First Post of 2008

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years Eve, I know I did.

We had dinner at some friends house and we each had lobster and filet mignon. Now, the lobsters were 1.25 pounders, but the filets had to be over a pound (and wrapped in bacon)! What a feast.... everyone took some food home.

New Years Day, we took it easy at home, and had a nice ham dinner with our daughter.

Mark, here's the recipe for the Mini Ham Puffs (courtesy of The Pampered Chef All The Best Cookbook):

Prep time: 20 Minutes - Bake Time 12 Minutes - Requires a mini muffin pan

Ingredients:

1 Package (2.5 oz) Processed Ham
2 Tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 Egg
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Swiss or Cheddar Cheese
1 Tablespoon fresh parsley (optional)
1.5 Teaspoons Dijon Mustard
1/8 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 Package (8 oz) refrigerated crescent rolls

Process:

Do not preheat oven. Turn on when you insert mini muffin pan.

1. Lightly spray mini muffin pan with vegetable oil or PAM.
Finely chop ham and onion and put in bowl. Add cheese, egg, parsley, mustard and black pepper. Mix well.

2. Unroll crescent dough and press into one large rectangle. Cut dough into 24 squares using a pizza cutter if possible. Press one square of dough into each muffin cup, letting corners overlap edges.

3. Using spoon, fill each dough filled cup but not over top of pan with ham mixture.
Bake 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from pan immediately.

Serves: 24 appetizers.

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That's it for today... have a great Hump-Day!