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OT: Creative ways of using leftover Christmas ham

I have come up with a number of ways to use our leftover Christmas ham, but I am open to additional suggestions.

Items on the menu include:

- Ham and rottelini cheese casserole using a parmesan and mozzarella cheese sauce (which was delicious)

- Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches

- Ham hash (delicious but a shit ton of work)

- Ham and pasta alfredo

We had the casserole last night for dinner and the grilled ham and cheeses for lunch. Both delicious.

The ham hash will be good too but it's a lot of work, starting with cooking potatoes with the ham bone tonight, leaving them in the fridge overnight and then dicing everything up in the morning (onion, carrot, potatoes, leftover ham). It's easily 90 minutes of prep and cleaning time all in, but it has become a holiday tradition so I'm kinda' stuck now.

But even with all of that it looks like I'm still going to have some more ham to use up. I've learned how to cook several of the basic French and Italian starter sauces, so I have many options, including a variety of cream and cheese sauces, but I've already done a cheese sauce with the casserole and I'm not yet sold on using it with my homemade alfredo sauce.

Any other suggestions would be welcome.