Cream chicken cordon bleu

Let me start that this was one that I was almost scared to try. It is not a traditional cordon bleu. There is no ham in this recipe.

I started by marinating/soaking the chicken in a bowl of milk for 18 hours. The chicken had to be completely covered in the milk. It was so gross looking. I put them each in a ziplock bag so I would not have to smell it. I could not think that raw chicken and milk would smell good mixed together.

Well while this was soaking, I made bread crumbs. I had to first make bread, then dry it, blend it and add the required seasonings. I added to this also Parmesan cheese.

I cut the chicken breasts in half and stuffed them with fresh mozzarella. Closed the chicken. Rolled it in bread crumbs. Put it in the oven and baked it. When there was only 10 minutes left I placed a slice of swiss cheese on top and finished the baking. By this point my mouth was watering it smelled so good

As a side to the chicken I made pasta with an alfredo sauce. This was really good also. I have made this sauce a total of three times now. Mind you, prior to this cooking experiment I had NEVER made an alfredo sauce.

As my husband so kindly put it, "You have perfected this sauce." Tear.

As a side note here. I think I have mentioned that my husband DOES NOT EVER eat left overs. He does not like them on principle. 10 years of marriage and he has never asked for me to keep any dish. He just does not like left overs. His mom had told me that before we got married and it is true he does not eat them. Tonight he told me, "Honey, since you have started the blog your cooking is really good, I would not mind you making a little extra and packing me some leftovers for lunch at work." I wanted to cry. Coming from him, that was the sweetest and most wonderful testament to my cooking. Thank you honey I love you too.

Back to tonight's dish. The chicken I cooked down to the minute that the recipe asked for. It was more juicy and tender than any chicken I have ever eaten. The pasta and alfredo sauce were both great. Excellent dishes tonight.

I ended the meal with a batch of EVERYTHING cookies. The kids gave them this name because they have a bit of just about everything in them. They have oatmeal, brown sugar, white sugar, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, milk chocolate chips, coconut and grated cinnamon. They are so good and chewy. A perfect end to what turned out to be a wonderful meal.

Taught me not to be afraid to cook something just because it sounds gross. I will try more often.