Hamming it up

So we found some free-range, nitrite-free ham for Christmas. It does contain rosemary, so it's very high in salycilates, but I decided that was a reasonable compromise to make. And in any event, since I'd already promised Boy he could try the candy cane he was given at school for Christmas, I figured it wouldn't make much difference.

So now we're inundated with leftover ham.

So far, we've had scrambled eggs and 'bacon', fried rice with ham, fritters with ham, rissoles with ham....

Trying to think of a few more ideas to fill the coming week with ham!

Chocolate ice cream

I finally got my hands on a copy of Fed Up and, browsing the back section, I found a recipe for dairy-free maple syrup ice cream, which seemed easy enough. So I borrowed a friend's ice cream maker. It was only when I'd already put in the rest of the ingredients that I realised that I didn't actually have any maple syrup. So I tried making vanilla instead. It was uber sweet and not particularly nice (well, the kids liked it). Anyway, then I thought - what about chocolate....?

So here's my recipe for dairy/gluten/soy-free chocolate ice cream

2 cups rice milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 Tb vegetable oil
1 1/2 Tb cacao

Chill and mix in ice cream maker.