Easter leftovers may soon be stalking your fridge, but there’s no need to worry. Here are some quick and easy weeknight dinner recipes to help you use up heaps of ham, an abundance of asparagus, and endless hard boiled eggs!
I really enjoy making a nice Easter meal for my family, especially glazed ham. But with a smaller sized family, there is always ham left over that needs to be used up. Hard boiled eggs are another common leftover, but so much now that my boys are older and we don’t do Easter egg hunts anymore. The asparagus that I buy usually comes in a big bunch, so very often, that has to be used up within a few days, too.
Fortunately, Easter leftovers like those are easy to convert into appetizers, sides, and weeknight dinners!
Let’s start with the ham. Here are my favorite meals to make with leftover ham:
In addition to ham, this will also use up any leftover peas you may have.
Ham Soup is a huge favorite of mine, and I have several different ham soup recipes to make with those Easter leftovers.
Slow Cooker Ham Soup with Beans
Slow Cooker 15-Bean Soup with Ham
For more delicious ham recipes that you can make any time of the year, check out this post.
Now that the Easter leftovers of ham are taken care of, let’s use up the leftover asparagus:
Cheesy Bacon Asparagus Pastries
You can find more recipes that use all sorts of spring veggies here.
And to finish up, here are a few recipes that will help you use the Easter leftovers of hard boiled eggs:
My assistant, Becca, has an amazing recipe for Southern Style Mustard Potato Salad with Eggs that you have to try! She says it’s been the most popular recipe on her site for almost a year straight.
My Best Potato Salad recipe doesn’t call for hard boiled eggs, but you can definitely add them to it!
I hope you’re able to make a few of these recipes with your Easter leftovers.
Enjoy!
