Ham Salad

Ham salad is a traditional Anglo-American salad. Ham salad resembles chicken salad, egg salad, and tuna salad (as well as starch-based salads like potato salad, macaroni salad, and pea salad): the primary ingredient, ham, is mixed with smaller amounts of chopped vegetables or relishes, and the whole is bound with liberal amounts of mayonnaise, salad cream, or another similar style of salad dressing, such as Miracle Whip.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound cooked ham, diced
• ¾ cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup celery, diced
• black pepper to taste

Optional add-ins:

• 3 tablespoons sweet relish
• 2 teaspoons mustard or dijon
• ½ cup dill pickles, chopped
• 1 green onion, finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice

Instructions:

1. Place diced ham in a food processor and pulse a few times to chop. You want it fairly fine but not a paste.
2. Place in a bowl and add remaining ingredients until creamy and smooth.
3. Serve with crackers or use to make ham salad sandwiches.