Clearly I’m a bit behind on my posting. This is what I had for Easter dinner! For me Easter means ham. Growing up my mom would never buy a whole ham because she didn’t like ham and my sister (misguidedly) doesn’t eat pork. So one year when I was living by myself and had no plans to congregate with the fam for Easter I decided to buy myself a ham. Yes, I bought myself a 7 or 8 lb ham at Pathmark for my own consumption. It was magical and from then on I’ve had ham for Easter. Even my mom is on board with the idea of having ham.
I like to try different recipes for ham. This year I settled on this recipe for Thyme Honey Glazed Ham from Epicurious. I chose this recipe for practical reasons: 1.) we had a ton of thyme in the apartment from another recent dish and 2.) I’m forever looking for ways to use up the homemade honey that was gifted to use in Jamaica. The glaze was good. It wasn’t too strong which is key especially if you have weeks of ham leftovers. Next year I’m going to upgrade my ham purchasing. I usually just buy whatever ham is available at the regular supermarket in the weeks leading up to Easter. Next year I’ll seriously look into getting something a bit more “natural”.
For sides I decided to go the Julia Child route. My starch was Scalloped Potatoes and my veggie was Glazed Carrots, both courtesy of . The potatoes were great. I mean potatoes cooked in cream and cheese are pretty delicious. The recipe was also really easy which is key. The carrots on the other hand were a lovely surprise. Okay maybe not that much of a surprise because what doesn’t taste better when braised in butter and sugar? Seriously. Definitely not an everyday side dish but a good one to have on file for sure.
There was also dessert but I’ll save that for another post…
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Do you have a mandoline for the potatoes? I love the idea of scalloped potatoes, but I’m not always the most consistent slicer.
No mandoline but I have a good knife that makes slicing super easy!