Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu

4 chicken breast halves, pounded thin

4-8 slices of ham
4-8 slices of swiss cheese

can of your favorite cream-of-something soup
2 T low fat milk
        or
1 T butter
3 T flour
1/2 cup low-fat milk
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 t salt
1/4 t black pepper

Spray crockpot with cooking spray.  Pound chicken breasts flat.  Put a slice of the ham and a slice of the swiss cheese on the chicken breast and roll it up. Put it into the crockpot, seam side down.  Open can of cream-of soup. Pour into crockpot. Put the 2T of low fat milk into your empty can and swirl it around and pour it in.  If you are not using a can of cream-of-soup, make a roux on the stovetop with the butter and flour, and whisk in the broth, milk, and spices. Pour on top of the chicken.  Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, or high for 4-5.

I was not a big fan Chicken Cordon Bleu, although I'm not even sure if I ever tried it! I usually don't like cheese with my meat.  (I'm a hamburger kind of gal no cheese.)  My husband Justin loves chicken cordon bleu and his mather used to make every Christmas.  I decided to make it for him especially since I found a recipe for it using a crock pot.  I love using my crock pot and found this recipe from my new favorite source http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/.  It was very easy to make and we loved it!  I was surprised that I liked it so much.  I used only 3 chicken breasts and choose to make my own sauce with the roux.   I don't particularly like those cream of whatever soups.  I also used turkey instead of ham and american insead of swiss cheese.  I only had to cook it for 1 1/2 hour on high and it was perfectly done!  We will definitely be cooking this again!

Peking Pork Chops

Peking Pork Chops

6 pork chops
1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon 5 Spice Powder

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup ketchup

4 cloves garlic, chopped

Put pork chops in crock pot.  Mix rest of ingredients and pour on top of pork chops.  Cover and cook low for 6-8 hours, or on high for about 4.

Above is original recipe from http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2009/02/peking-pork-chops.html.  I love this blog because it is all about cooking in a crock pot.  I love to cook in my crock pot because you can get it together in the morning and it will be ready in the evening.  I made some changes to the recipe.  First, I only cooked two pork chops since it's only my husband and I since our son is usually anti-meat.  I also didn't put in any ginger because I don't like it and I didn't put in the 5 Spice powder because I don't know what that is.  Even though, I cooked only two pork chops, I didn't cut the recipe any because my husband likes sauce to go over his rice.  I cooked the pork chops for about 4 hours on low.  They might have been done sooner but I didn't check.  My husband and I liked the pork chops and served them with rice and corn.  There was plenty of flavor and sauce for Justin.  It was very easy to make so I would make it again.  I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.  I remembered when Justin was picking at the bones!