Chicken Cordon Bleu & The Weekend

 Johnie and I spent the whole entire weekend in Christmas mode.

We spent the day in Columbus on Saturday.

It was a day of shopping, and of course, eating.

We found these huge ornaments at Sam's Club. 

 They fit perfectly inside the large glass vases that we have.

We just dropped a couple in the vases and added some Christmas

ribbon to dress them up a bit.

Our Sunday consisted of attic digging.

You know exactly what I'm talking about.....

The dreaded "dig out the Christmas" tree,

ornaments,

wrapping paper,

cards,

and decorations.

Johnie dug out his Christmas tree (pre-lighted) of fifteen years.

We worked on it,

(Christmas music in the background)

and worked on it,

(Christmas music in the background)

and worked on it,

(Christmas music in the background)

but could not find any success 

in getting all the sections to light up.

So we finally gave up and headed to Sears.

We bought two new (pre-lighted) Christmas trees.

One is tall and skinny and the other is just a normal size.

We have a big picture window in our living room 

where we wanted both trees to sit together.

But as the evening went on we decided to move one 

in front of the picture window in the dining room.

 One thing we did find out on Sunday:

We are compatible when it comes to assembling

and decorating Christmas trees.

Kind of like our compatibility with cooking. 

After we got the house decorated for Christmas

we headed to the kitchen to make this wonderful

Chicken Cordon Bleu.

 This is a very easy recipe.

We used prosciutto instead of ham.

 All you do is:

pound your chicken breast flat.

 Place prosciutto and sliced Swiss cheese on top of the chicken.

Roll the chicken around the prosciutto and cheese.

After you get them all (we did four) assembled,

roll in flour,

dip in egg wash (three eggs and a splash of water), whisked

and then roll in Italian bread crumbs mixed with Parmesan cheese.

Bake them in a preheated 450 degree F. oven for 50-60 minutes.  

We served ours over chicken flavored rice,

and roasted asparagus on the side.

A very good meal.

See Ya'all Soon