Chicken gets all the credit for being an easy weeknight dinner, leaving ham in the shadows. But ham isn't just for Easter and the Christmas holiday season! These recipes are easy to whip up from scratch, and work great when you've got leftover ham or ham bones lying around.
"Excellent! We all love scalloped potatoes and ham in our house. This dish is better than plan old scalloped potatoes. My son hates Swiss cheese but just loved it in this recipe. I doubled the recipe and I'm glad I did. There's not a lot of it left over."
-Aunt Dawn
"I love this recipe, and use it every time I make ham steak. Heat the ham steak in the frying pan first (they give off a lot of liquid), drain off the extra liquid, THEN add this glaze."
-LadyKatarina
"This is a great ham casserole. I am always looking for recipes to use up leftovers. I made this recipe exactly as stated, and it came out delicious."
-jnpj7468
"This was a wonderful glaze. It had a great combination of flavors. It was very easy to put together also."
-gwynn
"It's creamy, it's cheesy and it's delicious. It doesn't get much better than this!"
-Jonathan Melendez
"This recipe is fantastic. Since I had an excellent ham carbonara while in Germany ten years ago, I have been looking for something that came close. This one did! Very easy and pleasing for the whole family."
-Ann Cecile
"I loved these crepes so much. I made both the version with the fried egg and the cheese and ham. Both were delicious!"
-Jonathan Melendez
"This recipe is the best recipe I have ever reviewed on this site, and that is saying a lot since I have 63 reviews. I followed it exactly and all I can say was it was awesome. I will now be making this for Thanksgiving and Christmas as well!"
-MsBaton
"I’ve probably made this recipe at least 20 times and it’s always delicious! The only change I make is to bring the beans, ham, water and broth to a boil, skim the foam then add seasonings. If I add seasonings first some of them get skimmed off with the foam."
-mjk214
"I love recipes like this. Very fast and easy to put together and yet gives out so much flavor and taste. This got 5 stars all around the table. I didn't have ham hocks but I planned on making this and used the bone and meat from a whole ham made two days before and it was fabulous!"
-Chuck in Killbuck
"It turns out great! This is a real winner and one of our favorite dishes!"
-scottyevil
"This recipe is a delightfully pleasant change to the usual ham-and-potato dishes commonly found. Don't leave the lemon juice out; it adds a really pleasant freshness to the dish."
-Bokenpop aka Mad
"Every once in a blue moon I cook a small ham, and I'm never satisfied with the results. Now I have a fallback recipe! The ham didn't have a taste of ginger ale at all, but was incredibly moist and juicy."
-Lennie
"This was great! Easy, pretty quick, and SO yummy! My 3-year-old and 7-year-old loved it, as did my husband. One substitution I made was that I used swiss cheese instead of cheddar because that's all I had on hand. It was still delicious."
-Fred_Retter
"I made a much scaled down version of this recipe and didn't measure anything. The ingredients blended together very well and I will not hesitate to make this again."
-Darlene10
"A really good comfort soup, served with toasted ciabatta or some nice floury Portuguese rolls, excellent!"
-Karen Elizabeth
"I am making this for the second time today, and I can't wait. This is the best ham and bean that I have ever had. This makes the old celery-and-onion version just seem bland! I also appreciate the "quick soak" method for pre-softening the beans."
-Elielia
"Until I tried this recipe, I wasn't wild about baked ham. Besides pizza, it would probably be one of the last things I'd really ever have a craving for. I will NEVER bake a ham any other way from now on! I love baked ham!"
-Irishcolleen
"Outstanding! I didn't monkey around with the ingredients, and used 8 cups of the chicken broth and a meaty ham bone. It was absolutely delicious!"
-rothiii
"My family swore they hated split pea soup, but I love it so I made this recipe. Well, I now have a family of converts. Everyone loved it!"
-Slingmama
"I had been wanting to make this recipe for a very long time. The only thing I did was cut the recipe in half. It was delicious!"
-Paintpuddles
"This was delicious the first day and as leftovers the next! Served with sliced garden tomatoes. Heaven!"
-Lookin Good Cook
"I've been making this now for a few years. I usually dont review recipes but this one is a staple in my house. Everyone that I know that has ever had it LOVED IT!"
-lake cali mom
"Yummy! This was a great sandwich! The egg made it somewhat different and special. I added garlic to my egg. I'll be making this again."
-Realtor by day, Chef by night
"This sandwich was a lovely surprise, we loved the savory flavor from the sauce on top of the bun. So lovely."
-Baby Kato
"My kids have their own name for this dish: 'cheesy potato goodness.' Good with ham, kielbasa or meatless."
-MmmYummy
"I grew in south central PA and this is the recipe I grew up with. It was a staple for our family as well. If we heard our grandmother was making this for dinner the whole family was there. We always called to let everyone know. I have made it for many people who never heard of it and most have loved it."
-jejajajo
"OMG, this recipe is so easy and so good! Even my finicky husband enjoyed it and started giving me a rundown of everything he liked about it."
-Rebobo
"Excellent sauce! Has a slight sweet and sour flavor but not as strong as something like dipping sauce for egg rolls. Went very nicely with ham!"
-PalatablePastime
"This ham salad was a sure-fire family pleaser. A combination of very simple ingredients that all went well together for a good chunky pasta salad."
-RitaMae
"This recipe is close to my grandmother's recipe. She was very Irish, and it was the only thing I can remember that my family made that tasted good. The salty rich ham flavor penetrates everything, and the broth is delicious. So good; you soak it up with homemade soda bread it is awesome."
-jeanettescott17
A classic breakfast bake, but you can just have it for dinner!
"This is a wonderful so easy recipe to make, it was absolutely delicious. My husband raved about it, and how good it would taste with shrimp or chicken also. If you love chowder, you won't be disappointed!"
-bourbonite
"I made this for a family dinner with the whole family at my house. The result was a very flavorful ham, and it was nice and tender. I thickened the juices by adding some water then adding some cornstarch to make the gravy. Really tasty over the ham!"
-CulinaryGourmetQueen
