Building a nest on the rocks of faith and family
Easter is coming, and many of us will be serving ham that day … and perhaps many days afterwards. This is a tasty and easy sandwich recipe that will blow a regular sub out of the water.
I’m sharing the recipe for these Not-Your-Everyday Ham & Swiss Subs over at Marriage, Motherhood, & Missions. Hop on over and check them out!
This is an incredibly simple meal that apparently people don’t make here in the South. It reminds me of home, though, of the farms and the Amish and the mountains of Pennsylvania, and it’s a great way to use leftover ham. I love this meal because it’s fairly healthy and incredibly easy to pull together – and best of all, my picky little man will always ask for seconds!
Ingredients:
Cooked ham, diced
Potatoes, 1-2 per person, washed and diced
3-4 cans of green beans
Layer the potatoes in the bottom of your slow cooker. Place the ham on top and pour the beans over the whole thing. Put the lid on and cook on ‘low’ all day.
Serves 3-4
Goes great with cornbread!
We had lots of lasagne ingredients left after making lasagne a few days ago, and so tonight we turned them into calzones. I grilled them – it’s too hot to turn on even the toaster oven – but they would work well baked, too.
These are super simple:
1/2 batch of pizza dough
1/2 batch of ricotta cheese (15 oz tub of ricotta mixed with one egg)
1/2 c. chopped ham
1 c. grated mozzerella
Italian seasoning to taste
marina sauce for dipping
Roll out 1/4 of your pizza dough into a small circle. Spoon 1/4 of the ricotta mixture onto half of it and top with chopped ham, a bit of mozzerella, and a dash of Italian seasoning. Fold the dough over to make a pocket and pinch it closed. (I did this with a fork to seal the edges.) Repeat 3 times.
On a greased cookie sheet, bake at 350 degrees until dough is baked and crispy. Serve with a side of marinara.
** I think this would be yummy with spinach in it, as well, but the store was out when I shopped for it. Maybe next time!
Do you like calzones, or are you more of a straight-up pizza person??
