Chicken Cordon Bleu and Broccoli Casserole

I saw a recipe for a Chicken Cordon Bleu casserole over at Simply Stacie and while I thought that her recipe sounded fantastic, I could just tell from her photos that my kids would not eat it.  It looked like it had just a bit too much cheese for my family's liking plus we aren't fans of cream of anything soup.

I did however think that I wanted to come up with something similar because I still had a lot of leftover ham and chicken in my freezer.

So I did what I always do; I made up a recipe!  I added some broccoli and some crushed Ritz crackers and found a wonderful new dish that everyone actually ate.  Now my youngest two might not have loved it but they did eat it so I was more than happy with that!




Ingredients for the casserole:

2 cups cooked chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
2 cups cooked ham, diced
1 cup frozen broccoli florets, thawed
1 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1 Tablespoon spicy mustard
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic salt

For the topping:

1 sleeve Ritz cracker, crushed
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 tsp. parsley flakes

I started with a layer of chicken in my Pyrex dish.


I covered the chicken with diced ham.

 Then I added the broccoli.


I topped it all off with the Swiss cheese.


In a small saucepan, I melted the butter and added the flour to make a roux.


I slowly stirred in the milk with a wire whisk and then gradually added in the mustard, onion powder and garlic.  I cooked over medium heat until it had thickened up. 


Then I poured the sauce over the casserole.


I made my crumb topping by mixing together the crushed Ritz crackers with the melted butter and parsley and topped the entire casserole with them.


I baked it all in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes until the top was golden brown and the sauce was bubbling.


I served it while it was nice and hot but did give the dish just 4 or 5 minutes to rest so the sauce would thicken up a bit.




We served our casserole with baked potatoes but I could see serving this over rice or noodles too.  It's such a versatile dish.


What is your favorite dish for using up leftover ham or chicken?

Linking Up With:


by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg





Comments

  1. The Lazy GastronomeFebruary 18, 2018 at 12:09 PM

    I love casseroles - or as the new buzzword says, deconstructed classics! This looks great - Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 18, 2018 at 4:29 PM

      Thank you for hosting. I am a huge fan of casseroles too.

      Delete
  2. Kristin at Peppermints and CherriesFebruary 18, 2018 at 3:48 PM

    I make a chicken broccoli bake that includes poppy seeds in the recipe. I like your recipe for a different twist and will pin!

    ReplyDelete
  3. LouisaFebruary 19, 2018 at 11:03 AM

    This looks really tasty. I like that you took an existing recipe and added your own twist to suit your families taste. Pinning to try out ourselves #creativemondays

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 19, 2018 at 1:01 PM

      Thanks! I do that quite often.. as I have at least one really picky eater.

      Delete
  4. Jeanine ByersFebruary 21, 2018 at 11:35 PM

    LOVE casseroles and this one looks so good!! I saw you on the Creative Mondays linkup and am glad to have found your blog. I'm a homeschooling mom, too. And we've been looking for new meals to try because we've been in a bit of a rut. I'm a vegetarian, though, so maybe this dish could be made without the meat and then the meat could be added later? Sounds yummy!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 22, 2018 at 6:25 AM

      I love casseroles too! I'm glad you found me on Creative Mondays. I do have a post that I just put out recently that is all about meatless meals: http://www.ourunschoolingjourney.com/2018/02/20-meatless-meal-ideas-for-families.html. I wouldn't see why this one wouldn't work with an assortment of vegetables or substituting some rice or pasta for the meat... maybe. I'll have to play around with it and see what I can come up with.

      Delete
  5. Teresa BFebruary 23, 2018 at 1:26 PM

    I love casseroles, so easy to make, and usually you can make enough for at least two meals. Thank you for sharing the recipe at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 23, 2018 at 8:33 PM

      Thanks for the pin. I just LOVE casseroles of all kinds and am thankful that my boys are finally getting old enough to give them an actual chance (or pick out the pieces they don't like).

      Delete
  6. Annette VFebruary 24, 2018 at 9:18 AM

    alas I would need to find a substitute for the broccoli.... but thinking this would work well with my leftover turkey and some deli meat... maybe with some peas... hmm.... I see a recipe in the making. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mother of 3February 24, 2018 at 4:39 PM

      I could absolutely see this working with peas or even spinach.

