The Ham Challenge Day 4- Epic fail ham and brie stuffed chicken breast

EPIC FAIL.  I knew there was a reason I stayed away from the oven.  Anyways, I stuffed the chicken with Brie (expensive Brie at that) and left over ham thinly sliced put in tin foil (after being advised that tinfoil was the way to go from my partner) and put it in a preheated oven on 180degrees and left it for 30 mins.......

IT POACHED THE CHICKEN.  HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT COMING??????? See how rank it looks!

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Thats baby spinach with lemon next to the disaster.....

The Ham Challenge Day 3- New years day Chorzo, ham and lentils

Happy New years to everyone who read's my blog (There's not that many of you, but hey you exist!).  This afternoon I cam up with the most insane idea.  Combining similar ingrediants to paella, replacing the rice with lentils.  VERY GOOD IDEA.  Most insane lentil dish I have ever made.

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Ingredients

250 grams of dried lentils

1 large chorizo sliced

as much ham as you would like cubed

1 large Spanish onion

1 tin of crushed tomatoes

1/2 a teaspoon of smoked paprika

 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 glass of Sav Blanc

Method

Add the lentils to some boiling water on the stove top.  Keep try the lentils as you go to see if they are cooked it takes just over 20 mins.  Once cooked drain the lentils and set aside.

Pour your self a glass of Sav Blanc (you need it, you work hard!!).

Fry onions till soft.  Fry the chorizo and the ham together till chorizo is cooked and the ham is fried.  Combine the onions to the chorzo and the ham.  Cook for a few mins and add the Cayenne pepper and the smoked paprika fry for another min then add the tinned tomatoes and put on a medium heat.  Add the lentils and turn up high till all the extra water has evaporated.  Ad salt to taste.

DONE!

*** UPDATE*** this was 10x better the next day.

Ham Challenge Day 2- Fried Ham Omelette

Ok so this was an obvious one to do.  We are having Thai takeaway + a few quiet drinks tonight instead of going out to celebrate NYE.  So I did the Ham challenge for breakfast instead (plus I am making that epic ham salad from day 1 again for lunch)

Fried Ham Omelette

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Ingredients

4 eggs

a hand full of thinly sliced leg ham

1/2 a tomato

A small hand full of baby spinach

1/3 of a white onion grated

Salt to taste

2x tablespoons of olive oil

Method

 Add chopped up ham and a tablespoon of olive oil to a fry pan on medium heat and fry for about 5-7 mins.  Remove pan off heat and set aside.  Beat the 4 eggs and ad to another pan on medium heat.   Put all the ingredients evenly on one half of the eggs like a semi circle (see image below).

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Wait till the egg is predominately cooked and start to fold the half of the egg that isn't covered with all the ingredients over the half that has all the ingredients.  Once cooked through both sides of the omelette you can serve.

Ham Challenge Day 1- Ham and Pineapple salad

Ok, so I wasn't even hungry tonight for the first ham challenge. But when I took the first bite i was hooked! I have been searching the internet all day for recipes for ham/bacon that don't require man made carbs, Cheese, pastry and white sauce or a combo of the above (believe me it was hard).  This one I put together myself! So proud!!

So this is the Ham and Pineapple Salad.

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Ingredients

Ham of the bone (as much as you want to eat in a salad)

1/2 tomato

3 slices of Spanish onion

1 x pineapple slice

baby spinach (as much as you  require)

Table spoon of olive oil

Eta Garlic and Chives dressing (low fat of course)

Method

Cut the ham into 1cm strips while you heat olive oil in the pan. While ham is frying ad the pineapple slice.  Fry till ham is crispy and pineapple is starting to cook (not too brown).  chop the tomato and onion and add to a bowl with the baby spinach.  Cut the pineapple into cubes and add the cooked ham and pineapple to the salad.

Add the Salad dressing to taste.

And there you have the best summer salad I have ever had.  I am now bummed I have given myself this challenge as i could eat this salad every night till the ham is gone!

The Ham Challenge

Over the next week or so I have given myself a "Ham Challenge".  As you can see in a previous post last week my partner and I bought a HUGE leg of ham that was almost unnecessary as its is just under 10kgs- and there is only two of us!  The reason I am giving us this challenge is because I want to make sure my money didnt go to waste and also the left over ham on the bone recipe's online I have found are crap.  Plus this will help me get creative and hopefully I will blog about it too as it will be a project.

Wish me luck.......