Ham Salad Spread

Delish! My mom made this & followed the recipe exactly (as far as the very small amounts of relish, etc), but she did sub green onion for the onion. I wasn't sure how I'd like it, but I must say I will definitely be making it. Great on Ritz! My husband gobbled it up, so I wasn't able to eat as much as I wanted to!

Yummy. Trying to find a way to use up the leftover New Year's ham, I happened upon this recipe. I used more like ½ cup of mayo, maybe 3 tablespoons of dill relish (we prefer dill to sweet pickle relish), maybe 2 teaspoons of mustard, and I added 8 chopped up green olives. It was good immediately after mixing, but after sitting in the fridge for three or four hours, it was awesome. I don't have a meat grinder, so I just used one of those mini-choppers (like a tiny food processor) and put the ham in it in two batches, pulsing until finely chopped. Perfect! Thanks for sharing, Marcella!

This recipe is very good thank you for sharing!! I prefer to use a spicy dijon mustard and add some jalapenos. Kicks it up a bit.... **yummy**

My husband LOVES this recipe! It is so easy! I just toss the ham in the food processor and then add onion and egg. We go a little heavier on the sweet relish cause we love the sweeter taste. Thank you for sharing this !

Instead of sweet relish, I used garlic dill pickles. I also used dijon instead of regular yellow mustard only because that's what Grandma did. I'm not sure if I used the full amount of mayonnaise, I just added until it looked right, if that makes sense. Dude, this was SO good. Brought me back to when I was a kid and ate this at Grandma's house--and my husband and kids just inhaled it. This recipe's a keeper.

I followed the recipe as publish but then I spread it on bread, added American Cheese and placed it in the oven (wrapped in foil) on 350 for about 20 minutes. Just until warm and there is a slight crust on the bread.

This was wonderful Marcella! The egg addition is what helped to make this a bit different from the rest. Loved it so much that I even ate it for breakfast. Thanks so much!

I made this yesterday with some leftover ham. I followed the recipe except I used Grey Poupon's Harvest Coarse Ground Mustard. I just finished my sandwich I brought to work and it is delicious. Thanks so much for the recipe.

I love this recipe! It is super easy to make and tastes really great. I make as is with the exception of adding one more egg. I also sometimes use turkey/ham which is good too! Thanks for a super easy tasty recipe!!

Wow! This was so easy and a lot less expensive than the deli counter at the supermarket. I didn't use all the mayo that the recipe called for. I like my salad a little dry - I used just enough to bind the ingredients together. I served it on sourdough bread and even the kids ate it!

This was very very good.Your idea with the egg was great,and that little touch of mustard complimented the flavor also.I like a nice bowl of soup with this spread on toast. I did add a few jalapenos ....my wife said ..."it's a guy thing" ....she left them off ..She swears it was wonderful. Thank You for sharing this recipe with the world .

Who needs to wait for a holdiay for leftover ham! We like this so much we'll buy a small quarter boneless ham just to make it. As others have mentioned you can chop or grind the ham to your preference in your food processor or other kitchen appliance, or ask your butcher to grind it for you. Can be tweaked to your taste with various mustards, although we like dijon the best. Ditto for the amount of onion and relish. Don't omit the egg, it really does add to the flavor. This needs several hours in the fridge for the flavors to blend. Just had this tonight as sammies with a broccoli cheddar soup and it was a fantastic combo.

Excellent. Followed the recipe exactly, and the result is perfectly balanced and delicious. Surprisingly, I had to add a little salt.

This is a great ham salad recipe. It's easily adjusted to satisfy different tastes. I used a pound of baked ham, which yielded about 3 cups chopped. I didn't grind it, but used the food processor to chop it into very fine pieces. I followed the ingredients as written and found it to be pretty tasty. I then added a little more onion and doubled the pickle relish to get the taste that I was after. I won't be afraid to add a little more celery next time. Can't wait to try this on sandwich bread for lunch tomorrow!

This dish ROCKS! I've made it at Thanksgiving and Christmas for the past 2 years, and it gets gobbled up before anything else on the table. It's simple, delicious, and is a true crowd pleaser.

