Ham season is upon us, and we’ve got all the recipes you need here right in one spot! From double-smoked hams with all the glaze options to sides and ALL the ideas for leftovers!
Easy Ham Recipes
Ham isn’t just for the holidays, folks. This simple, delicious, and versatile meat can (and should) be enjoyed year-round. They keep for quite a while in the fridge, so it is easy to pick one up for one of those nights when you don’t REALLY want to make an involved dinner, but you also want to do something a little better than boxed whatever or take-out.
From your run-of-the-mill grocery store boneless hams to giant, fancy kurobuta bone-in spiral cut beauties, you’re not only going to find my FAVORITE ways to make ham (spoiler alert, it is on my pellet grill. If you don’t have one you can follow the same instructions for making these in the oven), but also great ideas for what to do with the leftovers!
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Incredible Ham Recipes from Or Whatever You Do and friends!
Delicious double-smoked and maple-glazed ham is a super simple pellet-grill recipe that is one of my favorite ways to enjoy ham!
A Traeger Pineapple-Glazed Double-Smoked Ham is perfect for your next big holiday dinner, or any random weekend, really. This ham is delicious, and a crowd-pleaser too.
We took a spiral cut ham, rubbed it smoked it and glazed it - all on the pellet grill! This is the best ham, ever, and the brown sugar glaze is my favorite!
This hearty egg bake is packed with sausage, ham, and bacon, and then sandwiched between freshly baked biscuits! The perfect breakfast for a crowd!
Blackstone Hibachi Ham & Pineapple Fried Rice is authentic hibachi-style fried rice at home, for a fraction of the cost. Make a meal out of this great meal!
Homemade Ham & Pea Pasta Salad is the perfect side to accompany any barbecue dish you can throw at it! Cubed ham, fresh peas, and all of the pasta and cheese you could ever want.
Homemade ham and potato chowder is the perfect way to use up the leftover ham you have laying around!
Leftover ham hanging around begging for something to do with it? Make this delicious breakfast casserole full of French bread, eggs, milk, and cheese.
Yeah, you are reading this right. Danielle took a candied bacon weave and wrapped in AROUND a ham and then double-smoked the whole shebang. For the pork lovers in your life.
I'm on a huge goat cheese kick these days and when I saw this quiche I knew it had to be included here. What a great combination of flavors for an easy fancy breakfast!
Fried rice is the ultimate meal to make when you need to transform leftovers. Try this version from Beyond the Chicken Coop!
You're going to love this simple, hearty soup featuring ham and swiss cheese! Classic flavor combinations, endless options.
Anytime we're talking Pierogies, I'm sold, so this casserole is right up my alley. Looks fantastic and I can't wait to try it!
Ham + swiss is a great combo, and putting it into pie form is genius. I'll have one slice for now, and one to go please!
I might be about as Northern as they get because I've never even tried ham salad. Southern food generally = delicious food though, so this is one I'm adding to my "must make" recipe pile. Break out the pickles!
More of my favorites, right here in one delicious pie plate. Potatoes + Ham + Cheese in a pie.
These are adorable, great for passed appetizers, AND look delicious!
Quiche is a classic, and one of my favorite ways to do eggs for a crowd. This looks like a perfect Christmas morning breakfast!
Hearty ham and bean soup is great for lunch, dinner, or almost anything in-between.
Scalloped vegetables and ham would be a perfect way to use up leftovers from any of our OWYD hams!
Look at these fun pinwheels, made with leftover ham!
I love how this one incorporates green beans to the mix.
Wild rice is my jam, and with the incorporation of vegetables AND ham this looks like it would be just the thing for a quick lunch!
HAM AND BRIE POP TARTS. You guys, this one deserves all caps. Why aren't I eating one of these right now?? Why don't I have a large quantity of these in my freezer??
Sara
Thursday 16th of December 2021
Oh my goodness! I don't think I can wait until Christmas to make my ham! And I'm totally using your pineapple glaze! Thanks!