Ham and what?

What's for dinner?


I do not plan on making this again, as I personally did not like it. My husband ate it and said it was pretty good. Spencer would not eat it, and commented that it stunk. This would not be a fair assessment, because I sort of messed up the recipe (whoops). I grabbed a can of Artichokes instead of Asparagus.

I use Myrecipes.com a lot. The cooking light publication section is excellent for low point family friendly dinners. There is a recipe box section where you can create menus, shopping lists, etc.



ASPARAGUS - HAM CASSEROLE
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Yield
6 servings (serving size: 1 cup)

Ingredients
1 (1-ounce) slice white bread
3 3/4 cups uncooked extra-broad egg noodles
2 1/2 cups (1 1/2-inch) sliced asparagus
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup whole milk
1 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 cups (1/2-inch) cubed ham (about 8 ounces)
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Preparation
Preheat oven to 450°.

Place bread in a food processor, and pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs form to measure 1/2 cup.

Cook pasta in boiling water 7 minutes, omitting salt and fat. Add asparagus; cook 1 minute. Drain.

Lightly spoon the flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife. Place flour, thyme, salt, and pepper in medium bowl; gradually add milk and broth, stirring with a whisk until well-blended. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion; saute 4 minutes. Add milk mixture; cook until thick (about 4 minutes), stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in juice. Combine the pasta mixture, milk mixture, ham, and parsley in large bowl; spoon into a 2-quart casserole. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and cheese.

Bake at 450° for 10 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is golden.

Nutritional Information
WW POINTS = 5

Calories: 250 (26% from fat)
Fat: 7.1g (sat 3.4g,mono 2.4g,poly 0.7g)
Protein: 16g
Carbohydrate: 30.9g
Fiber: 2.7g
Cholesterol: 52mg
Iron: 2.6mg
Sodium: 835mg
Calcium: 114mg

Why Blog?

Apparently I am very self centered, and I need to make sure the world knows and understands what I think :).

I decided to use this website to follow my weight loss goals, exploit my childrens cute faces, and basically put mindless thoughts up on here.

My name is Sky, as the title says I'm just one ordinary Sky. I am a stay at home mom, which apparently provides me way to much time to overthink every small detail. My kids are 3 1/2 and 8 Months. I aspire to be like The meanest mom, Mrs.Santa Clause rolled together, with a dash of redneck thrown in.

We live in a small town in Northern Utah. If you remove the religious aspect, it could even be a small town in Maine. The drifty winter snows provide a good excuse to bust out the Cocoa. During the hot summer, we like to cool off in the pool in the yard, or at the recreation center.

I am the alpha bitch to our four animals. We have one boxer dog named June, and our three cats, Pepsi, Mr.B(Biskits), and Touche.

My favorite things to do are:

Spend too much time on the computer (see I blog), Read books, I really need to do this more. I love to cook, and until two years ago did not know I had the ability too.