Crockpot Chicken Cordon Bleu

Here is another recipe I am trying out:

Ingredients

1 box of chicken flavored Stovetop Stuffing
2-3 large skinless boneless chicken breasts, thawed and cubed

salt (to taste)
black pepper (to taste)
garlic powder (to taste)

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 c. of milk
6 slices of deli ham
2 tbsp. butter
6 slices of swiss cheese

Directions

1. Prepare stuffing as directed on box. Put aside.
2. Cube thawed chicken. Season with salt, black pepper and garlic powder to taste. Remember the other ingredients will add flavor and salt so go light on the seasoning. Put seasoned cubed chicken in the bottom of the slow cooker.
3. In a separate bowl, mix cream of chicken soup and milk. Pour over the chicken in the slow cooker.
4. Layer ham on top of the chicken and sauce.  The recipe calls for 6 slices of deli ham. The slices I bought were not directly from the deli so they were smaller so I just put as much as I thought looked good...about two layers of ham slightly overlapping.
5. Spread cooked stovetop stuffing evenly on top of the ham.
6. Break butter into small pieces to dot on top of the stuffing.
7. Cook on low 4-6 hrs. (I opted for 6 hrs)
8. Turn on high, leave slow cooker open and cook on high for about 20 minutes to thicken liquid
9. Layer cheese, cover and cook until cheese melted.
10. enjoy!

Just before cooking for 6 hrs.

**Post cooking update**

The changes I would make next time:
1. Eliminate the salt. The stuffing, cream of chicken soup, and the ham add more than enough salt.
2. Put less milk. The second day it was fine but when it was done cooking it was very runny and the stuffing sort of mixed in with everything instead of staying on top which gave it an unappealing presentation.
3. If using thawed chicken again, I think would cook it closer to the 4 hr cook time as opposed to the 6 hr time. My crockpot tends to run hot and the chicken was a little dry and while the bottom didn't exactly burn, it was definitely very brown on the bottom.

All in all, I think that I would make this again because it was very yummy.  I think my changes will make it even better! Post a comment if you try this and let me know what you think!

Yummy Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas
• Chocolate Chips and/or nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. 
3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
4. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. 
5. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. 
6. Add chocolate chips and/or nuts if you want. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Dinner...ummm Meat and Biscuit Cassarole?

Not really sure what to call this, but this is what I made for dinner...

Ingredients:

Filling:
Olive oil
1 Medium Onion
4 garlic cloves
2 large carrots
1 lb ground beef or turkey (I used turkey)
1 can of corn
1 can of sweet peas (or you can replace the carrots, corn and peas with frozen mixed veggies)
2 cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup

Biscuit Topping
4 c. of flour
6 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt (I found it a bit salty, so I would half this personally)
4 tbs butter
(or 4 c. of  Bisquick in place of above ingredients)
1 c of shredded cheddar cheese
2 c of water (approx)


butter
parsely
garlic powder

Preheat oven 435 degrees Fahrenheit.

Saute onion, garlic and carrots. Add ground beef or turkey and brown. Add cans of corn and peas or mixed frozen veggies. Mix in cans of cream of mushroom soup. Set aside.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Use hands to break butter into flour until it is thoroughly incorporated.  Mix in cheese. Add water and mix in.

Put filling mixture into baking pan and spread dough mixture over the top. Put in oven and cook until lightly browned.  Just before it is done, melt some butter and add parsley and garlic powder (or fresh garlic).  Spread on top of biscuit topping immediately after taking it off of the oven.

EDIT: It was still good but, I wouldn't use this whole recipe on top..the ratio of filling to biscuit wasn't quite right. Maybe use have or 3/4 or this to top the filling.  You can spoon the rest of the dough on a baking sheet and make yummy cheesy biscuits! :)

It is currently cooking...hope it tastes good! :)