      Delete
  7. Miz HelenFebruary 25, 2018 at 5:15 PM

    I love the flavor combination of your awesome Chicken Cordon Bleu and Broccoli Casserole. Your post is awesome and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great week and come back to see us real soon!
    Miz Helen

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Favorite TV Shows Growing Up in the 80's and early 90's

Image
Do you remember the TGIF lineups on Friday nights? I can remember planning sleepovers and time with friends around TV Show lineups of our favorite shows... or else trying to set the VCR to record our favorite shows if we weren't going to be home. And through the years I had SO MANY favorites! Growing pains aired in 1985 which put me around age 8 and it stayed on the air until I was 15 or so; I'm pretty sure most people in my age group watched mostly for Kirk Cameron and all his antics.  I still have a soft spot for family sit-coms!  The Facts of Life aired when I was just 2  and stayed on the air until I was 11 so I'm sure the episodes I remember so fondly were either some of the later ones and then reruns shown later on when I was old enough to watch from the beginning. I think everyone would have loved an Edna Garret in their lives.   Benson another sitcom that began airing when I was just 2 and was done by the time I was 9 (another one I must have watched mai...
Read more

Things That Make Me Laugh

Image
I loved the challenge of this week's list for our 26 lists link up.  I don't know about you but I really need to laugh more lately.  It's such a great stress reliever. 1.  Books-- I love a good funny book that makes me laugh out loud.  I haven't read one in a while but if you have any recommendations I'm all ears.  The last book I can remember making me laugh was the Un-Honeymooners. 2  The boys being silly. 3.  Watching shows like America's Funniest Videos or Family Feud. 4. My husband.  Most people don't realize it but he's actually pretty funny and often makes me laugh. 5.  Whenever my sisters/ family get together and we get to reminiscing (particularly if my Aunt Elaine is around) we end up laughing so hard at all the old family stories that we are all in tears by the end of the night.  It's fabulous. 6. Movies like Mom's Night Out, Christmas Vacation, and Grown Ups make me laugh out loud. 7.  When my ...
Read more

Making Gift Card and Money Holders Using Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Supples

Image
I don't tend to keep a lot of crafting supplies on hand so when I saw this month's de-stash challenge I wasn't sure what I was going to make.  I finally realized that with so many of my Christmas gifts being cash and gift cards this year that I needed to make up some fun paper crafting/ creative ways to gift them.   I still want my nieces and nephews to have something to open so I pulled out my papers and stamps and made up some cute little money/gift card holders. They were much easier to make than I thought.  The first one I worked on was to hold some oversized Nintendo gift cards.  I made a standard sized card and folded down one corner of the card front.  Then I ran my double sided tape along the bottom an 1/2 way up the side creating a cute little pocket.  Finally I added some cute embellishments and ribbons.   Voila! A simple and easy gift card holder for those larger sized gift cards.  The bulk of the tweens and teens on my list j...
Read more

Making a Sugar Cookie "Gingerbread" House

Image
 Alec really wanted to try making his own gingerbread house this year without using a premade kit.  We talked about how we never really eat the house since they don't taste very good.  Years ago we gave up on the frosting that comes in the kit and began making our own so we thought perhaps we should try making our our house too. Only problem is that no one in the house likes gingerbread.  We talked about trying to make the house using a sugar cookie recipe.  Alec was so excited at that idea since he just LOVES sugar cookies.   He found a recipe online for a simple sugar cookie recipe and mixed up the dough.  He rolled it out an cut it to the size of our cookie sheets-- we had read that it's easiest to cut the house pieces out after the dough has been baked and is still warm and soft because then you don't have to worry about any of the pieces losing their shape while baking. I had picked out a simple cookie cutter set on Amazon and as soon as the ...
Read more

Dollar Store Candy Cane Wreath

Image
Today I am linking up with some fellow bloggers for a Dollar Store craft challenge.  I don't often participate in these challenges since I try to stay away from our local Dollar Stores; I find they can be quite dangerous for me!  I knew this was the perfect time to find some inexpensive holiday decorations though and I just LOVE how my wreath turned out!  I hope you stop by and see what the other hosts are sharing. Meet this month's co-hosts! Across the Blvd | Purple Hues & Me This Autoimmune Life | Our Unschooling Journey Domestic Deadline | Sew Crafty Crochet Stone Cottage Adventures | Sum of Their Stories | Two Chicks & a Mom I bought the candy cane wreath base and a few rolls of mesh (not knowing how many I'd need I bought waaay to many; I only ended up using one white roll and one red roll. Using some chenille stems I already had on hand I attached the mesh to the wreath base trying to alternate the whit...
Read more