Something New for Your Family Table Chicken Roll -Ups

Happy Monday, friends! Coming off of a great weekend at home, before traveling for work today, and then again at the end of the week, as Ella heads to Saratoga to race in the cross-country state championship!

Paul and I had a fun night out with some friends on Saturday, talking all things college.

And I guess I felt like my old college self, because we ended up going out for tacos at the end of the night!

Sunday morning, I dressed up in my Bills gear and went out to the grocery store to grab a few things, as we were hosting our parents and my sister for the game and dinner.

My mother-in-law brought her Mah-Jong game. I think there’s a more formal game to play, but we play sort of a made up game. It’s a game she taught me like 25 years ago, and we would play it every time we went to Florida. We call it Turtle and it’s kind of like a matching game with the Mahjong titles. My mom and sister loved it!

I made Chicken Roll-ups for a crowd. I kind of took a blend of a few recipes to make them.

I started out with some very thin sliced chicken cutlets, that I seasoned with salt and pepper. Then I got the stuffing pieces ready. Sliced ham & Swiss cheese for the cordon bleu roll ups. And then I did a bruschetta, chopped spinach and fresh mozzarella filling for the others.

I went ahead and assembled them, laying a slice of ham and thinly sliced Swiss cheese on some, and then the bruschetta, spinach and mozzarella on others.

I rolled them up tightly and then secured them with two toothpicks. Not the most appetizing picture, but this is how it looked.

I lightly sprayed a baking dish with avocado oil. I actually used two baking dishes, since I was making about 18 roll ups.

I did three egg whites with about 2 tablespoons of water and mixed that well. I dipped each roll up in the egg wash and then into some seasoned breadcrumbs to coat.

Once they were all nestled in my pan, I gave them another spray with some avocado oil. I popped them in a 425° oven for about 30 to 35 minutes. Cooking time really depends on the thickness of your chicken cutlets. You just want to make sure the chicken is cut through.

I drizzled the bruschetta ones with a balsamic glaze once I pulled them out of the oven.

They received rave reviews from everybody at the table ranging in age from 15 to 89!

I made them all in the morning and then just had to put them in the oven. A great make ahead dish that looks fancy and can be hands off if you are having people for dinner!

I also made the chocolate chip cookies from one of my Magnolia cookbooks. I got this cookbook sometime around Covid, and during that time I made these cookies 1 million times. It’s been a while since I made them. It’s one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes

I made the dough earlier in the morning and just kept it chilled. While dinner was cooking. I took the dough out to take some of the chill off. Then I scooped them onto some baking sheets and baked them while we were eating dinner. I mean a warm chocolate cookie was the perfect and to our weekend!