This Old Chef

This is one of those dishes people write to me about all the time!  You got this... I've even laid out my learning curve so you can see where you'll go with just a little practice.  Enjoy!

So I froze…

I'm not at all sure how this happened... but it's Easter... already!

I hope you and yours have a wonderful day together, and, to help make Sunday (and the days thereafter) a bit easier, here are some of This Old…

So... I somehow got confused and experimented with making a boned and rolled turkey breast... four days before Easter. 

I therefore ended up with both turkey and ham starting Easter Monday. 

As you all know, I consider already cooked food…

Just checking on prior posts for Easter nuggets to share and came across this one from 2016...  The arrival of Charlie's new hip helped me realize that even the best traditions need some tweaking when under duress!

So.  He was…

While I realize that not everyone lives in a home where ham is the ONLY acceptable Easter dinner, I am not one of them. Easter may be the only time I make a ham, but there is never any question…

So the next installment of Our Easter Ham Adventure was a totally new one for us:  ham, pea, and caraway risotto...

Oh boy!  Home run!

I cubed about a cup of the ham, and fried it just a bit in…

Warm up the bowls for this Hamapalooza Flashback!

With the cool, wet Spring going on this May (we had a fire in the fireplace last night!), I'm reminded of one more blessing from Easter 2018...

Ham Chowder!

I’ve never really…

Eanie Beanie, Chili Beanie, The Hamapalooza Spirits Are About to Speak!

I had some gorgeous heirloom beans from Deb in L.A. ...

Good Mother Stallards (on the left) and Snow Caps (on the right)...

I also had some absolutely delicious…

A while back, when I was still learning my way around an Easter ham, I decided to head in an Eastern direction...

Asian food.

Pork.  Pork.  Pork.  Pork.  Ham.

Yes?

I cubed a cup of ham.... and now that I'm…

You know I hate waste.

You know I'm cheap.

You know throwing food away makes me crazy.

And you know I really hate the word "leftovers."  Could there possibly be a less appetizing descriptor for a meal?  Who would want…

Got Ham?  Then you really must...

In my never-ending quest to “repurpose” the Easter Ham...

I am a big fan of cakes.

Don’t panic!  I mean savory cakes:  salmon, veggie, tuna, shrimp, chicken, etc.  So, last night, I made a…

Just another reminder that some of the most delicious meals come from trying something you haven't cooked before!  Here I am with a memorable bit of ham from 2014...

It's experiment time... again.  I'm always on the lookout for new…