Happy Holly Ham Glaze

Bake 1 half ham as package directs.

• 1 16 oz. can cranberry sauce
• 1 C. brown sugar
• 1/4 C. orange juice
• 1/2 tesp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tesp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tesp. allspice

Combine and heat slowly in sauce pan until smooth, whisking often. Glaze ham 15 minutes before done. Serve extra glaze with ham.

Uncle Larry's Red Beans and Rice

• 1 lb. red beans (soaked according to package directions)
• 1 lb. smoked sausage, cut into small chunks
• 1.5 lb. ham, cubed
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch cumin
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 T. garlic powder
• 1 C. green onion, sliced
• 1.5 tesp. hot sauce/ Tabasco
  
• 1 T. Worcestershire sauce

Cook sausage with onion and garlic in a stock pot until translucent. Add beans with soaking water, ham, and all other ingredients. Cook 1.5 - 2 hours until beans are tender. Serve over rice.

My Grandma's brother Larry created this dish and it quickly became a family favorite. It is quite a southern recipe, perfect for cold weather, and very hearty.

In my family cookbook, which my mom hand wrote, her footnotes say "Serve with cornbread and Grandma Jost's slaw. A meal fixen's good enough for the Preacher!"