How To Make Ham and Cheese Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing
Make use of leftover ham in a new way by making this ham and cheese salad. It’s served with a homemade ranch dressing that adds so much flavor to the dish.
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsham,shredded or cubed
- 4largeeggs,peeled and sliced, hard boiled
- 24oziceberg lettuce blend
- ¾cupmozzarella cheese
- ¾cupcheddar cheese,(medium or mild )
For Homemade Ranch Dressing:
- ½cupmayonnaise
- ½cupsour cream
- ½cupbuttermilk,then more as needed
- 2½tbspfresh Italian parsley,finely chopped
- 1½tbspfresh chives,chopped
- ½tsponion powder
- 1clovegarlic,(1 tsp), minced
- ½tspfreshly ground black pepper
- ¼tspsalt
Instructions
Ranch Dressing:
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Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Add additional buttermilk if needed 1 tablespoon at a time to reach desired consistency (it should be somewhat thick, not very runny). Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Salad:
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Divide lettuce among 4 large salad bowls. Top with ham and cheese.
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Add one sliced egg to each salad. Drizzle with ranch and serve immediately after adding dressing.
Nutrition
- Calories: 826.48kcal
- Fat: 65.27g
- Saturated Fat: 24.66g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 20.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 16.85g
- Carbohydrates: 14.87g
- Fiber: 2.28g
- Sugar: 6.46g
- Protein: 44.82g
- Cholesterol: 348.95mg
- Sodium: 2011.66mg
- Calcium: 589.04mg
- Potassium: 838.99mg
- Iron: 2.93mg
- Vitamin A: 351.02µg
- Vitamin C: 9.44mg
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