Ham and Peppers Crescent Cups, and Candied Limes

I really am trying to be very creative with these food challenges, but I'm also trying new things I've never done before. Of course, those don't always turn out right, but they are...interesting. For this challenge the ingredients were ham, peppers, crescent rolls and limes. Once again one ingredient threw me off...limes. I could have easily squeezed lime juice over the ham but that seemed too simple for me. I wanted to do more with the limes but it just didn't go with the rest of the ingredients, which I already knew what I was going to do with them. So, I made candied limes. I've never made anything candied before and I'm not sure if I'll make it again. I'll just say the limes were extremely sour, but still had a good flavor. So if you like sour things you may like candied limes. By-the-way, for the crescent cups I used a mini bread pan instead of a muffin pan.

Ham and Peppers Crescent Cups

1 pkg crescent rolls

1 cup chopped turkey ham

1/4 cup chopped sweet cherry peppers

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread each crescent roll on bottom of each spot in pan. Bake for 7 minutes. Top each crescent cup with ham, cherry peppers and cheddar cheese. Bake for an additional 5 minutes, until cheese is bubbly.

Candied Limes

3 limes, 1/4-inch slices

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup lime juice

1/4 tsp ground ginger

1 tbsp honey

1/2 tsp poppyseeds

Heat small pan over medium-high heat. Add limes, sugar and lime juice. Cook until sauce is reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes. Add ginger, honey and poppyseeds. Stir to mix and cook for 2 minutes. Serve over vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!