MY OWN Creamy Pasta Chicken Salad

Having prepared too much chicken from the previous night's Chicken Cordon Bleu Calzones, I decided to use up some of the food stuffs I already had on hand, and combine them into a tasty light lunch.

I prepared a box of large shell pasta, and then rinsed, drained, and chilled the noodles. Meanwhile I combined some chopped/shredded chicken, mayo, and spices such as garlic powder, onion, celery salt, dill weed, and pepper. I combined the noodles with the wet mixture and voila!- Creamy Pasta Chicken Salad. My husband ate it, had seconds, and ate it the second day, but he hasn't commented on the dish, except for asking if this was one of the recipes. My oldest son, LOVED the dish and has asked for it at a few meals. SCORE!

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Calzones

Today's blog is about the Chicken Cordon Bleu Calzones As discussed earlier, I intend on following the "spirit" of recipes and not doing everything exactly by the book. In Wednesday's case (the day I actually prepared the meal) I omitted the mushrooms, since I know my DH wouldn't care for them, and switched the provolone cheese to swiss, which I already had on hand.


The meal turned out fine, although I must admit the chicken was a bit tough, and the puff pastry took a lot longer to cook that suggested, and it still came out undercooked, but the meal tasted yummy.

I did struggle with the assembly part. I wasn't sure if I should wrap the ham around the chicken, or just drape it over, and I wasn't sure WHERE to put the sauce, or exactly HOW to close the calzone.

Despite the over-cooked chicken and undercooked pastry, my husband DID like it, and so did I, which I suppose is more important. I served the meal with buttered white rice and a simple salad.