Pineapple Ham

I absolutely love having dinners that you make and put in the oven for a while, it enables me to have the kitchen completely cleaned before we even sit down to eat. They do however take a little longer and have to be done on nights that we have more time.

For the ham you will need a ham and a can of pineapples. I usually would take pineapple slices but I had chunks that I had bought for something else that I never ended up making, so I used those.

Slice the ham the way you like it. I like mine not too thick, I find it more flavourful. I used a 750gr ham and used half of it. The other half went in the freezer. There was three of us for dinner and I had some left for my lunch.

Put the sliced ham in an oven proof dish and put the whole can of pineapple on top (juice and all). If it's slices you might want to arrange it all nice. Give it a little shake to disperse the juices.

Put in the oven at 350 or so for about half an hour. Mine doesn't look all esthetic because it's chunks.

I served my ham with scalloped potatoes, the recipe will follow shortly!

Cheesy bacon mini meatloaves

Oh my, it has definitely been a while, and I apologize. However, in the meantime I have tried many new recipes and some were successes and some, not so much. So you won't read about those, but here is one of my success, I made these when my in-laws were visiting, I didn't want to be slaving away in the kitchen all day just to have a good meal, I wanted to be able to enjoy my time with them so I made these make-ahead mini meatloaves.

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 cup milk

2 lb. (450 g) extra-lean ground beef

1 pkg. (120 g) Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Chicken

1 cup Shredded Cheese (in this case I had leftover jalapeno havarti)

1/2 cup BBQ Sauce (I had Kraft original on hand)

slices of bacon (I used 12 since I made 12 meatloaves)

Directions

Whisk egg and milk in large bowl until blended. Mix in all remaining ingredients except bacon. Shape into 1-inch-thick patties; wrap bacon slice around edge of each patty.

Wrap individually in plastic wrap; place in freezer-weight resealable plastic bag. Seal bag. Freeze up to 3 months. See I didn't plan that much ahead of time but I did put them in the freezer for about 6 hours, they were frozen through but they weren't flimsy either.

Heat oven to 375ºF. Unwrap frozen patties; place on rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 40 to 45 min. or until done (160ºF).
You could probably bake them right when you make them, I probably would put them in the oven for 30 minutes instead of 40 and see if they are cooked. These were delicious

I got 12 out of this recipe, which was great because we were only five and now I have more in the freezer, I think we'll eat those tonight!

I served them with garlic mash potatoes and a canadianized greek salad.

*recipe adapted from http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/make-ahead-cheesy-bacon-mini-130726.aspx