I made this today with leftover ham from Christmas dinner. I refrigerated it for a few hours to let the flavors blend. When hubby made himself a couple of sandwiches this evening, he took his first bite and told me it was the best ham salad he'd ever tasted. He LOVED it! He ended up eating 3 sandwiches in one sitting and complimented the entire time. I'll be making this often.

Outstanding!!! Flavors perfectly balanced ... would be tasty with shredded cheese stirred in, especially if heated.

Hubby said 10 stars..."probably the best ham salad he ever ate"... my only mini changes where to not grind the ham...but cut in small chunks. Actually used leftover ham from Easter that I had carved off the bone, froze and thawed. For this salad....used red onion, 2 hard boiled eggs, and light mayo...kept all other ingredients the same. Thanks!

This is the recipe my friend served at a gathering last spring. She wrote out the recipe for me and told me she got it from allrecipes. I made it and loved. The only addition I made was to add a couple splashes of artismal balsamic vinegar in place of the pickle. Sweet and yummy!

Made recipe as written the first time,but we felt it needed more celery and more pickle relish.Made it again with more of these and it was great,now it is a 5 star.

This recipe was easy and delicious!! I didn't vary from any ingredients and it was gobbled up by all my teenagers & their friends.

This was a good recipe - we had some cubed ham leftover from topping a pizza so I used it to make this recipe. we didn't have celery or pickle relish on hand, but I don't really like those two things anyway! I scaled down the recipe to "8" servings and it made enough for 2 sandwiches which was just right. I ended up adding a 1/4 teaspoon of dill seed to give it some of the pickle-ish taste still. It came out really yummy though a little more yellow and more mayo I think than that typical ham salad recipe i'm still looking for. My husband inhaled his sandwich so I think that means he likes it! :)

I followed the ingredients closely (substitued stone ground mustard for prepared) and adjusted the amounts to my preference. I also added chopped green olives with pimentos. Super yummy!

What a great use for leftover ham! I made two minor adjustments. I used lowfat mayo and atleast doubled the pickle relish. I couldnt get it to taste like the butchers, but I still thought it was darn good =)

Such a simple recipe, with ingredients most people have on hand, but it's absolutely delicious. I made it exactly as directed and I won't tweak it even a little bit the next time I make it.

Great recipe! I was looking for a way to get my toddlers to eat ham and they scarfed this on Hawaiian bread! I added an extra egg (nuked in the microwave) and just pulsed everything separately in a small food chopper. I also used light mayo, you'll never know the difference. I will add some green and yellow peppers next time to add a little more veggie power!

So good! I buy the small sliced ham and put it in the food processor with the egg. Easy and delish!

This is very good. I did leave out the egg but otherwise made as directed. I roughly chopped my ham and then pulsed it in the food processor, then added the remaining ingredients.

I added celery salt in lieu of celery.

I thought this was a good recipe for ham salad, I wasn't expecting so much of an egg taste. It is like ham salad and egg salad spread mixture. It was very good.

just made it! tastes amazing!

This is what I'm fixing for our summer Music in the Park concert this week. Spread on crackers, bread or stuff some in celery ribs for the low carbos. Accompanied with caprese, lemon bars & wine...yum-oh! We RV a lot and have made this recipe using SPAM & it's great!!!

Had to use up a ham and brought this for the guys at work...it was a hit...very good...i added a little bit of onion powder and garlic but it only made it better.... 5 stars

This is excellent! I was looking for a recipe similar to my moms ham salad, and came across this one. The only changes I did was used 2 hard boiled eggs, and double the celery, I used green onions for the red and instead of pickle relish I used 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and 2 teaspoons of splenda (we are low carbing). This salad was absolutly to die for! The kids love it on sandwiches but I will be devouring it on cold cut veggies and on top of salad! So good!!

This recipe is great. I wanted to make something different for a party and remembered the small jars of ham spread my mother used to buy. It tastes just like the expensive jar version and the guests loved it. I served it as a dip with crackers. Great recipe for your left over ham!

Made this for everyone at work. I had alot of it, I misread 3 cups and ground up 3 pounds instead.Made the adjustment to compisate. Still a big hit, everyone wanted to know the recipe. I made again today,everyone wanted more. Thank You

This is the same way I make tuna salad sandwiches, except i like to add chopped tomatoes and sometimes chopped avocado.

My kids were getting tired of the Easter ham. This was a great way to use it up and gave the ham a whole new outlook with my boys. They liked it on crackers and thinly sliced challah bread toasted.

