{"id":348,"date":"2015-09-21T17:59:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T17:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2015-09-21T17:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T17:59:59","slug":"kiss-the-cook-sweet-potatoes-and-ham-in-casserole-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Kiss the Cook: Sweet potatoes and ham in casserole bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sweetc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sweetc-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"sweetc\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sweetc-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crosshairscommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sweetc.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, my friend Dave and I attended a Penn State football game. During the tailgating before the game, we were talking about food, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Dave spent some time in the south and we started talking about favorite foods, like grits, gumbo and sweet potato casserole \u2014 foods I associate with the south. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since I love sweet potatoes and easy-to-make comfort foods, I was inspired to try a new casserole dish.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the recipe for a simple sweet potato and ham casserole. It\u2019s a great comfort food that seems to fit in well as fall approaches and the days get colder.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy this recipe and don\u2019t forget to share it with your friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet Potato and Ham Delight<\/strong><br \/>\nPrep Time: 10 minutes<br \/>\nCook time: 45 minutes<br \/>\nServings: 6-8<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<br \/>\n2 cups milk<br \/>\n1 tbs. chopped onion<br \/>\n2 bay leaves<br \/>\n3 whole cloves<br \/>\n1 tbs. diced celery with leaves<br \/>\n4 tbs. butter<br \/>\n6 tbs. flour<br \/>\n2 cups diced cooked ham (I used smoked)<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\n2 cups cooked sweet potatoes, mashed<br \/>\n3 tbs. pecans (chopped)<\/p>\n<p>Directions:<br \/>\n1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F<br \/>\n2. Heat milk slowly with onions, bay leaves, cloves and celery, do not boil, stir often and cook about 2 minutes once the milk heats up before straining the milk to remove the onions, bay leaves, cloves and celery.<br \/>\n3. In a sauce pan, melt the butter and stir in the flour a tablespoon at a tim. Gradually, add the hot milk and cook over low heat, constantly stir this mixture until thick and smooth.<br \/>\n4. Add the ham and salt. Pour this mixture into a casserole baking dish, add the sweet potatoes evenly on top of this mixture, no need to stir.<br \/>\n5. Sprinkle the pecans over the top and bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes.<br \/>\n6. Remove from the oven and let sit 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a great recipe to share? Let me know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, my friend Dave and I attended a Penn State football game. 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