davepolaschek

More a method than a recipe, these are my rough guidelines for ham salad.

Ingredients

• Ham – two thin slices, or one thick slice, chopped
• One hard-boiled egg, chopped
• 1 Tbsp mayo (yes, you can use Miracle Whip®, but it’s better with mayo)
• 1 tsp yellow mustard

Optional Ingredients

Add up to three of the following

• 4″ stalk of celery – chopped
• quarter-pickle “spear” – chopped
• three or four pickle slices – chopped
• three or four olives, without pit, and optionally with pimento – chopped
• one ring pineapple – chopped
• small chunk green pepper – chopped
• roasted green chile – chopped
• tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
• one slice american cheese – chopped
• small chunk (tablespoon or so) cheddar cheese – chopped
• one carrot – chopped finely

Directions

• Chop the ingredients, if you haven’t already
• Drain the vegetable matter – you don’t want things soggy
• Put the chopped things in a bowl big enough to hold everything and then some
• Squirt in the mayo, and mix (go ahead and use your hand if you want)
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• If making a sandwich, smear it on the bread
• If you don’t have bread, add about ½ cup cooked and cooled macaroni

You can double, triple or whatever multiple you’d like with this, but I find that I most often make about 2 servings, use half the result on bread for lunch, and the other half with a little pasta for dinner, and I’ve managed to clean up a lot of little odds and ends from the kitchen, while still having a tasty meal or two.

If you don’t have any ham, use two or three eggs and call it egg salad.

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