Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken:

Chicken Breasts
Sliced Ham
Cheese, Mozerella or Provalone
Breadcrumbs (Panko)
One egg, beaten

Pound chicken breasts to uniform thickness.
Season with salt and pepper on each side.
Place ham slices and cheese on each breast and roll up, holding it in place with toothpicks.
Dip chicken roll in egg, then in breadcrumbs
Bake at 400 degrees for about 25 to 30 minutes.

Optional Mornay Sauce:

1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. flour
1 c. milk
1/3 c. Parmesan cheese
1/2 - 1 tsp. garlic powder
Salt and pepper
In small saucepan, melt butter. With a whisk, beat in flour. When mixture bubbles, add milk all at once, stirring with a whisk to avoid lumps. Stir in cheese, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring constantly until it's thick.

Pour over baked Chicken Cordon Bleu just before serving.

Burlap Purse and other Fall-ish things

The weather can't seem to make up it's mind, but what's new in Idaho? Bouncing back and forth between 90's and 60's, I'm getting the itch for fall. I'm usually a spring and summer type of girl, but for some reason I am yearning for the fall this year. Maybe it's because the garden didn't do so well, so I'm ready to move on. (But Husband did rave over the very first few tomatoes we just got out of the garden! That always makes my heart sing.)

Maybe it's that I'm excited about all that's coming together and all the potential. I've felt stuck the last year and half; like I was going nowhere, making no progress in many areas - spiritual, family, and career (I say this loosely as I would be happy being a career mom - think foster care or orphanage and a career wife - taking care of the household and I dream of owning a duplex) development. Anywho, I'm excited for fall. I'm excited for the colors: the oranges, browns, deep purples (when did this pop up as a fall color?!). I'm excited for the chill in the air that causes a need for scarves, for the apples - for canning and applecider.

To my delight this morning, this popped up on a blog I regularly lurk:

Now, where do I get me some burlap?!