Ideas for Left-Over Easter Ham

Let's face it. There's almost always some left-over ham at Easter and you get tired of having a warmed over repeat of Easter dinner. So here are just a few ideas of what you can do with the ham. Oh! And before you cook the ham - be sure to make extra glaze! You'll want it later.

Use it for breakfast.

Fry up ham steaks to have with eggs.
Dice it up to use in omelets.
Dice it up to serve in hash. Great with a fried egg on top.
Use for Eggs Benedict.
Dice it up to add to a French Toast bake/casserole.
Grind it and season it and make your own sausage patties. Serve with eggs or on an English muffin.

For lunch or dinner.

Pair with turkey, Swiss cheese and French toast for a classic Monte Cristo. Yum!
Layer dices or thin slices in with scalloped potatoes, with or without a cheesy cheddar layer.
Make split pea soup. Uses the bone as well, if you have one.
Grind it up and make an English meat pie. * Directions below.
Make extra glaze sauce, dice up the ham, add pineapple chunks and maraschino cherries and serve over rice with a veggie on the side. Or add in the veggie and make it a rice bowl.
Make homemade ham and pineapple pizza.
Make a Meat Lovers calzone.
Make a casserole with egg noodles, cream of potato soup, baby peas and diced ham.
Use frozen puff pastry cups and mix diced ham with cream of potato soup (or other cream soup of your choice), peas (or other vegetable finely diced) and fill cups and bake.
Ham and potato pizza. * Directions below.
Dice, mix with brown rice, vegetables and a curry sauce.
Dice, mix with white rice, soy sauce and stir fry vegetables.
Dice and mix in with a pack of Top Ramen.
Put a slice on an English muffin pizza.
Add to a lasagna, especially good with an eggplant lasagna.
Make ham salad.
Puree in your food processor with mustard and hot sauce and make a deviled ham spread.
Replace the beef or chicken in your taco.
Cube and put in little Ziploc containers with cubes of cheese and almonds or other nut for quick protein snacks.

English Meat Pie:

You will need:
Left-Over ham
Left-over, or freshly made mashed potatoes
Pie crust, enough for 2 pies
Any vegetables you wish to include
A springform pan is ideal, otherwise a very deep pie dish or casserole dish

Line bottom and side of springform pan with pie dough. Prebake according to pie crust directions for 15 minutes. Set aside.

In a food processor, grind up ham to a fine texture. Add any vegetables to the ham.
Combine the ham/veggie mixture with the mashed potatoes. May be easier if the potatoes are warm. If you have any ham glaze left over you can add a little of it now.

Spread meat and potato mixture into pie shell. Use remaining crust to cover top. Make sure all edges meet. Pinch to seal. Cut slits in middle for steam. Bake according to pie crust directions. Make sure pastry is thoroughly cooked. Slice and serve.


Ham and Potato Pizza:

Good way to get rid of lots of left-overs.

Use a canned or premade dough. Spread it out in a pan. Fill crust with left-over mashed potatoes. Sprinkle a layer of diced or chopped ham on top of potatoes. You can add veggies or other items like olives or pineapple. If you have glaze left from the ham, drizzle some on for extra flavor. Bake until dough is cooked.  Great for a movie night or after school snack.