Ham Tetrazzini...

I went looking the other day for a recipe to use up the last bit of ham from Christmas. I came across a recipe for Ham Tetrazzini. I made the recipe tonight for dinner and ended up adding a lot more to it.

 I did not think the family would like it, so I doctored the recipe a bit more adding milk, spices, frozen peas and cream cheese. I did not make a salad or bread to serve with this dish. I sort of figured, they would turn their noses up and not eat it… Silly Mommy!

They of course loved this dish and I about had a riot on my hands when they found out there were not seconds… whoops!

 When I told my husband I needed to go write down the recipe, he said, “Uh yeah, it would be really nice to have that meal again.”

Lucky for me, I made a banana cream pie for dessert and was able to pacify them with it.

I would suggest if you have any white wine, you might add a tablespoon or two. I think it would really bring out the flavors and make it seem like you slaved all day in the kitchen, when in reality you spent less than forty-five minutes!

Ingredients:

Small onion, diced

1 Tablespoon butter

1 – 10.75 oz of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup

½ cup water

½ cup milk

1 ½ cup diced ham

¼ to ½ cup of frozen peas

2 oz cream cheese, cut into cubes

1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 Tablespoons dried parsley

1 Tablespoon dried rosemary

1/4 teaspoon of crushed red peppers

black pepper to taste

6 oz spaghetti noodles

Directions:

Cook spaghetti noodles according to package

In medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and sauté onion and parsley until tender

Stir in cream of mushroom soup, water, milk, cheeses, garlic powder, rosemary, peppers and garlic.

Stir until all the chesses have melted

Stir in ham and peas, turn off burner and cover for five minutes

Portion out noodles and ladle one-cup portions of sauce over the noodles.

Easy Spinach Dip…

My dad sent me this recipe; he got it from my step-mom's niece, Metrina.

Spinach dip is the only way I can get my kids to eat spinach. Lucky for them they weren't subject to hours of Popeye cartoons. I do not know how many hours, I had drilled into my head that spinach makes you stronger from watching that cartoon. The truth is Popeye was right spinach does make you stronger. In June 2012 "researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm said they had conducted a study showing how nitrate, found naturally in spinach and several other vegetables, tones up muscles."

So eat your spinach even if you have to digest it in dip form!

 

1-16oz sour cream

1- cup mayo

1-package of knoor's spring mix

1-8oz can of slice water chestnuts, dice up

3-green onion stems, sliced

1-package of frozen chopped spinach (defrost then squeeze out all the water)

Mix everything until well blended, chill for at least 4 hours so it can firm. Serve with bread, chips, wheat thins, or any other thing that taste good but on the plain side.

When you put it in the fridge, you must say good night to it.