Cheater Collards and Ham

 Please do not throw the stale cornbread at me for posting about my Cheater Collards.    I can duck. Why am I showing this today?  Well, I'm part of a group called Sunday Funday, and we are assigned a theme and post about it, every Sunday.  I don't always participate, but this time I did.  This time the theme was "Let's Ring in the New Year 2021 With Your Special Dish.  Here in the South, the New Year is begun with Greens and Blackeyed Peas, to bring you luck in the New Year.  I didn't do any Blackeyed Peas today, cause I'll be doing a Danish meal on New Years, but I might make some more of this for lunch that day.  I love Collards. Let me explain about my cheater Collards and Ham.   I love Collards and Ham, but it can take a little while to get it nicely simmered down, and ready to eat.   I get impatient, I do.   Especially waiting for the deliciousness of the collards to cook down.  A few weeks ago, I found some canned Collards in the store, and bought a can, ate it and then bought several more to keep on hand.  I also write the use by date on the front of my cans, cause I don't always want to try and find my glasses to see the teeny tiny print that is hidden on the bottom of the can. I want to be able to look and see at a glance.  This also helps me to rotate stuff.  I put the newest purchases in the back and the oldest at the front so I can use them up in a timely fashion. Of course, I didn't just open a can and dump it into a pot and heat it.   I added ham to it, let it simmer for a little bit, made some cornbread and feasted on it. My mouth did a happy dance, in fact I'm not sure but that it did a whole cotillion's worth of dances.  I even made a riff on my Skillet Top Cornbread.  I didn't have any hush puppy mix, but I did have some chives in the garden so I chopped some up and added it to the cornbread.   I'd thought of making some  Toaster Oven Cornbread, and  I even toyed with making some Cornbread with Smaltz, but didn't have any smaltz left.  I had some leftover glazed carrots from dinner the other night and used some of it in the cornbread as well.    I  had lots of ham left from our meal on Christmas Day, and used some of it, OK, I used a lot.     PrintWith ImageWithout Image'Cheater' Collards and HamYield: 2 ServingsAuthor: Sid's Sea Palm CookingPrep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 35 MinThis is a quick and easy and delicious way to make quick Collards and Ham for New Years or any time.Ingredients1 Can Seasoned Collard Greens1 cup Chicken Stock1/2 -1 cup diced HamInstructionsSimmer the can of Collard Greens, and Ham in the Chicken Stock for 30 minutes and serve with some Cornbread, or Cornbread Muffins. Cheater Collards and Ham from Sid's Sea Palm Cooking Ham and Black-Eyed Pea Soup from Karen's Kitchen Stories Lemon Poached Chicken and Leeks from Food Lust People Love Malbari Style Beef Biryani With Cucumber Boondi Raita from Sneha's Recipe Shrimp Chip Dip from A Day in the Life on the Farm Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Soup (Instant Pot) from Palatable Pastime