Stretch your festive leftovers into many more meals
Author Sandra Lee presents three recipes that'll ease your holiday burden
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Stretch your holiday meal Dec. 13: If money’s tight, why shouldn’t you turn your festive leftovers into more delicious meals? Sandra Lee of the forthcoming Semi-Homemade magazine joins NBC’s Lester Holt with a holiday meal that keeps on giving. Today show |
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Beset by falling home values and an economy in turmoil, numerous U.S. households are scaling back their plans. To ease the holiday burden Sandra Lee, author of "Semi-Homemade," shares three recipes that'll stretch your festive feast into three meals.
Makes 6 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Bake: 1 hour
INGREDIENTS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish with cooking spray; set aside. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook about 5 minutes or until golden and liquid has evaporated. Add ham and onions; heat through. In a large bowl, stir together cheese, soup, and sour cream. Add ham mixture and potatoes. Toss to coat. Place in prepared casserole dish. Cover and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Serve hot.
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Makes 20 servings
Prep: 20 minutes
Roast: 2 1/2 hours
INGREDIENTS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil; set aside.
Cut the thick layer of fat and skin from ham and discard. Score the ham in a diamond pattern by making shallow diagonal cuts at 1-inch intervals; insert whole cloves in centers of diamonds. Place ham in roasting pan. Roast in preheated oven for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, for glaze, in a medium saucepan, combine molasses, brown sugar, ginger preserves, rum, chile, ginger, and dry mustard. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, stirring constantly until sugar and preserves are dissolved. Remove from heat.
After ham has roasted for 1 hour, baste with glaze and continue roasting about 1 1/2 hours more or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in ham (away from bone) registers 130 to 140 degrees F, basting ham with glaze every 15 minutes. Garnish with pineapple tops and habañero chiles (optional).
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Makes 4 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Broil: 8 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Preheat broiler. Line a baking sheet with foil. Alternately thread ham, pineapple, and vegetables on 4 long skewers. Set aside on prepared baking sheet. In a medium saucepan, stir together plum sauce, pineapple juice, chili sauce, and jerk seasoning. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Brush kabobs with plum sauce mixture. Broil in preheated broiler 6 to 8 inches from heat for 8 to 12 minutes or until starting to brown and vegetables are crisp-tender, turning kabobs to brown evenly. Serve hot kabobs with any remaining plum sauce mixture.
Note: If using bamboo skewers, soak them in water for at least 1 hour.
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For more information, visit http://www.semihomemade.com/.
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