Ham Salad Recipes

Ham Salad Recipes are usually made from leftover ham roast or ham steak.

This salad recipe combines ham with fresh spinach and sweet cantaloupe and makes an easy and unusual ham salad.

The recipe also calls for raspberry vinegar and peaches, mixing sweet and savory elements in a unique seasonal salad.

If cantaloupe is not yet in season when you try this recipe, think about substituting apples or grapefruit. Any combination of fruits you choose will be enlivened with the spunky wholegrain mustard dressing.

Ham and Spinach Salad

3 cups cooked ham, cubed into medium dice
12 ounces baby spinach, cleaned
1/2 medium cantaloupe, diced
1/2 cup peaches, fresh or canned, diced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons raspberry vinegar
1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
Kosher salt and ground black pepper

Whisk together the orange juice, raspberry vinegar, whole grain mustard and the kosher salt and black pepper. Slowly add the olive oil, whisking constantly, 1 tablespoon at a time.

In a large bowl, combine the baby spinach with the diced ham, cantaloupe and peaches. Drizzle the salad with half of the dressing and toss the ingredients.

Take apart the sliced red onion so all the rings are separated and top the salad with them, then drizzle the remaining salad dressing over the onions.

Serve immediately.

Serves 4

Food For Thought - This salad is perfect when all the ingredients are available. If winter lasts longer in your neck of the woods, make substitutions based on what is in season.

You can also enhance the raspberry vinegar in the dressing by throwing a handful of fresh raspberries around the salad as a garnish.

What you have from this one salad recipe is a multitude of Ham Salad Recipes!