Cheesy Ham & Potatoes

1 2-pound bag frozen shredded hash browns

½ cup minced onion

2 cans cream of celery soup

1 8-ounce cream cheese

1 ½ cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded

1 ½ cups cubed ham (one pkg. deli honey ham)

¼ tsp. pepper

1 tsp. olive oil

 

Preparation:

Soften cream cheese and cream together with soup in a large bowl.  Sauté onion with one tsp. olive oil until translucent. Combine the onions with the soup mixture and add ham, Jack cheese and pepper.  Break apart hash browns.  Gently stir into cheese mixture.

Place in greased baking dish.  Bake covered for 1 hour at 350 degrees.  Uncover and top with cheddar cheese.  Return to oven until cheese is melted.