On Nov 26, 8:46*am, Nan > wrote:
> On Nov 25, 11:50*am, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
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> > We had "dinner" at noon with my in-laws in their retirement home. *We
> > ate our fill but were hungry when we got home at about normal-for-us
> > dinner time, 6 PM. *The quick-and-easy solution I made required 3
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> > Deli ham
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> > Ricotta cheese
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> > Olive oil
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> > Season the ricotta with salt, pepper, oregano, and garlic - all
> > powered/dried although fresh could certain work for some of those.
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> > Lay out the slices of ham, put a nice dollop of seasoned ricotta in the
> > center, roll up, stick a toothpick through to keep it together, and fry
> > in olive oil on a medium-high heat. *Turn once, when the bottom side is
> > nicely browned, after about 4 minutes. *The second side needs less time,
> > about 2 minutes.
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> > This really hit the spot for us - flavorful, low carbs after all the pie
> > in the afternoon, and we ate it standing up in the kitchen because we'd
> > just finished a day of 2 hours of driving, 4 hours of sitting, and 2
> > more hours of driving.
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> > We were hungry for more but had run out of ricotta cheese, so we
> > substituted deli provolone cheese for the next round and otherwise did
> > the same - put the cheese on the ham then the seasonings on top of that,
> > rolled, and fried. *Again, delicious and quick. The ham was our favorite
> > of late, slow-cooked ham from Whole Foods.
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> Sounds good. My body is used to low carb and is reeling *since I ate a
> repeat of Thanksgiving dinner lastnight. *I so do not want another
> turkey, and dressing & gravy dinner again any time soon.
> This meal y'all fixed sounds clean and refreshing!!

I didn't touch any potatoes, dressing or dessert. The only carby
thing I had was cooked carrots with some really starchy gravy on
them. No weight gain.

> Nan in DE

--Bryan