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Last weeks experiment with cooking several meals at a time was a huge success. So much so that I did it again this morning.
Today’s menu was ham, baked sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, gluten free spaghetti, rice, and green beans. I cut the ham in half, and cooked half of it. I sliced half of that, and put it in a zip lock bag for sandwiches. I used the rest of the cooked ham for a homemade ham salad. The uncooked half of the ham will be used for cooking some beans tomorrow, for a macaroni and cheese with ham dish that I make (gluten free elbows of course) and for sandwiches and omelettes later in the week. I will probably use the sweet potatoes to make a casserole tomorrow. Here is my recipe for Ham Salad:
Gluten Free Ham Salad Recipe
3 cups ground cooked ham
2 boiled eggs
1/3 cup sweet pickel relish
2 tablespoons mustard
1 onion, chopped
½ cup mayonaise
Mix all ingredients well. Serve wth crackers, chips, or celery sticks, or as sandwiches.
It takes a lot of work for a couple of hours one morning a week, but it sure does make my life easier during the week. Althought it takes us all week to eat a ham, and it means that we eat it every day that week, we do love ham. It is also very versatile, and easy to cook, and easy to make a gluten free diet work with it. But, next week we’ll have chicken.
I love ham too…and bean and ham soup and oh, you made me hungry…HUGS
It looks wonderful! I wish you would come cook all those gluten free yummies at my house!
(PS Love your site- how fun!)
Ham is so good, after a bit of confidence with gluten-free cooking I made a ham dinner. Complete with scallop potatoes. The ham was stuffed with cloves…makes my mouth water thinking about that!
Great menu planning!
I definitely think having some extra gluten-free meals around in the freezer or planning for the week in advance is a brilliant way to be stress-free and gluten-free. The other thing I do is make dinner at three in the afternoon if I feel up to it- that way dinner is made by the time my little one is cranky!