Ham

Rich, tangy, bright, and crunchy from olive oil roasted hazelnuts, this stovetop green bean salad is an arresting holiday side.

Honestly, is there anything more impressive for a holiday?

A bowlful of this Southern classic black-eyed peas dish on New Year’s Day is meant to bring you good luck all year round.

Pair fancy ham, funky cheese, and juicy fruit with a black-pepper-spiked agrodolce drizzle to elevate this simple summer side.

A fully-loaded, deluxe version featuring smoked ham, chicken, and shrimp.

A 4-ingredient glaze spikes holiday ham with extra flavor, while a gentle poaching to start keeps it extra juicy.

A show-stopping, relatively hands-off main built for a dinner party or holiday meal.

This easy garlicky cream sauce comes together faster than your pasta takes to cook.

The best salad is really a deconstructed Italian sandwich, complete with an oregano and red wine vinegar dressing that tastes just like how your deli does it.

This classic recipe features chicken breasts stuffed with thin slices of ham and cheese that are then coated in breadcrumbs and pan-fried.

Juicy sweet peaches are leveled up with chili crisp and vinegar, becoming the star ingredient in this summer sandwich that’s sure to be your next picnic MVP.

It’s aioli-slathered toast doused in brothy butter beans, clams, and crispy ham. What else do you need to know?

Carla Hall’s deeply savory take on potlikker is made by slowly simmering country ham with garlic and crushed red pepper flakes.

These savory hand pies are flaky, melty, and, thanks to a package of frozen puff pastry and sliced deli ham and cheese, really simple to assemble.

This showstopping centerpiece combines the flavors of very Cantonese sticky-sweet char siu pork with those of very British beef Wellington.

It’s okay to use frozen peas! We’ll never tell. We love ‘em.

It makes all the difference when the sandwiches are assembled.

Salty, smoky, fatty, and always in my freezer. 

Like your empanadas fried? This dough was specifically developed to withstand hot oil, and it works beautifully with any filling of your choosing.

This salad is a riff on melon and prosciutto. We swapped the melon for jammy figs and sweet tomatoes.

It's called the Ideal Meat Formula. Look it up.

Your answer to the age-old question "What can I make ahead of time and throw in my bag to feed myself (and, okay, my friends) when we finally make it to the beach/park/festival/fireworks?"

Saltimbocca literally translates to “jumps in your mouth”—so yes, it's extremely flavorful.

Like a hot ham and cheese sandwich, but slathered with cream sauce and baked to bubbly perfection. (Yeah, it's as good as it sounds.)