Family recipes are most treasured.  They involve a tattered recipe card and many memories.  My grandma would make Ham Loaf for many family gatherings. Celebrating Easter and Christmas as a family, sometimes there is leftover ham.  This is a perfect pork recipe for leftover ham.



Farming is a very essential industry, especially this time of the year.  I am sure you have seen farmers working in the field in the past week.  They are anxiously preparing the soil, discing, applying anhydrous ammonia, getting ready to plant.  This year will be business as usual for farmers, they will go to work every day and make sure this year's crop is planted on time.  Farmers faced many hardships last year, with a very wet spring.  They hope for drier conditions, and a larger window of opportunity to plant.  

Since my kids are now home for the remaining of the school year, they are spending more time on the farm with their grandfather.  Today they  ran outside extra early to meet one of the guys my husband use to work with at the fertilizer plant. He was delivering tanks to a field right behind our house. It had been a few years since Charlie had seen my kids, and he said they had really grown! My daughter and son have spent time learning how to operate the tractor, and discing and helping when needed.



I love seeing recipes with my grandmothers handwriting.  I asked mom to send me a picture of the recipe.  To me, it looks well used, old, and I am now curious who Martha McMahon is.  I don't think grandma missed cooking many meals for her husband and son who worked on the farm every day for lunch.  Grandma Patty only had her recipe box to turn to for recipe ideas, now we have so many more resources to discover new recipes.






If you have leftover ham, the best way to grind it, is to grind it up in a food processor.  Our family is used to preparing large meatloaf's, so I made this ham loaf bigger for our family of five. You can adjust as needed for your family.  We always make sure to have left overs.






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HAM LOAF Ingredients For Ham Loaf

How to Make Ham Loaf

1.  Mix ground pork, ground ham, milk and corn flakes and form into a loaf.
2. Place loaf in a casserole dish or loaf pan, leaving room for the sauce
3. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in a pan over medium heat. 
4. Heat on stove until mixture thickens and sugar completely dissolves.
5. Pour mixture over ham loaf and bake at 350 for one hour.
6. Internal temperature should read 160 degrees.

Chasing Saturday Pork recipes we love:
Instant Pot Bacon Ranch Potatoes
Crock Pot Pork Carnitas
Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Crock Pot Cowboy Casserole
Grilled Pork Chops
Fried Pork Chops
Crock Pot Shoups Pork BBQ Sliders
Pressure Cooker BBQ Pork Ribs
Cheesy Ham Hashbrown Casserole







This post is sponsored by Indiana Pork but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

One of the best side dishes mom made us was Cheesy Potatoes.  It goes well with many meals, Fish, Pork Chops, and Steak.  The homemade cheese sauce is what makes this recipe.  Take this to your next picnic or potluck, it will be a huge hit! 




My daughter calls the cheesy potatoes "the bomb"  but I wasn't sure how to incorporate it into the title. She is the biggest fan of anything with cheese.  




The potatoes used for this recipe came out of our garden.  I don't remember planting potatoes growing up, but my husband takes great pride in his garden, especially the 100 plus potato plants he planted this spring. Fresh potatoes are the best, they are white and crisp.  




Potato plants grow best in hills.  This ensures plenty of room for potatoes to produce.  You could have 6-10 potatoes per plant.  Potatoes will keep for a few months if your store in a dry, cool place. 





Cheesy potatoes are the most requested side from our friends and family.  Your family will love it too!




1. Fill stockpot halfway with water, and start to boil water
2. Peel and dice potatoes
3. Add potatoes to boiling water, cook firm
4. Drain potatoes in a strainer
5. Put pot on medium-low, add ½ stick of butter, and whisk to melt.
6. Add ⅛ cup of flour and continue to whisk, turn low if needed
7. Add ¼ - ½ cup of milk, whisking continuously, add more flour to thicken.
8. Cut Velveeta cheese into squares and add to the pot, whisking continuously. 
9. Add the drained potatoes to the pot, stir and season with salt and pepper.




Dice the potatoes to a consistent size so they cook the same 
Add shredded cheddar cheese for a cheesier texture



This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn, Indiana Soybean and Corn Farmers but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Cheesy Ham Hashbrown Casserole is a great combination of cheese, meat, and hashbrowns into a casserole everyone would love for a cookout, picnic or leftover ham!




This is another great recipe from my mom.  If I keep sharing all her recipes, everything will be named Nana's Soup, Nana's Cookies, Nana's Meatballs, etc.  She knows what works the best and said this is a great casserole to take to work for pitch-in lunches.




Cheesy Ham Hashbrown Casserole is an easy recipe to throw together.  Being a busy mom, I can appreciate recipes like this that have so much great flavor.  9x13 pans are great to have around, and it's lots of food.  Husband loves to take leftovers to work the next day.




Casseroles are very convenient and combine flavor and texture into a great meal. 



1. Mix ham, hash browns, sour cream, shredded cheese, cream of potato, parmesan cheese and salt and pepper in a bowl.

2. Pour mixture into greased 9x13 pan.

3. Bake in oven 40-50 minutes.

4. Add more shredded cheese immediately.

TIPS FOR CHEESY HAM HASHBROWN CASSEROLE 

This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn, Indiana Soybean and Corn Farmers but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Every Thanksgiving meal we know someone will bring a pumpkin pie.  It's a tradition, and topped with whipped cream, is my favorite.






Over 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkin are produced each year in the United State.  The top pumpkin-producing states are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California. Morton, IL declare their city, The Pumpkin Capital of the World.   If fall festivals are your thing, check out the 20 Best Fall Harvest Festivals and Events Across America. 






Not only are pumpkins great for fall decorations, but the real pumpkins are also healthy and rich in Vitamin A. Pumpkins are also a good source of fiber, and helps with digestion.  Eating pumpkin pie around the holidays is great to treat yourself to a delicious dessert. 






1. Prepare 15 x 10 jelly pan and Preheat oven 400 degrees
2. Place 1 rectangle pie crust on a floured surface
3. Roll into 12x10 rectangle place over one edge of the pan, with 3 inch overhang, repeat with the other crust
4. Press seams together to seal
5. Trim dough around the pan, leave ½” overhang, and crimp the edges of the pie dough
6. Cover dough with large sheet of parchment paper and pie weights
7. Bake 14 minutes on 400 degrees
8. Remove paper and weights, Bake 8-10 minutes
9. In saucepan, cook pumpkin on high for 10 minutes, stirring often.  Remove from heat and let cool
10. In a bowl, whisk cream, milk, eggs, brown sugar, white sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt until smooth.
11. Add pumpkin mixture, whisk until smooth.
12. Pour mixture into the pre baked pie crust 
13. Bake 25-35 minutes
14. Cool and cut, serve with whipped cream.

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This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn, Indiana Soybean and Corn Farmers but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

These are the best Homemade Barbecue Meatballs, Ever! This homemade meatball recipe is so simple.  You will want to make this for your next get together with friends! They will love it, and this recipe makes plenty to share!




I love homemade meatballs.  My mom used to make this recipe all the time.  This is a special recipe out of our church cookbook, by Hazel Duzan.  




My boys were so impressed this was a homemade barbecue sauce.  One asked for seconds, and the other one gave me a thumbs up! 

Three pounds of hamburger sounds like a lot, but this makes a big batch!  I used a scoop to make my meatballs, but I still used my hand to form the meatballs, so they were firmer and cooked better.  




















This post is sponsored by the Glass Barn, Indiana Soybean and Corn Farmers but all thoughts and opinions are my own.