What's For Dinner?

[Angela273]

Last night we had chili on toast with a glass of milk.

I had my Psych 102 class again tonight, so I made my home made corn chowder this afternoon and stuck it in the fridge for supper. So when I got home from class we had corn chowder, buttered bread, and a glass of milk.

[KelJo]

Received my Kraft "What's Cooking" magazine yesterday, uh-oh, yummo!!!! So I'm going to make the pork tenderloin, mango salsa recipe..(my next family dinner I'm going to make the cake on the cover, looks so good)

[harbie]

I'm going to make Danish meatballs and a big salad. I might make some mashed taters too

[Zonny]

Ham! I had a smoked picnic in my freezer, took it out the other day and soaked it in water in the fridge for a day. Then I put it in my crock pot overnight, first time I've tried this. It is...OK, not fabulous. The texture is a bit too soft for me. We're having that with mashed potatoes and veg. DS preferred noodles with his, so I added a bit of cheese and butter to cooked macaroni, added broccoli. He insists that he does not like it, but it's gone.

[Natalka]

Zonny, I never freeze that type of ham, it's never the same as fresh, regardless of how it's cooked.

Tonight, yay for McDonald's coupons - Big Mac is on its way! Husband will have three Quarter Pounders and two + fries - if I have the whole Big Mac, I just have room for a few fries.

[Zonny]

I've frozen these hams lots of times before, no issues. I think that the slow cooker method just wasn't for me. It reminded me of corned beef - not bad, just not what I wanted.

Normally I soak it in water in the fridge to get rid of some of the salt (I don't boil it, or if I do not much, takes too much boiling to get the saltiness out and by then it's just not right), then bake it with something on it to make a nice kind of crust - maybe a bit of mustard, maple syrup.

[Crochetlady]

Tonight I experimented with potato ham soup. Cooked 3 cubed potatoes, mashed a few...added 1/2 can of cream of celery soup, milk and cubed ham. Not bad but it tasted a bit flat. Any suggestions?

[harbie]

Tonight I experimented with potato ham soup. Cooked 3 cubed potatoes, mashed a few...added 1/2 can of cream of celery soup, milk and cubed ham. Not bad but it tasted a bit flat. Any suggestions?

I don't know how you cooked the taters but I would cook them in chicken or veg stock, and make sure you salt them enough. You could always add some roasted garlic, and onions or my preference leeks that were sautéed, some kind of cheese like either a Boursin, cream cheese or some cheddar.

[Crochetlady]

I don't know how you cooked the taters but I would cook them in chicken or veg stock, and make sure you salt them enough. You could always add some roasted garlic, and onions or my preference leeks that were sautéed, some kind of cheese like either a Boursin, cream cheese or some cheddar.

Thanks for the suggestions. I`ll try some next time.

[Zonny]

Tonight I experimented with potato ham soup. Cooked 3 cubed potatoes, mashed a few...added 1/2 can of cream of celery soup, milk and cubed ham. Not bad but it tasted a bit flat. Any suggestions?

I make potato soup in my crockpot. Cover potatoes in the pot with chicken broth (peel if you like, I don't bother, just scrub them). Add minced garlic and onion. Cook on low all day, then mash in the liquid. An immersion blender is great for this to make it smooth. Stir in some grated cheese and maybe some herb/garlic cream cheese or cooking creme, let all that melt. Then add milk to make it the consistency you want. Top with a bit of crumbled bacon, nom nom nom! Ham would be good in it too.

[lizzie bargain]

Tonight will be baked ham, roasted potatoes, asparagus and I think I will whip up some banana bread too.

[Natalka]

French toast tonight.

[thriftygranny]

I've frozen these hams lots of times before, no issues. I think that the slow cooker method just wasn't for me. It reminded me of corned beef - not bad, just not what I wanted.

Normally I soak it in water in the fridge to get rid of some of the salt (I don't boil it, or if I do not much, takes too much boiling to get the saltiness out and by then it's just not right), then bake it with something on it to make a nice kind of crust - maybe a bit of mustard, maple syrup.

Zonny i agree with the soaking, someone told me years a go to soak my smoked picnic hams in gingerale, I really like the flavour it gives and it seems to draw the saltiness out!

[lizzie bargain]

Cold and snowy again here so I believe I will put on a big pot of ham and split pea or lentil soup-depending what I find in my cupboards!!

[KelJo]

Scalloped potatoes, roasted asparagus & bbq prime rib..yum, yum..I have the potatoes in the oven now and the smell so good already!! I made them with cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, milk, etc...towards the last 1/2 hr of baking will top with shredded swiss cheese..