Ham it Up - 5 ways with leftover ham

I don’t know about you but I’ve got a fridge full of leftovers from Christmas, especially ham! I am so sick of ham and coleslaw sandwiches… so here are five easy recipes to use up some of that delicious Christmas ham.

 

Turkey and ham free form pie (Image: Taste.com.au)

Turkey and ham free form pie (recipe from Taste)

No leftover turkey? Use chicken thigh instead. Or leftover BBQ chicken! Use oil instead of butter, and skip the cream to make this dairy free. It doesn't need it! Most puff pastries are dairy-free (just double check the ingredients), but generally do have soy lecithin in them so go with what you can tolerate.

'Tis the season...

So somehow it’s Christmas in a few days. I really don’t understand where this year has gone, it feels like last Christmas was just a few months ago. But it’s upon us again, and I’m really behind in my menu planning! This year Christmas lunch will be at our place, with our little family of four plus my mum and two sisters. A nice, intimate gathering you would think would be really simple to manage in terms of dietary requirements.

But, as well as the Stuntman and I being dairy and soy free, one sister, Aunty G, is vegetarian, and the other, Aunty A, is Muslim so can only eat Halal-certified meat (and certainly no ham or pork). Aunty A’s OK with seafood, but D is not a fan. He’s from the UK and is something of a traditionalist, so will need a hot-meat-and-roast-veg-with-gravy kind of offering, with a Yorkshire pudding earning extra brownie points. (Actual brownies would earn even more brownie points, but I’m not going that far). Little Miss still only eats white food (and sweets of course). Mum, bless her, eats anything.