Macaroni & Ham Casserole

Comfort food. It's what I like to cook and eat best I think. It's been a rough winter weather wise, and I've been having some medical issues (ongoing women stuff) that I need to tend too so it's been such a comfort to be able to get into the kitchen and make some feel good food for myself as well as my family. I just found out yesterday that I need to have some surgery done to try to resolve my health issues in two weeks. If it goes easy, recovery will be about 2 weeks. If it's more complicated when they get in there and have a look around, recovery could take 2 months. I'm going to try to be optimistic and plan my life as if it'll be a 2 week recovery! One of the meals I made last week while I was having a particularly rough day was this macaroni & ham dish it was super easy and so comforting that it made me feel better for a while! Here's how you make it:

Macaroni & Ham Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni pasta
• 1 1/2 Tbs butter
• 3/8 cup milk
• 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  
• 1/8 tsp pepper
  
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 10 oz can cream of celery soup
• 16 oz bag frozen mixed vegetables (green beans, carrots, peas & corn), thawed
• 3 cups ham, diced (I used ham steaks)

Directions:

Boil pasta according to the package directions. Drain it and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 F. Saute onion in butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Stir in the soup & milk. Heat thoroughly, stirring. Pour mixture into a greased casserole dish. Add ham, vegetables, pasta, Worcestershire, and pepper and stir to combine. Bake in oven for about 45 minutes.

Enjoy!
Christina