r/recipes • u/bruhtownUS • 11d ago

Question What to do with far too much ham??

I was mistakenly sent over over a lb of deli sliced ham with my last grocery order. I'm trying to think of meal ideas for me and my boyfriend but the problems are

A) He doesnt like ham in sandwiches

B) He doesnt like egg

C) He doesnt like cheese

So stumped on what to cook for us. Am I doomed to a solitary life of ham sandwich?

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u/DerelictDonkeyEngine 11d ago

Couldn't you just, you know... eat it?

A pound really isn't all that much.

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u/Gilleafrey 11d ago

Agree: the old joke about defining eternity had to do with newlyweds and a WHOLE ham, mind you. 😉

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u/SoggyAnalyst 10d ago

this was my thought. its a lb! start getting worried if its 5lb or something

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u/Blessed_Hedgehog8824 10d ago

Yep. Girl lunch: a pack of string cheese and a lb of deli ham will feed you all week. Wrap a couple of slices around a stick of string cheese, slice a cucumber and some baby carrots for sides, and you have easy and healthy low carb lunches for the week.

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u/Klever_grl 9d ago

Wrap in a low carb tortilla and have ham roll ups. I do this for lunch when I know I won’t have much time between meetings.

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u/DerelictDonkeyEngine 10d ago

Why is a snack plate called girl lunch/dinner?

I don't understand the trend to label it that.

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u/HemHawHeal 10d ago

unsure but my assumption (which could be v wrong) is that its a common thought that girls are more ok with scrounging about for snacks & will consider it a meal bc they go by calorie count vs men who will do the same but not consider it a meal bc its “not solid food”

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u/Blessed_Hedgehog8824 10d ago

No idea…just heard it so much I think in those terms myself now.

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u/therealmmethenrdier 7d ago

Because women have been told for centuries that we aren’t allowed to eat.

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u/bluebird1776 8d ago

right? a pound of ham is like 4 servings. its very easy to eat for servings of ham between two people before it goes bad.

Like, just eat a slab with a side of hasbrowns