Nice for ritz crackers and sandwiches.

Made according to recipe. Good use for leftover ham, but just okay. Makes a great appetizer dish to bring for a New Year's Eve Party using your left over ham from Christmas.

OMG! So good...strangely addicting. My only change was to skip the celery b/c I don't like celery. I used canola mayo to cut down on the cholesterol. Passed the hubby test too....spread it on whole wheat bread to make sandwiches for lunch.

Excellent. I doubled the sweet pickle relish amount.

I gave this 5 stars! I love this recipe and so does my family. I left out the egg. I used Hellmans real mayo. I only used 1/4 of a sweet onion. Put everything in the food processor, except for the sweet relish. This was fabulous! I made some grilled ham and cheese sandwiches with this using fresh bread, cheese on either side of the ham, grilled with butter.....YUM! Also great on crackers or just by itself.

I've made this spread with no substitutions for my family several times and they love it. When I took it to church my daughter overheard people commenting on how good it was, so it's unanimous - great recipe!

This ham salad is very tasty. The only difference from the original recipe was no egg, and several dashes of liquid smoke, just because I was curious about what it would add to the recipe. It did enhance it a bit, however, this is a five star recipe as is. Thanks

This was my first attempt at making ham salad, and it came out great! I never would have thought to add a hard boiled egg, but it works! I did the whole thing in my food processor, and it couldn't have been easier.

After reading other reviews I changed this recipe up just a little bit for my taste.. I used two eggs and omitted the celery (I didn't have any.) Also used Miracle Whip instead of mayo and threw four sweet gherkins into the food processor instead of using relish. I tried it immediately after mixing and it was awful. I thought I was going to have to throw it out, but I recalled other reviewers writing that it needed overnight to blend, so in the fridge it went. Low and behold after 24 hours it was actually good! It's absolutely necessary to let these flavors blend!! Took it from 0 to 5 stars in one night :)

Wonderful. I really enjoyed the addition of the egg.

I used a 3 pound boneless processed ham which would be close to doubling the recipe. I used my blender and course chopped the ham as well as the celery. I used 4 large stalks of celery and about 1/2 cup relish (sweet) then instead of onion, I used onion flakes,(I put all in but 1 tablespoon of an entire 2oz bottle). Omitted the egg. Large spoon of spicy brown mustard and enough mayo to hold it all together. Served with stone ground cracker. Family loved it! Husband went back for seconds, said it was the best ham salad he had ever had. Daughter asked for it in her lunch. Will make again and try with the egg.

This is the best ham salad I have ever made. I used sugar free bread and butter pickles and celery seed because I did not have the celery. Husband said it tasted better than store bought. I will make this again when I have leftover ham!

I avoided ham salad as a kid but found myself craving it the other day. I used leftover Honeybaked Ham, sliced bread and butter pickles instead of relish, Dijon mustard, extra onion and celery, and less mayo. A quick trip through the food processor and it was done. Great with Ritz crackers and as an enhancement to grilled cheese.

I wanted to like this but just didn't. I used leftover ham that was from a half ham. After I dumped the mayo/mustard mixture in & mixed it up, I realized it was way too much much & wished I had added half, stirred it then added more depending on how much I thought it needed. The real issue I had with this was the salty taste. I use the same ham in other recipes so I was surprised this had a really salty taste, I did not add any salt when I made this so it must have been the ham... no fault of the recipe but I think it wouldn't have suited my tastes even if it weren't for the saltiness.

No one really liked this.

This was okay. Actually, I wasn't crazy about it. Maybe it was the texture of the ham. I gave it three stars because my husband liked it. I doubt I'll make it again. There's a special ham salad I'm looking for. I'll have to keep looking.

Could NOT be any easier - just cleaned up the Christmas ham today and have lunch fixings for hubby for a few days. Had no boiled eggs on hand so I skipped it and he didn't want mustard added. I had way more than 3 cups of ham so I just added liberal amounts of everything else to suit him (I hate mayo and pickles and I wouldn't eat it if I had to!!). I have to say, mine looked wayyyyy better than what I buy at the deli!!!

Great recipe and quick to whip up! Had some ham left over from a graduation brunch thought I would use it for this recipe....Stanley Cup playoffs are on and I had a bunch of hungry teenagers now they ask for it as a regular snack, makes great croissant sandwiches also.

