Ham, Potato, Turkey and Three Cheese Casserole and Some Blog Awards

Before I go to today's recipe, I want to take this chance to thank five of my awesome blogger friends for sharing some blog awards with me which I am truly grateful for. Some of the awards were from last year. My sincerest apologies for acknowledging them just now. I would also like to take this opportunity to share these with some wonderful bloggers who I admire for their effort in putting up a terrific blog.

  

Blog on Fire Award and Cute Little Chef Award 

Thanks Kym of Free Spirit Eater for these!

I'm passing on these awards to:

Easy Food Smith

Lover for Food
Grubarazzi

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 Cherry on Top Award and The Versatile Blogger Award

Thanks Shirley of Shirley's Luxury Haven for these two awards and also to 

Jo of Chick & Gorgeous Treats for The Versatile Blogger Award!!!

I am passing on these awards to:

Barbara of Spanish4Kiddos
Bianca of Becoming Bianca 

Laura of A Healthy Jalapeno

Ridwan of Ridwan's Kitchen

Richard of What's Cooking at Richard's

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The Fabulous Blog Award

Thanks EasyFoodSmith for this!

I am passing on this award to:

Gerry of Foodness Gracious

Jo of Chick & Gorgeous Treats 
Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic
Kym of Free Spirit Eater

Lyn of The Lovely Pantry

Shirley of Shirley's Luxury Haven

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 Cherry on Top Award,The Cutest Blog Award, Kreativ Blogger and The Circle of Friends Award

Thanks Akheela of TorviewToronto for these!

I am passing on these awards to:

Amy of uTry.It

Anne of Made In Hongkong
Biren of RotinRice
Jessica of Kitchen Belleicious

Katerina of Culinary Flavors
Lindsey of Lindselicious
 Lizzy of That Skinny Chick Can Bake
MJ of MJ's Kitchen
Nava of Nava-K 
Ping of Ping's Pickings
Swathi of Zesty South Indian Kitchen
Tina of Flourtrader

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 If you are one of the award recipients, feel free to share it with  your blog friends who you think are deserving like you! 

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And now, for today's recipe:

This Ham, Potato, Turkey and Three Cheese Casserole is a delicious all-in-one meal that I came up with to make use of our leftover ham and turkey from the holidays. 

I combined sweet ham, turkey, potatoes, heavy cream and three kinds of cheese (American, cheddar and Parmesan) to make this as cheesy and creamy as my daughters want it to be, then I topped it with Panko bread crumbs for a crunchy finish. This is just so delicious not to mention so easy to prepare. You just have to combine all the ingredients, topped it with cheese sauce which you just have to whisk on the stove for a few minutes, then put it in the oven.

Comfort food at its finest is what this is! You should really give this a try! This also works well with chicken or with just plain ham or sausage...

Sweet Ham and Three Bean Soup

Leftover sweet ham from the holidays has always been my favorite! I just love the thought that I can make delicious sandwiches, healthy salad and fine tasting soup with it!

Today, I'm sharing with you the soup that I made from our leftover Christmas ham. It's a combination of sweet ham and freshly cooked beans (black, red kidney and pinto) cooked in ham bone broth. I'm telling you, it was really so comforting and tasty! There is so much flavor in the ham bone that made this soup taste even better. 

The next time you have leftover ham, you should give this a try!

Turkey and Shell Pasta Soup

So how's everyone??? I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration! Though I terribly miss my family back in the Philippines, I had a wonderful Christmas and birthday celebration with Ryan and the girls, and our close friends. Two days of good food with good friends is priceless!

Now, we're having some quality family time watching movies, playing our favorite games, reading books together and enjoying leftover holiday food. (",) I haven't been cooking since Christmas Eve...but last night, I decided to make this soup from our leftover turkey. It's like the Filipino Macaroni Sopas which is such a delicious and nutritious soup that is cooked with meat(chicken, beef or pork), veggies, milk and pasta. Instead of the usual elbow macaroni, I used Pappardelle's calypso blend shell pasta which is a combination of Lime Gnocchi Shell, Mango-Peach Sea Shell, & Red Southwestern Chile Lumache. We just love the flavor the pasta added to the soup. We ate it with some sourdough cheese sticks. Such a perfect combination for a cold winter night! Definitely, comfort in a bowl!