Recipe: Chicken Cordon Bleu

Posted on October by Passanante's Home Food Service

Fall is in full swing, and with this nice cool weather comes that hankering for good old comfort food. This next recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu is easy, but tastes like it took hours to prepare. The best part? If you’re a Passanante’s Home Food Service customer you probably already have most of the necessary ingredients in your home/freezer! So, without further adieu, start heating up your oil and get ready for another delicious home-cooked meal.What you’ll need:

4 Grade-A boneless skinless chicken breast halves
4 Thin slices of fully cooked hormone and antibiotic-free smoked ham
4 Thin slices of Swiss or Gruyere cheese
1 Cup dry bread crumbs
2 Eggs
1 Tablespoon water
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1/2 Cup all purpose flour
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Teaspoon ground pepper
Lemon wedges (optional)
Parsley (optional)

How to prepare Chicken Cordon Bleu:

Lay the chicken flat between 2 sheets of wax paper. With a mallet, flatten each breast half to about 1/4″ thickness.
Place 1 slice of ham and 1 slice of cheese on each breast half.
Beginning at the narrow end, roll up and press the meat firmly together.
In a pie plate combine flour, salt and pepper. In a second plate, spread the bread crumbs. And in a shallow bowl, beat eggs and water.
Roll a chicken piece in flour, shake off the excess; dip in the egg mixture and roll in bread crumbs, pressing crumbs evenly onto the chicken.
Place the coated chicken on a wire rack and let stand for 20-30 minutes at room temperature to firm the coating. You can also prepare in advance and refrigerate until 30 minutes before frying.
When ready to cook, heat the oil to 375 degrees in a deep skillet.
Fry the prepared chicken pieces over medium heat, turning occasionally with tongs for 8 minutes or until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels, garnish with lemon wedge and parsley if desired, and serve hot!

What The Government Shutdown Means For Food

Posted on October by Passanante's Home Food Service

It’s no secret that the government shutdown has shaken things up quite a bit over the last week or more, and many might be surprised to hear that the implications of this shutdown stretch all the way into your kitchen. You guessed it – we’re talking about trouble for the food industry.

A recent Salmonella outbreak in chicken has sickened more than 300 people across at least 18 states and, unfortunately, a “skeletal staff”at the CDC is making it slow and arduous to identify the cause and severity of the outbreak. Without the staff necessary to run appropriate tests, our ability to prepare for and warn consumers about major health threats is reduced drastically.

With 45% of the FDA’s workers furloughed, the majority of inspections on imported foods including seafood, produce and packaged foods have been suspended. While the FDA normally inspects only about 1-2% of our country’s current import shipments, which is estimated at 12 million per year, with the government shutdown this goes down to nearly 0% and imports won’t be turned away because they won’t be looked at. If you’re interested in what some of those rejected imports are all about click here to see one described as “FILTHY.”

So what can you do to protect your family from unsafe foods?

One great way to protect yourself is to avoid “The Ten Riskiest Foods” regulated by the FDA which includes favorites like cheese, tomatoes and some seafood items. Roughly 90% of all shrimp consumed in America is imported from other countries, most of which being Southeast Asian countries that rely heavily on antibiotics and have a less than perfect track record with the FDA. Opt for domestic seafood like those delivered by Passanante’s Home Food Services which are wild caught from the Atlantic or Pacific and exclusive to the U.S. or Canada.

At Passanante’s we are more committed than ever to the quality and safety of our foods. If we wouldn’t put it on our own dinner table, we wouldn’t consider delivering it to your door. If you would like to schedule a time to talk with one of our sales reps about our home food delivery service feel free to give us a call at 1-800-772-7786.

Help Us Help Others This October!

Posted on October by Passanante's Home Food Service

Happy October and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate this incredible cause than to donate, but we need your help.

We ordered a ton of PINK Passanante’s Home Food Service cooler bags, and for every sample we deliver to your friends and family we will donate $2 to the American Cancer Society. Direct your friends HERE and they can request a free sample in just a few clicks.

Still can’t think of someone who will love our food delivery service as much as you? We’ve also decided to donate $1 for every new Facebook fan we get for the entire month of October!

What an awesome opportunity for a friend of yours to get a free sample of our food, join our awesome Facebook community for delicious recipes and food news, AND help the American Cancer Society!

So what are you waiting for? Refer a couple of friends and be a part of something great this October. We are so excited to support this important cause and we hope you are too.

PS. Be on the lookout on our Facebook page for a bunch of great recipes containing foods known to help prevent cancer.