Thursday, November 18, 2010

easy way to get a few meals for pretty cheap

I buy a 9 ish lb spiral cut ham.  I cut the slices off the bone, wrapping them in meal sized portions in freezer paper.  When I want to make ham, I take a meal sized portion from the freezer and place it in the crockpot with some pineapple juice and sliced or chunked pineapple.  It takes about 4-6 hours on low for the ham to be done.  This is a fully cooked ham when I freeze it so basically I am just warming it up.I use any leftovers from that meal in this dish for another meal.

1 9 lb ham can make multiple meals for us.  Ham, ham sandwiches, cheesy au gratin potatoes with ham, grilled ham and cheese, diced up in camping eggs, and the ham bone is used for beans and ham, which my mom makes in the pressure cooker and then cans for us.  I can get 14-15 meals from one ham.  That's a bargain!

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