs
Lettuce
Carrots

Directions

Prepare the hard boiled eggs and then peel the egg shells off of the eggs.

Slice off the bottom of the egg so that it sits flat on a plate.

Slice that piece of egg you removed in half lengthwise.

Then, slit the top of the egg and insert the halves of egg to make bunny ears.

Serve atop lettuce and carrots.

Enjoy!

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Easter Bread {SRC}

This week is known as Holy Week in the Christian faith. It’s the week preceding Easter – the week we remember Christ’s death and celebrate His resurrection.

While Christmas time is filled with family traditions and expectation, Easter’s cultural traditions aren’t a huge part of our Holy Week. I do enjoy all the bunnies and spring decorations that accompany Easter, but for a very different reason.

Spring has come.

The winter – cold and dark, when everything is in a season of death or hibernation – is over. This is a beautiful parallel to my life, because of Christ. My certain death is overcome. All my shortcomings, failures, fears and challenges are gone. Spring has come in my life and in my spirit indefinitely. Why? Because Jesus Christ rose from the grave. He overcame death, so that I might have the ability to experience renewal – spring.

So, this week, in advance of our Sunday morning celebration, is going to feature Easter recipes. Recipes that make celebrating Easter just that much more special.

The first recipe comes from Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious and is a new recipe to me. When scrolling through her blog for the Secret Recipe Club I found a fun recipe called “Grammy’s Italian Easter Bread”. It looked delicious and perfect for an Easter celebration.

You know recipes that have been in the family for a long time are going to be good.

And, it was.

Easter Bread – Adapted from Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious

Ingredients

1/2 C milk
1 T butter
3 eggs
1/3 C sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 C bread flour
1 1/2 C white whole wheat flour
2 1/4 tsp. yeast

Directions

Using your bread machine, add the ingredients in the order listed by your manufacturer. Mine call for the ingredients in the order above – starting with the milk, butter, and eggs.

Then adding in the sugar, salt, flours and yeast.

Choose the “basic” or “white” bread recipe selection from your bread machine and start the machine up!

Approximately 2.5 hours later (that’s how long my cycle takes), remove the bread. You’ll want to check the crust to make sure it’s not getting overly brown.

Allow the bread to cool before slicing.

Serve with butter and honey!

**If you want directions on how to make this recipe without a bread machine, or using a hybrid approach (half bread machine, half by hand), see Dorothy’s blog.

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