Fabulous recipe but why wait for left over ham. I used a can of, yes I'm going to say it, SPAM. It taste just the same. Serve it on cocktail rye or just make a sandwich on rye bread.

Perfect combination just as written! Super easy to throw together in a food processor. Thanks for sharing.

One word...AWESOME!

This was not at all to anyone's liking. From texture to taste it was a big turn off. Texture was rubbery, maybe because of the ham I used? Could taste nothing but mustard.

Really great!! I used it for sandwiches, and we thought it was wonderful!

This is fantastic ham salad spread. It is just like I remember my mom buying at the deli, when I was a kid. This tastes so much better, though, not being made with old deli meat ham! I did 1/2 recipe and it yielded one cup. The only thing I left out was the boiled egg, because I didn't have it, and I used lite mayo which worked fine. I put the liquid ingredients in the blender and then the ham, I chopped, because I don't have a food processor. It is a lot of stopping and stirring, using that, but the consistency was nice. It is not supposed to be pudding. It should have chopped ham in it. We always ate it on bread, though, and not crackers as pictured.

Made this for my mother and she loved it.

srumptious-make it every week!

This is the best ham salad I have ever had.

I made this with a leftover spiral sliced ham from the holidays. I followed the recipe exactly except I added 1 tsp. of horseradish. It was great!

I left out the egg and added another tablespoon of pickle relish - as this is what my husband prefers. I served on Walnut wheat bread (Kirkland's) with romaine lettuce. I served these with ham and potato soup on thanksgiving and it stole the show.

Love this! I make it without eggs and use a vegan mayonnaise because my son is allergic to eggs, but the recipe is still fantastic! Good with crackers or as a sandwich! Yum...

followed recipe. Added xtra relish, less mayo. Tastes good w/out egg too but I like it better with. 11 old son does not like it with egg at all!!!but then, he doesnt like eggs

I am one for just dumping, but thought I would at least look at a recipe. It is pretty much what I would have added, so I tried to follow it, except I was making way more, so it ended up I was just adding amounts that I thought looked right. My onion ratio was probably off, and I didnt have sweet pickle relish but I had dill relish, and was going to add sugar, but then I saw the bread and butter pickles, so I used that instead. It was very good, and with the first taste, I thought it did not need tweeking at all.

I used half mayo, half yogurt - really great with the grilled ham leftovers!!!!

I'll try it next time with the egg - but so far I am impressed! I made a mini batch just to try it with the ingredients listed, using dijon mustard, mmmmm!

Really EASY to make and a QUICK sandwich to GRAB and GO! I used my KitchenAid Food Processor and it made it so simple that it was even FUN to make. I did make a few adjustments: *More Onion - I added a whole onion. *Less Mayonaise - This may be due to the fact the the food processor is so powerful it all but makes it spreadable even before you add the mayonaise; I added about 1/2 c mayo.

Made this at Christmas with leftover ham. It was a big hit. Dh and very, very, picky bil ate it all. Thanks for the recipe

Just like my Mom used to make. If you do not have ham available, substitute 16oz of bologna (approx 3 cups) chopped finely. Hot dogs also work in a pinch, but are a bit more work to chop.

This is a really tasty ham salad! Next time I might add some pimentos.

This was my first venture into making ham salad and it was very good. Most importantly, it was easy to make!

This was awesome! We had an 8 lb ham for Christmas and ham sandwiches were getting old LOL! We stuck to the ingredients in the recipe, but we doubled everything from the mayonnaise to the celery and egg! We kept it to 3 cups of ham and we chopped it up in several batches in the food processor. It's the egg that truly makes it and I was surprised it didn't need any salt or pepper to taste! What a great way to stretch your ham in these tough economic times! Thanks for the recipe Marcella, this is a keeper!

I halved everything (except the egg) and used celery seed instead of celery, onion powder instead of onions, and left out the mustard. My husband loved it! Served on sandwich buns made from Oatmeal Sourdough Rolls, from this website--very tasty!

Didn't have celery but YUMMY! I used my food processor to "grind" the ham left over from lunch today.

If I could give this 10 stars, I would!! It was absolutely wonderful! I used left over baked ham and followed the recipe exactly. YUM!! This is a definite keeper!

