Crock Pot Hawaiian Ham

So you have some leftover ham shank/butt. Let's make a meal.

Get the crock pot out and if you want, spray the inside of the crock with non-stick cooking spray as it makes clean up a bit easier. I also add about a cup and a half of water to the crock. 

Put about three pounds of leftover ham in the crock. (Scale this recipe up as needed.) Then add a 20oz can of crushed pineapple. On top of this pour a 12-16oz bottle of Hawaiian marinade.

Set crock pot on low and cook for 7 hours. We serve this over steamed/cooked rice.

Total cost for this is between five and six dollars.

Egg Drop Soup

You can substitute corn starch for potato starch and you can use black pepper instead of white pepper. It's quick, inexpensive and most kids will eat it. 

You can kick it up a notch by adding fish, shrimp or chicken.

Collard Greens

Just a quick post. If you enjoy collard greens but are stuck up north and must make do with canned collards, the above brand is acceptable........at least to me. Just drain them and heat them in a pot with at least a third of a stick of butter. They taste better than cooked spinach. You can also kick them up a bit by adding a few chopped slices of flaccid cooked bacon along with the bacon grease. Simmer for ten minutes or so on med/med. high heat.