Farmer's market road trip

Edmond farmer's market

Our farmer's market loot

Another market shot

My daughter, Tabitha, and I decided since our farmer's market hasn't opened yet we would take a road trip to one already open.  We drove to Edmond this morning to check theirs out.  There were a lot of vendors for this early in the season and a great variety of items from cheese, breads, plants, dips, eggs and produce.  We had way too much fun.  We got 2 different kinds of cheddar cheese, 2 kinds of spreadable goat cheese, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, whole wheat bread, green onions, green and purple asparagus, basil, spinach, a marjoram plant and scones that we ate there. The weather was a little chilly but not too bad.  We will probably hit this one again but there are several that are on our field trip list.  We made wraps for lunch when we got home with the garlic and herb goat cheese spread on a flour tortilla with spinach, sliced cucumber and swiss cheese and cherry tomatoes on the side.  For dinner we had paninis with our bread, goat cheese, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, spinach, ham and basil. Tabitha and I had bought a panini grill last weekend at a church garage sale for $5 so wanted to try it out. I made each of us 1 1/2 sandwiches and tried a different cheese on the 1/2 ones. They turned out really good, more paninis in our future. Everything was so good.  Hooray for farmer's markets.

We were so hungry that we started eating before picture taking

One, Two, Three Ham

I decided to cook my Easter ham in the crock pot this year because I didn't want to leave the oven on while we were at church.  Let me say that it was so easy and delicious that I won't be cooking ham in the oven any longer. It was juicy and tender and the pineapple wasn't overcooked.  I love, love my crock pot and cook the majority of my meat in it, especially beef and pork roasts.  I just throw them in, sometimes frozen, with my seasonings, some water and 6 to 8 hours later have fall off the bone tender meat.  I've never tried cooking ham, not sure why, but since I've been cooking my Sunday meals on Saturday I didn't want to do the ham early and reheat in the microwave. I Googled ham in crock pot and got some ideas then did my own thing.  I love Google, you can type in anything and find what you want. So for those of you that haven't thought about ham in the crock pot here's my easy 1, 2, 3 recipe

One, Two, Three Ham

picnic ham (with or without bone, mine had a bone in it)

1 large can pineapple slices

1/2 cup plus a little more brown sugar

pepper

In bottom of crock pot place 1/2 cup brown sugar, place picnic ham cut side down on top of brown sugar.

Score fat and skin with knife and rub with a bit more brown sugar, pour over pineapple slices with juice and sprinkle with pepper.  Cook on high for 4 hours. Slice and enjoy.

my ham was bigger than my crockpot

I discarded the liquid but saved the bone after cutting all the meat off. We put it in a large Ziploc bag and put in the freezer for a pot of beans later. Another option is to add whole cloves, studded in the scored fat/skin.  Be sure to take out before slicing. This last time I made it, I had caramelized onions in the freezer so added some in the bottom with the brown sugar.  Also if you get a ham that's too big for your crockpot just cover with aluminum foil and cook as normal.  

Enjoy,

Bamah



aluminum foil to the rescue 



Easter dinner yumminess