This is very good with or w/out adding hard cooked egg. I had 4 cups ground ham, so I had to increase other ingredients but kept mustard at 1 tblsp. I did add 1/2 tsp McComicks "Perfect Pinch" Carribean seasoning, a couple shakes of louisianna hot sauce and a 1/4 tsp ground cayenne pepper to spice it up a bit. I wouldn't add salt until you taste it mixed together 1st. You can tweak to your hearts content after using ingredients as written. I also used a dijon style mustard. I didn't feel like chopping small amounts of celery or onion so replaced with tsp of celery seed & heaping tsp of minced dried onion. After mixed, I sampled. Mine wasn't salty so I added some celery salt also. Even as good as it was right after preparing, I found it really rocked the next day. Let it sit in fridge for 3 hours minimum if you can. Served on warm Hawaiian rolls paired with a bowl of "Braised collard greens" (posted here), OMG! Very tasty combo.

I was looking for a way to use left over ham from Christmas and found this recipe. I served it the next day on potato rolls along with the green pea soup recipe (using the ham bone) from Allrecipes. Everyone asked for the recipe. Best ham spread I have had. Great on Ritz crackers..even my teenaged niece and nephew ate it up! Excellent... only change I made was to use stone ground mustard instead of basic yellow mustard to add some more zing but did not really notice a difference.

very,very good!

I got black forest ham extra thinly sliced, then chopped it up because I don't have a food processor and walmart can't grind it. This worked really well. I added green onion instead of the regular onion. I also put 3 eggs and my husband hates chunks of celery so I used celery salt to add the flavor. Didn't add the mustard. It was very good! I love that we can get ideas from someone elses recipe and change it up to suit our families! Thanks for adding this!

Yum, super easy and delicious. Followed the recipe except used a dill pickle (no relish in frig) and less mayo.

I personally didn't like the egg salady taste of this spread. Thought it would be better without the egg. I also added some finely minced fresh jalapeno to give it some kick. Good recipe though.

i added a little more of each ingredient but the mayo. It was a touch bland so I added celery seed and the flavor just popped. This recipe is a must keeper. Thank you for sharing it!!

I actually chopped the ham by hand and added a little extra of a few of the ingredients (plus salt and pepper) to make ham salad for sandwiches, and my husband and I both love it! A keeper!

Just like Mom used to made. The only thing I did different was I added 2 eggs instead of the one.

Very tasty and easy to make. Great use of leftover ham. Kids did not eat it though, not a surprise.

Delicious! I used green onions, dijon mustard, and jalapeno sweet hots for the relish. I chopped the ham in a food processor, which worked great. We made rollups with flour tortillas and romaine lettuce. Very tasty.

This is the best recipe! I made it exactly like Marcella suggested, and it came out perfect. My husband thought it was the best he ever had! As other people have suggested, I can see how adding a chopped jalapeno would be really good too. I'll try that sometime. It's just the perfect solution for a lot of left over ham!

Made this after Easter to help use up the ham and it was great. I didn't have any celery or pickle relish (as my family doesn't like it) and it still turned out good.

Good use for leftover ham!

This is a very good basic recipe that begs to be modified. I followed directions fairly closely but did make some changes. I omitted celery since we don't care for it and added about a cup of shredded cheese, a Tbsp each of dill relish and jalapeno relish, half a small can of sliced water chestnuts, half a red bell pepper, and used dijon mustard. Put it all in a food processor and processed the heck out of it. Results, a creamy, slightly crunchy, slightly spicy spread that turned out really tasty.

The best ham salad spread I've had. My husband liked it a lot too, and he doesn't even like ham salad!

I liked this, my husband did not. He said it "tasted funny." I didn't have celery, so I left that out. Maybe the celery would have helped it, and next time I may try dijon mustard to add some zip to it; it was a little bland. Thanks for a good recipe.

this ham spread is very tasty, and especially a super bonus for something made with leftovers. i was hesitant to go the extra step to boil the egg since i was already done in no time at all using the food processor but decided to go ahead. it helped keep the mixture together better than without it. i used 'mr mustard' which is a super hot and spicy mustard from up north and did it ever kick up the ham spread! this tasted great on crackers ans well as bread. thanks for a fiver!