Southern Plate Favorite Recipes to Use Up Leftover Ham
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Is your fridge overflowing with leftover ham following Easter dinner or a holiday feast? Well, from sensational salads to comforting bowls of soup and appetizing lunch ideas, here are some great recipes with ham leftovers as the main ingredient.
I’d love to hear what you had for Easter dinner in the comments section below!
I hope you had a wonderful Easter holiday. We had a great day spent together as a family complete with decorating Easter Eggs, a lovely walk in nature, and a beautiful church service. Oh and of course we finished it off with a wonderful Easter meal (starring ham, of course!).
So here it is Monday and I have a half of a big ‘ol ham left in my fridge. What to do? In case you have the same bounty, here is my list of favorite recipes with ham leftovers. Just click on the link to be taken to the corresponding blog post. Have a WONDERFUL Monday!
P.S. If you’re in need of a ham recipe, check out my baked ham with glaze. The glaze is so easy to make and scrumptious if I do say so myself! Here are also 23 recipes for Easter if you’re in need of some inspiration. Okay, let’s get cooking with those ham leftovers!
Recipes with Ham Leftovers
Ham Salad
I love ham salad and this is my absolute favorite recipe for it! It’s so easy to make and is the perfect way to use leftover ham. What else do you need to make the perfect ham salad sandwich? Spicy brown mustard, sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise, boiled eggs, and some freshly cracked black pepper.
Ham and Cheese Sliders
Use leftover ham slices in this ham and swiss sliders recipe for lunch the next day. They’re covered in the most delicious and flavorful buttery mustard sauce.
Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
This cheesy garlic uses bacon, which you can easily swap with cubed ham leftovers for a delicious side dish.
Smoked Ham and Veggie Pasta Salad
I pretty much made a whole vat of this today! With pasta, shredded cheddar cheese, fresh and frozen vegetables, ranch dressing, and smoked ham leftovers, this salad is the perfect way to increase your veggie intake after one too many Easter chocolates!
Loaded Potato Soup
This loaded potato soup is so creamy, rich, and flavorful. What’s it loaded with? Well, besides lots of smoked meat and potatoes, you’ve got gooey cheese and cream.
Southern-Style Butter Beans
Leave some meat on your ham bone and make my Southern-style butter beans recipe. The combination of tender and creamy beans with smoked ham makes the most flavorful comfort meal.
Fried Brown Rice
Substitute the chicken in this fried rice recipe with ham and you have yourself a quick and easy ham fried rice dinner.
Hoppin’ John
This may be a vegetarian version of Hoppin’ John, another Southern classic. But I’ve included notes where you can add either the ham bone, , or pieces of ham to the black eyed peas.
Easy Omelet Baked in the Oven
Use the baked ham leftovers instead of the turkey sausage to make this easy baked omelet. Because breakfast for dinner is always a good idea, as is a .
Shortcut Senate Bean Soup
Love this stuff and my bean and makes it super easy. It calls for a smoked turkey leg, but substitute that for the ham bone and you’re good to go.
Loaded Twice-Baked Potatoes
These loaded potatoes are great to keep in the freezer as a last-minute heat-and-eat side or a quick lunch! Substitute the turkey bacon for leftover ham and load your potatoes with green onion and cheddar cheese for an unbeatable lunch.
Pintos and Ham
A Southern classic :). This recipe features a step-by-step guide to how to make dried beans too.
We use a recipe from a church cookbook that is a bit like mac & cheese, but adds a bit of zing with a bit of horseradish and catsup.
Another favorite uses cubed ham and sliced Granny Smith apples. and an oatmeal crisp like topping and a bit of grated cheddar at the very last. The twist is that you use a bit of curry powder in the flour mix to coat the ham and the rest in the topping. So good!
I still have ham from 2022 in my freezer. I really don’t like ham, so this year I bought ham steaks from Sam’s Club. Three large ones, vacuum sealed. Yesterday’s leftovers were supper for our dogs. A simple recipe for ham is to slice then grind thru a food processor. Add mayonnaise, mix and spread onto bread for sandwiches.
We had baked ham, oven potatoes, kale salad, pickled okra, fresh-found Easter eggs, jello eggs, and cornbread muffins. Lemon pound cake for dessert.