Creamed Peas with Roasted Garlic and Black Forest Ham

So what do you do when you've got this ginormous bag of frozen peas from Costco that everyone has had enough of? So, rather than just let them sit in the freezer, I thought there must be some way of making these peas into something interesting. This combination of the roasted garlic and black forest ham added to creamed peas hits the mark.

Ingredients:
4 cups frozen peas
1/2 cup 1% milk
2 tablespoons Wondra brand flour
1 garlic clove
2 slices of black forest ham
Salt and pepper

Preparation:

Prepare your roasted garlic by taking a piece of tin foil, make it into a bowl shape and place on a baking pan. Place the garlic clove into the tin foil cup and drizzle with olive oil and a grind of salt and pepper. Loosely close the top of the tin foil over the top of the garlic clove and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. The roasted garlic will be done when the cloves are golden brown and soft and butter.
 

Add the frozen peas to a 12" sauté pan and heat the peas on medium heat until they are warm. Add 2 tablespoons flour to the milk and mix until the flour is all dissolved. Add the mixture to the peas and as the milk warms up it will thicken into a nice cream sauce. Add the roasted garlic cloves, black forest ham, salt and pepper and your ready to serve.