Chicken & Potato Croquettes

Chicken & Potato Croquettes 
Two Leftovers Combined To Make A New Meal!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients
4 cups cooked leftover smashed potatoes
2 cups cooked chicken breast, minced
2 eggs
1/2 cup onion, small dice
1 tbsp minced chives+ garnish
1 tsp garlic, pressed
salt
pepper
olive oil

Cooking Tools
Medium mixing bowl
Parchment lined sheet pan

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.  In a mixing bowl, add; smashed potatoes, minced chicken, eggs, chives, onion, garlic, salt and pepper.  Mix the ingredients well and create patties approx. (6). Drizzle some olive oil onto the parchment lined sheet pan and place patties on the olive oil and bake in oven for 40 minutes.
Yields 6

 

Turkey & Brie Puff Pastry

Turkey & Brie Puff Pastry
A Quick And Tasty Lunch!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients
1 box puff pastry sheets, thawed in refrigerator
3/4 lb deli turkey, sliced thin
1 round Brie cheese, sliced
Dijon mustard
mayonnaise
1 egg, whisked

Cooking Tools
Parchment lined sheet pan
Small mixing bowl
Pastry brush

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F.  Unwrap and unfold puff pastry.  Cut along the seams in the puff pastry dough ( you will have 6 long strips total)  Spread mayonnaise and mustard on half of the pastry sheet leaving 1/4 of inch from the edge. Lay turkey and Brie on top of the mustard and mayonnaise. Place a small amount of water, apply with finger around the perimeter of the pastry dough.  Fold over the other side to cover the filling and press down the edges to encase the ingredients in the pastry.  Use fork prongs to create a seal and a decorative edge. With a sharp knife, cut 2-3 slit in the center of the pastry.  In a mixing bowl, whisk egg.  Using a pastry brush, brush some egg onto the the top of each pastry (repeat process with the other strips) and place each bundle on a sheet pan and bake in oven for approximately 25 minutes or until puffed and golden.
Yields 6