Ham And Chese Salad With Homemade Ranch Dressing

What do you like to make with your left over baked ham? I usually toss it in scrambled eggs or omelets, upload it to a sandwich or from time to time I’ll make ham fried rice with it, however one in every of my favourite things to do it with it's miles to make this smooth yet scrumptious Ham and Cheese Salad.

it could no longer appear like a whole lot but with suitable exceptional ham (preferably from a left over baked ham) and selfmade ranch it it honestly is surprisingly scrumptious! generally I constantly chop up (/essentially shred up) the leftover ham in a meals processor for this salad, as noted in the recipe, but for photo functions I concept the tiny diced cubes would possibly look only a little higher (now not the meals processor model looks horrific via any means simply now not as easy cut I bet). The meals processor approach is soooo plenty faster and unusually sufficient I think it even tastes a touch better that way, however if you don’t have a food processor you can chop it up like so (I don’t however advocate shopping for the applications of tiny ham cubes at the store even though I’ve tried the ones before and didn’t like them). actually the eggs are non-obligatory right here but it’s a awesome way to make this extra of a first-rate dish salad, making it more filling. Plus, ham and eggs simply go collectively so why no longer collectively in salad? if you don’t plan on having a baked ham every time in the near future your next excellent alternative could probable be a ham steak. also, you may truly make this salad into a cobb salad, sincerely upload fowl and tomatoes as cited in the notes below the recipe. i'm hoping your circle of relatives loves this salad as a whole lot as my family does!

INGREDIENTS

• Homemade ranch dressing
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (I used 1/4 cup light 1/4 cup regular)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup buttermilk , then more as needed
• 2 1/2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
• 1 1/2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 clove garlic , minced (1 tsp)
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt**
• 2 cups shredded or cubed ham*
• 4 large eggs , hard boiled, peeled and sliced
• 24 oz . iceberg lettuce blend
• 3/4 cup (3 oz) mozzarella cheese
• 3/4 cup (3 oz) medium or mild cheddar cheese

INTRUCTIONS

1. For the ranch dressing:
2. Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. add extra buttermilk if wanted 1 Tbsp at a time to attain desired consistency (it must be fairly thick, no longer very runny). shop in an airtight box in refrigeratr.
3. For the salad:
4. Divide lettuce among four big salad bowls. pinnacle with ham and cheese. upload one sliced egg to every salad. Drizzle with ranch and serve straight away after adding dressing.
5. *My favourite way which I typically usually make this salad is to chop the ham up into tiny pieces in a meals processor, it in reality simply tastes higher this way. I chop a leftover baked ham (not honey glazed, only a everyday picnic ham) into chunks or slices then toss into a meals processor in batches and pulse until it is calmly shredded up into small bits. if you do not have a food processor you may slice it into tiny cubes like that pictured.
6. **in case you are making this ranch for a special form of salad you may need more salt, for this one I do not suggest including a lot more salt due to the fact the ham is already plenty salty. also in case you are making if for a distinct type of salad you may want to add in 1 half of tsp chopped fresh dill (which I do on occasion). I just failed to just like the dill with this particular salad I tried it with and without and preferred it a great deal better with out here.

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