Ham Soup!

Spiral Ham = Ham Soup!

I kind of just made this up, so bare with me.

Ingredients
1 ham bone
leftover ham
3ish Potatoes
Carrots
Rice (I used a Rice Sides packet)
Green Beans

1. Put your left over ham bone into a pot and fill the pot with water until bone is mostly covered with water. Put on heat to boil.
2. Meanwhile start cutting up your potatoes, leftover ham, and carrots. After the water has begun to boil you can add the potatoes and carrots (they take longer to cook). Your rice made need to go in towards the beginning depending on how long it needs to cook. The rice packet I used was Butter & Herb so I didn't really need to add any other seasonings Also, don't forget to add whatever leftover ham you feel like.
3. Feel free to play around with the vegetables you add. Pick and choose your favorites. You can even add some of your favorite beans (kidney, black, etc.). Your main concern is letting your bone boil long enough to really season the water and veggies. Once you've let it boil long enough (I boiled mine for about a half an hour) you can remove the bone and let the soup simmer until you are ready to eat.

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Sweet and Sour Meatballs

THANKS MOM!!!!

Ingredients

2 lbs lean ground beef

2 eggs

1 cup dry bread crumbs

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp seasoning salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp granulated sugar

Sauce Ingredients

1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks, drained with juice reserved

1/3 cup water

3 Tbs distilled white vinegar

1 Tbs soy sauce

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3 Tbs cornstarch

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1 large carrot, diced

1 large green bell pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a large, shallow baking sheet.

2. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs and onion. Sprinkle with ginger, seasoning salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and sugar. Shape into one inch balls.

3. Place meatballs in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes; set aside.

4. To make the sauce, mix enough water with the reserved pineapple juice to make 1 cup. In a large pot over medium heat, combine the juice mixture, 1/3 cup water, vinegar, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Stir in cornstarch, ginger and seasoning salt, until smooth. Cover and cook until thickened.

5. Stir pineapple chunks, carrot, green pepper and meatballs into the sauce. Gently stir to coat the meatballs with the sauce. Simmer, uncovered, for about 20 minutes, or until meatballs are thoroughly cooked.

Classic Burger

Ingredients

1 medium onion

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

1 1/2 lb lean ground beef

2 garlic cloves, pressed

1 tsp salt

Finely chop onion and parsley. Combine beef, onion, parsley, pressed garlic, and salt. Mix well. Separate into patties and grill!

Jerk Chicken Nachos

Pampered Chef

Ingredients

6 cups tortilla chips

3 cups diced or shredded cooked chicken

2 cups (8 oz) shredded Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese

2 Tbsp Jamaican Jerk Rub, divided

1 small yellow or red bell pepper or combination

1 lime

2 Tbsp snipped fresh cilantro

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Arrange tortilla chips in an overlapping layer on pan.

2. In a mixing bowl, combine chicken, cheese, and 1 tbsp of the rub; mix gently. Sprinkle chicken mixture evenly over tortilla chips. Bake 5-7 minutes or until cheese is melted; remove from oven.

3. Meanwhile, dice bell pepper. Cut lime in half crosswise. Juice half of the lime into a small bowl. Add bell pepper and remaining rub and mix well.

4. Snip cilantro and set aside. Slice remaining lime half thinly and cut slices in half.

5. Spoon bell pepper mixture over nachos; sprinkle evenly with cilantro. Serve with sour cream and garnish with the lime slices.

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Homemade Tortillas

Thank you Grandma! :)

Ingredients

3 cups Flour

3 Tbsp Veggie oil

1 tsp salt

1 cup warm water

1. Mix all ingredients with a fork. Once a ball is formed knead with hand a few times. Let it rest 5-10 minutes.

2. Pinch off dough just larger than a golf ball. Roll out extremely thin and round.

3. Cook on a hot ungreased griddle or pan. First one side until golden, then the other.

Breakfast Pie

Thank you Patty Green!

Ingredients

1 – 24 oz. pkg Frozen Hashbrowns

10 eggs, beaten

1 lb cooked meat (sausage, bacon, or ham)

1/2 Tbsp Salt

1 cup shredded cheese

1. Preheat oven tot 350 degrees

2. Spread the bag of hashbrowns evenly in a 9x13 pan. Pour the eggs over the potatoes. Spread the pound of meat over that, then the cheese.

3. Cover with foil and back at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

This is a meal that you can prepare beforehand and store in the fridge easily until you are ready to stick it in the oven.