Quick and Easy Stromboli

When it's just the hubby and I for dinner, sometimes I just don't feel like cooking, so we'll order in or go out. We often go to a small family owned restaurant near us, that serves a lot of home style cooking and sandwiches.  One of the things they have on their menu, that we'll order often, is a ham, cheese, sweet pepper and onion Stromboli.  It's so good when it's piping hot, the cheese is melting all over the place and the dough is soft and bread like.  Well, I was in the kitchen trying to replicate this Stromboli that we love and got pretty close to the textures and flavors, yeah I was happy with myself, so here is my take on the Stromboli.

These are my ingredients.  I didn't use sweet onion  in this one, but try it, it's really good with them.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  I started with a roll of seamless sheet crescent roll dough, a little more soft and flaky than the pizza dough but really just as good.  Unroll it on a cutting board so it lays flat.

 Layer down the center, 6 slices of imported ham (more if you like), I used low salt ham, sweet peppers, chopped sweet onions (if you are using them), and shredded mozzarella cheese.  Roll it up starting on the long side, make sure the seam side is down, and make a few slits on the top of the dough for the steam to escape.

 Carefully lift it and place on a parchment lined baking sheet, with seam down and the slit side up.

 Bake for 30 -35 minutes or until golden brown.  Lookin' pretty good!

 And yummy too!  One roll served the two of us and we had a piece leftover.  This is so easy to make, only takes minutes to bake, and it's good for a day when you just don't feel like cooking.

Mom's Baked Ham

What is going on with the price of food?!!!!!  It's outrageous.  I was looking for a ham to bake for Easter when I went to the grocery store last week, and of course as soon as you walk in they had them all beautifully packaged and displayed, to catch your eye of course.  I started looking at all of them, their weight value and cost. I needed a big one, I was feeding 11 people and wanted leftovers too.  The first one I picked up was $50!  It was a bone in spiral sliced ham for Pete's sake not a pot of gold!  I put the ham back in the case, I wasn't paying that much for a piece of meat.  I was finishing up the rest of my shopping and low and behold look over there! another case of lower priced, no fancy packaging or display, of  bone in spiral sliced hams.  Ladies let's be smart, don't be sucked in by these set ups.  Do your homework, walk that store to save yourself some money, and with a little added ingredients you probably already have at home, you can make that $50 ham yourself.  I purchased 2 hams, that's right 2, for $30 and change!  I didn't get that fancy little packet of dried stuff that they give you in the ham wrapping, that you still have to cook and pour over the top, and I didn't get the shiny wrapping.  I made my ham with my mothers recipe, the way she always made ham for Easter and it was delicious!

What you need is:  1 can of crushed pineapple, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 can of ginger ale, 2 cups of orange juice.  Remove all packaging from the ham, pull apart the slices so all the good stuff gets in between, top with the pineapple, brown sugar, ginger ale and orange juice.  Push the slices back together, cover with foil, bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours.

 and BAM! Juicy, sweet and flavorful baked ham, just like mom used to make.