Skinny Honey Baked Ham

I love the flavor of honey-baked ham. It’s usually basted in fruit juices and then glazed with a mixture of brown sugar and honey. To make my version skinnier, I started with a precooked, spiral-cut ham from Trader Joe’s. Happily, it’s uncured which means nitrate-free! In addition, I’m using much less honey and brown sugar for the glaze than a typical honey-baked ham. Although mine’s not nearly as heavily glazed, it still tastes delicious! Each serving has 238 calories and 5 grams of fat.
Skinny Honey Baked Ham

Helpful Tips About this Recipe

Makes 12 servings (each serving 4 ounces)

Food Facts

Many ham lovers say bone-in hams have a better texture and a superior taste. Just like chicken, a bone-in ham has more flavor because the bone itself imparts flavor into the meat.
With spiral cut hams, the slicing is done on a special cutting machine that spins the ham around while cutting thin slices through to the bone in a continuous spiral.

Shopping Tips

If you have a Trader Joe’s in your area, I highly recommend buying their ham. It’s uncured which means nitrate-free! Although they come with a glaze packet, I’m including my own recipe above. If you want to buy a larger ham, you’ll need to increase the amount of glaze in my recipe.
If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s in your area, most health food stores sell uncured hams. Or, most supermarkets sell bone-in spiral cut hams (precooked).


WW Freestyle SmartPoints 6-Blue
WW SmartPoints
6-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 
6
 
SKINNY FACTS: for a 4 ounce serving
238 calories, 5g fat, 3g sat. fat, 13g carbs, 35g protein, 0g fiber, 985mg sodium, 13g sugar
 

 

Skinny Honey Baked Ham

Skinny Honey Baked Ham

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Bake Time: 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 238 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Trader Joe’s spiral cut, bone-in ham (about 4 pounds, fully cooked), or your favorite, see shopping tip
  • ¼ cup pineapple juice or apple juice
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Place ham, cut end down, in a large 13 x 9 pan. Throw away the glaze packet, if using the Trader Joe’s ham.
  • In a small bowl, mix together pineapple juice and orange juice. Spoon 2 tablespoons over ham.  Bake ham for 5 minutes. Remove from oven drizzle 2 more tablespoons all over ham. Bake for an additional 5 minutes and spoon the remaining juices over the ham. Remove ham from oven.
  • In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, honey, and 1 tablespoon of orange juice. Spoon mixture all over outside of ham. Place ham back in oven and bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 4ouncesCalories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 35gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 985mgSugar: 13gBlue Smart Points: 6Green Smart Points: 6Plus Points: 6
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