Meal Planning Update - (Or lack thereof!)

Last week I rambled on about my hopeful plan of starting to meal plan including using up that 7.5# ham! Homestead Phil was out of town for 4 days so I lived on tortilla pizzas and cereal. OOPS! Here's how we munched on that ham for a week:
1. Homestead Phil participated in our church's Men's Annual Chili Cook-off. Chili is his thing so he looks forward to participating every year! It seems to be different every time he makes it so there will not be a recipe provided. :) This year conveniently had ham in it! haha

2. Scalloped Potatoes and Ham based on The Pioneer Women's recipe.

• 3 pounds Russet Or Yukon Gold Potatoes, Washed Thoroughly 
• 2 Tablespoons Butter 
• 1 whole Yellow Onion, Diced 
• 3 cups Diced Ham 
• 3 cups milk (I used 2%) 
• 1/4 cup Flour Black Pepper To Taste 
• 1 cup Grated Cheddar Cheese 
• 1 cup Grated Monterey Jack Cheese 
• Chopped Parsley (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a large casserole dish. Dice ham. Chop onion and slice potatoes thin. (I used my food processor for both.) While food processing, heat butter in a large skillet. Add onions and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until they start to turn translucent. Add ham and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a microwave-safe container and nuke for a minute or so, until no longer cold. Whisk in flour and black pepper until totally combined. Set aside. (You may add salt, but cheese and ham are salty, so add sparingly.)
Combine the two grated cheeses. Set aside.
Layer 1/3 of the potato slices in the buttered casserole dish. Sprinkle on 1/3 of the ham/onion mixture, then 1/3 of the cheese, then pour on 1/3 of the cream mixture.
Repeat this twice more, ending with a sprinkling of cheese and a pouring on of the rest of the cream mixture. I'm heavy handed with the cheese so I needed more than the 2 cups of cheese. It wasn't "au gratin" style as it was more scalloped than cheesy. Cover dish with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes at least, or until bubbly and hot.
Cut into squares and serve. Sprinkle on chopped parsley if you'd like! (I didn't!)

3. Ham Potpie based on my step mom's recipe. It's one of those "Some of this. Some of that." recipes so I won't be sharing that today but it was delish! It finished up the ham though as we also had a few ham sandwiches and ham and eggs through the week :)

I did save the ham bone and didn't boil it very long for the ham potpie so I may toss that bone in the freezer to make more broth another day!