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35 Leftover Ham Recipes That Will Make You Glad You've Got Extras

Updated on March 12, 2024

If your refrigerator is full after a big holiday meal, these ideas will help you put your leftovers to good use.

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The Best Ways to Use Up Leftover Ham

So, you baked a showstopping ham for Easter dinner and now your refrigerator is full of leftovers? We’ve all been there. And, as much as we love tucking it into bread for a quick lunch in the days that follow, we’ll be the first to admit that you can only eat so many ham sandwiches! You can freeze extra ham, but only for about 2 months—so you’re going to need some ideas for using it up eventually. So, we’ve rounded up a handful of recipes where almost anything goes, making it easy to work all that extra ham into your breakfasts, lunches and dinners. You’ll find lots of good options here but it’s hard to pass up this pasta salad. It gets a nice kick from crushed red pepper flakes and chopped pepperoncini—while rich, salty ham makes the perfect complement to the heat.

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Deep-Dish Hash Brown Ham and Cheese Quiche

How to improve on ham-and-cheese quiche? Bake it in an uber-crispy hash brown crust for the perfect breakfast dish for a crowd.

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Ham, Spinach and Potato Pizza

Take pizza night to a whole new level with Molly’s fun twist on the classic meat and potatoes. Slice leftover ham into thick pieces, then sprinkle it on a no-knead pizza dough with spinach, potatoes and mozzarella.

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Lentil Soup with Peas and Ham

More soup, peas! The sweet peas in this lentil soup pair wonderfully with the saltiness of the ham and slight tanginess of the yogurt.

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