Affordable Chicken Cordon Bleu

 Affordable (and easy) Chicken Cordon Bleu

I was feeling pretty adventurous after bringing home a new cookbook....I faced my fear of raw chicken and flattened it out with my non-stick rolling pin...guess what! I turned out awesome! -~bynichole

Here's All you need:

4 boneless chicken breast fillets

4 slices of ham (we use Jennie-O Turkey Ham)

4 slices of Provolone cheese

2/3 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup milk

First you gotta pound that chicken! Flatten it out. I have a nice non-stick rolling pin that is very easy to clean and sanitize. If you only have a wood rolling pin, do not touch it directly to the raw chicken like I did here. Instead lay a piece of saran wrap or wax paper over the chicken before rolling it out.   You want it to be about 1/4 inch thick...

Layer each chicken breast with a slice of the ham and a slice of cheese...then roll them up!

Roll the wrap in the milk, then into a mixture of bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. (I used some left over shredded cheese that needed to get used up, it worked out just as good)

Lay the chicken rolls out on a greased cookie sheet, seam side down. If they won't stay rolled up, just skewer them with a toothpick.

*I don't have a dishwasher, and washing cookie sheets in my sink isn't easy, so I put some tin foil on the bottom of the cookie sheet for easy clean up*

Bake uncovered for 25 minutes in 425 degrees. They will come out as beautiful, cheesy goodness!

I served them with my home made macaroni and my son's favorite: broccoli and cauliflower. It was a very tasty dinner indeed! Very much worth the touching of the raw chicken!  *Although I have to give my husband credit for filleting the chicken breast for me....that was just too much touching*

Corn Tortilla Chicken Lasgna

My kids love tacos and burritos, but being toddlers they have a hard time keeping the shell together and eating it in one piece, so I turned all of our favorite ingredients into a lasagna!

What you need:

18 corn tortialls (6 inch)
3 cups of , cooked, shredded chicken
2 cans of beans(kidney, black or white)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can sliced olives
1 jar (16 ounces) salsa
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 onion
1 1/2 cups shredded Montery Jack Cheese
1 1/2 cups Cheddar cheese
Sour cream for serving

 Perpare:
In a bowl, drain and mix the beans and olives
In another bowl, chop the peppers and onions
Shred and mix the cheeses
Shred the chicken

 Lay 8 tortialls across the bottom of a greased baking dish.
Layer one thrid of each: salsa, bean mix, pepper mix, chicken, cheese.
Layer 8 more tortialls and repeat until the dish is full and the ingredients are all used

 Cover the dish with tin foil and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes

Remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

Remove from oven and let stand for at least 10 minutes before cutting

Top with sour cream and serve with your favorite veggie side!

Other Options

For a vegetarian dish, omit the chicken and add a thrid can of beans

Need more servings? Use a large baking dish and add 1 cup of cooked rice to each layer. You can also add 1/2 cup a sweet corn to each layer.

*Get sneaky with the veggies!

dice 2 carrots or 1 zuccini and mix with the pepper mix.

Get to cookin and let me know how it turns out!

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