11/20/2023 0 Comments Ina garten ham and bean soup![]() Here’s my easy oven recipe for the ham followed by next day Ham and Beans I hope you’ll try this: Not to be confused with Bean Soup. I include a link or two about making a slow cooker ham under “More Info Than You Wanted” and while I use a similar technique if I’m making lots of different things for a party, I like to use the oven when there’s time and that’s all I’m cooking. I HOPE YOU’LL CONSIDER HAMMING IT UP FOR GRINS AND GIGGLES (I know) whether you’re two people or six. Need to freeze some of yours? Read up here: CAN YOU FREEZE HAM?/SOUTHERN LIVING Skip the pre-glazed varieties and definitely get a ham with a bone. (Call around or order fresh hams ahead they can be hard to find.) When you buy your ham, make sure there’s no water added. HAM TIPS: If sodium is an issue for you, you might want to prepare a fresh ham instead. Fresh cornbread would round out that meal happily. If you’re searching for an easier Super Bowl Sunday, cook the ham a day or two in advance, and then serve it cold - or make the Ham and Beans and then just heat them right before halftime. Scroll down for more ideas under MORE INFO THAN YOU WANTED. Omelets, frittatas, quiches, pizzas, fried rice, stir fries, lentil/ bean/split pea soups, ham and beans (my recipe is included below after the ham recipe), stews, scalloped potatoes with ham, breakfast casseroles, green beans, ham and cheese quesadillas, and ham or cobb salads top the list of what to do with leftover ham. Since we’re in a time of just-your-family, only you, or parties-of-two gatherings, a ham could take care of Super Bowl halftime and go on to feed you (all of you) for the rest of the week and longer if you freeze it and/or its hambone –which you’ll for sure want to do. Don’t forget 2 or 3 kinds of mustard, mayo, butter, chutney, various pickles, onions, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, lots of cheese, and all the things that make a super ham sandwich. A 10-pound bone-in ham (called a “1/2” ham) and a big basket of rolls and croissants! or bread will easily provide 15+ servings with sides and dessert. I bought my quality ham during December, albeit somewhat on sale, and was thrilled with its frugal $2.49 per pound. Not only is a baked ham a lower-fat and calorie alternative to run-of-the-mill gameday fare, it’s just a darned nice and not too expensive of a thing to have around. Sliced Baked Ham–Cook’s Baked Ham, 1 Thick slice 3/8″ thick And instead of 300-600 calories for the ubiquitous Super Bowl (3–and you know you’d eat more than that) chicken wings or double slice of pepperoni, look here: But in the meantime, it’s life as usual and thank goodness! Even for the unenthused like me, it’s time to get ready for the game, prepare for the halftime show, and plan SUPER BOWL FOOD- everything from endless apps to favorite mains and football-shaped desserts! This year, I might even have a little bit different plan for that meal:įunny you should ask!!! It’s Baked ham! There’s nothing quite so holiday-ish and it doesn’t take much more than sliding that piece of meat right into the oven for a couple of hours. There will, as always, be Monday morning hangovers for the Monday morning quarterbacks and, hard as it is to imagine, we’ll then soon be on to March Madness. Cases of communion beer will be bought and stored in a cold garage chili or pulled pork could be bubbling in the slow cooker to feed all who come and tall bags of chips with deep vats of dips might triumphantly work to knock last month’s healthy New Year’s resolutions right into the gutter. Not much has changed, hmmm? We’ll be at home gathered around the altar of the BIG TV. But Super Bowl, the game’s yearly high holiday, will be mostly like it always has been. During the nearly year of Covid-Life, we’ve missed a lot of our regular activities and that’s hurt we’re shell-shocked across the board. Super Bowl LV week has arrived in all its glory and, despite the American national religion of watching football not being one of my favorite ways to worship, I’m thinking this year might be different.
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