Green eggs and ham?!

As a family we are not great ham lovers and yet DH receives a leg of ham every year from his workplace. Usually we give at least half of it away but we never actually got around to doing that this year. So, out came some cookbooks as I searched for recipes that involved ham. Donna Hay came to the rescue with several recipes and I tried the following recipe last night (and no, it wasn't green eggs and ham!):




Chorizo, Ham and Haloumi Oven Omelette
Serves 4

• 6 eggs


• 2 Tbs sour cream


• 6 spring onions, chopped


• sea salt and cracked black pepper


• 1 Tbs olive oil


• 1 sm brown onion, sliced


• 1 chorizo sausage, sliced


• 100g haloumi cheese, chopped


• 1 zucchini, sliced


• 150g leg ham, chopped

Preheat the oven to 180*c. Place the eggs, sour cream, spring onions, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.

Heat a medium non-stick ovenproof frying pan over high heat. Add the oil, onion, chorizo and haloumi and cook for 3-4mins or until the spring onions are soft and the chorizo is golden. Add the zucchini and cook for a further 3mins or until just soft. Stir in the ham and add the egg mixture. Place the pan in the oven and cook for 15mins or until the egg is set and the top is golden.

The verdict: it was easy to make and it was tasty. All the boys ate it and had seconds so that says something. I think the comment was also made that maybe I should cook more often! Hmmm...... Son #3, who gave me the Cook with Jamie recipe book for Xmas, suggested that I should cook something from the book before he goes back to the Gold Coast - a week away.