Did I Say I Liked Bruschetta?

Um, I mentioned in my last post that I'm in love with bruschetta, right?

Well, this dish helped solidify that love.

It was so good, so very good.  My roommate had to ask me to stop talking about it.

Golly, it was good!

And it was easy. And it warmed up really well. And it's something you should make right now.

What you'll need*:

4 thin chicken breasts

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 egg

1/4 cup shredded parmesan or mozzarella

salt and pepper to taste

bruschetta

How you do it:

Preheat the oven to 375. 

Put the flour, bread crumbs and egg into separate bowls. Season each chicken breast with the salt and pepper.  Dip each breast into the flour, then the egg and then into the bread crumbs. I placed them on a tinfoil lined pan, for easy cleaning.  Add cheese to the top of the chicken breasts.  Cover pan in tinfoil and cook for 20 minutes.  Uncover and add the bruschetta. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes.

 

Serve it up with a yummy salad and fresh bread!

*Recipe is adapted from The Taste of Home Cook Book

Red, White and Blue...Chicken Cordon Bleu!

Chicken Cordon Bleu was always one of my favorite meals growing up. I would pull out the ham, scrape out the cheese and enjoy the chicken cutlet. What was I thinking?  I really have no idea.  

I was flipping through my trusty Home & Garden cookbook when I came across this recipe, and I knew right then and there, that's what I'm making for dinner. 

If I bought the ham, made it with the ham and ate the ham without complaint, without the thought of leaving the ham out...does that mean I now like ham? 

Um, no.  I tried to eat it alone, I wanted to like it, but no. I do not like the ham.

Do you see all the toothpicks above? I made sure that chicken wasn't going to fall apart.

And you know what?  It didn't!

What you'll need:

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

4 slices Swiss cheese

4 thin slices smoked ham

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 egg: beaten

1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

4 tablespoons butter

toothpicks

How You Do it:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Pound chicken breasts to 1/4-inch thickness or until they are thin enough to fold. Place one cheese slice and one ham slice on each breast.  Roll up each chicken breast until cheese and ham are folded inside.  Use the toothpicks to secure the chicken.  Place flour, egg and bread crumbs in separate bowls, dredge each chicken breast in the flour, then the egg and then the bread crumbs.  Place them on a greased baking dish.  Add one tablespoon of butter on top of each breast.  Bake for 35 minutes or until the juices run clear.

Remove the toothpicks before serving...it will look better that way.