Lentils

Lentils
Got this from some food site, now don't remember which one

1 meaty ham bone or use salt pork
6 C. water
1 1/2 C. lentils
2 C. sliced carrots
1 C. chopped celery
1 C. chopped onion
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 bay leaf

Prepare lentils per package instructions and put all ingredients into the crockpot. I think that I would do low 6-8 hrs. or hight aprox. 4 hours.

Three Meat Pasta

Three Meat Pasta
Paula Deen, Food Network

1 lb. angel hair pasta
2 C. cooked chicken, off the bone
2 C. cooked sausage, like Keilbasa, cut 1/2 inch thick into coins
2 C. cooked ham, cubed
1 large yellow onion, chopped
2 C. cheddar cheese, shredded
16 oz. cottage cheese
3 chicken bouillon cubes
1 C. hot water
1-2C. Parmesan cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large paot, boil salted water for angel hair pasta. When cooked, drain and set aside. In a large bowl mix together the chicken, sausage, ham, onions, cheddar cheese and cottage cheese. In a separate small pot, dissolve bouiloon cubes with hot water and pour over the meat and pasta. pour mixture into a 9x12x2 inch greased baking dish and top with the parmesan cheese. Bake for 30-35 min. or until the bubbling around the edges.

Re-purposing ham

Three good ham leftover meals(broccoli ham quiche, ham and bean soup, tortellini bean and ham salad at http://moneysavingmom.com/ , on one of the April 5th(2010) posts.

Also:
Ham fried rice
Scalloped or Funeral potatoes and diced ham
Potato soup with ham dices
Ham Omelets
Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches
Baked potatoes with diced ham on top in place of bacon
Baked Chicken breasts stuffed with ham and cheese, with cream of chicken soup sauce on top
Pasta Primavera
Chef salad
and a recipe from Margot for Broccoli Ham bake at comment #19 on "This week for dinner" http://thisweekfordinner.com/2010/04/04/week-167-menu-and-happy-easter/

If you have a favorite recipe for leftover ham, share it in the comment section. Only if you want to.

Cheesy Potatoes

Cheesy Potatoes

1 bag (30 oz.) of shredded hash browns
1 can of cream of celery soup
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
2 cups (1 pint) of sour cream
4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

Mix above ingredients together keeping 2 cups of cheese out for the topping. Transfer to a 9x13 pan that you've sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, top with remaining cheese, cook uncovered at 350 degrees until internal temperature is 140 degrees, approximately 55-60 minutes(if potatoes were frozen, if not, then much less time, check often).

*Add ham to make a Potato and Ham casserole

Funeral Potatoes

I know, the photo doesn't go with the title. I've decided to go back to the old posts that had recipes in them and clean them up to just be one recipe, so that when you click a recipe you don't have beef in the chicken category and candy in the chicken category and so on. For the Funeral Potatoes recipe I had originally put down a website and when I go to that now nothing happens, so I found the recipe that I think is close to the one my mom used to make. I also have one that the hubs uses for caterings and the ward uses for ward dinners that I will post in another post.

Funeral Potatoes Mesquitemamma as posted on http://www.grouprecipes.com/

32 oz bag of frozen shredded hash browns

2(10.3/4 oz.) cans cream of chicken soup

2 Cups sour cream

1 1/2 C grated cheddar cheese

1/2 C. melted butter or margarine

1/2 C. chopped onion

2 C. finely crushed corn flakes

2 T. butter or margarine melted

Grease 9x18 baking dish and preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl combine soups, sour cream, cheese, onion, and the 1/2 cup of melted butter. Gently fold hash browns into mixture. Pour mixture into pan. Combine crusted corn flakes and the 2 Tbs. of melted butter and sprinkle on top of potato mixture. Bake for 30 minutes.

*If you want to, you can use cubed potatoes instead of hash browns but you will need to increase baking time to 55 minutes.

*Add leftover ham if you want to make this into a Potato and Ham casserole