So our air conditioner went out for the most part. It still "works", but with the heat we've been having, it is really struggling to keep up. It froze up again yesterday. Which, for me, meant NO cooking in the house. So yesterday we went out to eat. Today it is actually a bit cooler - we are only supposed to get up to 89 today. Quite a change from triple digits we've been getting. So I made lunch today for the kids. My son has been begging all summer long for grilled cheese and tomato soup. I'm sorry - that is not a summer time food - that is for the fall, winter, and rainy days. But, I gave in and made it for him today. I also got to thinking that I should probably get something going for dinner. Today we are having potatoes au gratin with ham. I don't have any real potatoes around today, so we are using a box. Today's recipe is actually a pretty quick and easy one. All you need is a box or two of au grain potatoes and ham cubes - I'm using the pre-packaged already cubed kind today. I'd rather spend my time getting caught up on laundry today than cooking. So, here's what I did...
I dumped 2 boxes of au gratin potatoes into my smallest slow cooker. The boxes called for 1/2 cup of milk, 2 cups of water, and 2 TBSP of butter. Since I put 2 boxes in I doubled the milk to 1 cup, but I only used 2 cups of water, and 3 TBSP of butter. I threw in a couple of handfuls of ham (whatever amount makes you happy and looks good) I turned it on high and will watch the consistency to see if I need to add more water. After about an hour or so I turn it down to low. It should only take 2-3 hours to cook.
This works good with scalloped potatoes as well.
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