On Superbowl Sunday, I made Hawaiian Ham & Swiss Sandwiches following this exact recipe, from a blog that Anna shared with me. Oh my gosh, they were friggin awesome. In writing this entry, I think I am going to have to make them again soon. They were great leftover for lunch during the week too.
For dessert, I also made chocolate balsamic strawberry trifles inspired by a recipe in our Cuisine at Home magazine. I took a bit of a shortcut from the actual recipe. To start, I tossed some cut-up strawberries, sugar and balsamic vinegar together. Next, I melted some balsamic vinegar, sugar and chocolate together. I have no measurements really as just winged it. Then I layered lady fingers, strawberries, whipped cream and the chocolate balsamic sauce. I put our nice "F" wine glasses to use since we hardly drink out of them. They were a gift from my parents for Christmas and I was so sad the next day as I broke one washing them!
We made a ham salad for lunches this past week. If you are thinking of that processed ham salad you see at the grocery store deli, that wouldn't be it. Yuck. In fact, I admit this was even a recipe that I passed over in our latest Cuisine at Home magazine as just the name Ham Salad turned me off. However, Chris was the one to pick it out and make it as he thought it would be something that I would like because it really is similar to a chicken salad. Good call on his part because it turned out to be something I really like.
We made the ham on Sunday night for dinner and then used our deli slicer to thickly slice the remainder and diced it up from there. The base is mayo, honey mustard and cider vinegar. The pecans and apples are a refreshing touch too. We served it on mini rolls with some arugula.
Ham Salad with Pecans & Apples (inspired by April 2013 Cuisine at Home magazine)
Whisk:
1 cup mayo
4 tsp honey mustard
2 tsp cider vinegar
salt & pepper
Add in:
-5 cups diced cooked ham
-1 cup toasted chopped pecans
-1 diced apple
-4 scallion greens, sliced
Back to the kitchen and leaving the dream vacations behind, huh? Kitchens can wait, vacations can't but glad to see all the delicious food that comes out of your kitchen. I am also looking forward to trying the hot ham sandwiches, too. Thanks for venturing into new and different recipes!
ReplyDeleteThe trifles look great in your wine glasses! We used to have a pair of really nice etched glasses that said Chris and Karis which friends gave us for Christmas. Unfortunately, only Chris' glass has survived and we've broken so many other glasses that we only have stemless now :)
ReplyDeleteI love a good trifle. They have to be one of my favorite desserts. I never thought of putting them in wine glasses. Cute!
ReplyDeleteYour ham sandwiches with apple and pecan sound wonderful. Hm...that is one decadent dessert too. Thanks for sharing. Wish you a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteYour strawberry trifle looks absolutely decadent. How sad about the broken glass, but I've heard mismatched (good) dishes are in--makes you look like old money or something ;-)
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