Chicken Cordon Bleu Crock-Pot Soup

Today I have been really nervous about starting to post recipes.  I am one of those cooks that LOVES to cook but it nervous about people liking what I cook because cooking is so personal to me.   

So with that said, I decided to start with a little trick that I recently discovered.  If you have a meal that you love that contains carbs or normally has a carb-filled side dish to go with it, then just make a low carb soup version out of it!  For today's example, Chicken Cordon Bleu is often served with pasta or even rice to round it out as a meal.  So instead of trying to eat the chicken without the side dish and be satisfied, I threw the same types of ingredients together in a soup.  And I have also recently discovered that there is no better way to make soup than in a crock-pot!  So here's the recipe....

Chicken Cordon Bleu Crock-Pot Soup
1 lb ham, cubed
3 raw chicken breasts, cubed (can even be a little frozen still)
4 c chicken broth
1/2 white onion, chopped
1 tsp rosemary (because chicken loves rosemary!)
2 tsp garlic
salt
pepper
10-12 oz frozen green beans
1 c heavy cream
4 oz Swiss cheese, shredded or cut up

Combine the ham, chicken, broth, onion, and spices in the crock-pot.  Turn the crock-pot on low for 8 hours.  When you return the look of the soup might make you wonder a little, but keep going!  Turn the crock-pot to high and dump in the green beans.  Meanwhile, heat the heavy cream in a sauce pan on the stove to a gentle boil.  Gradually add the Swiss cheese, stirring periodically to make sure it melts into the cream.  Once all the Swiss cheese is melted, pour the cheese mixture into the crock-pot and stir.  Serve when the green beans are warm.

And when it's done it should look like this:

Just in case you are wondering....this is so yummy!  My husband had two bowls (which is often and indicator to me that he really likes it).  I think I might like this better than regular Chicken Cordon Bleu.  It is easier to eat and has this really great broth that tastes like Swiss cheese!  This was definately a risk worth taking.  I guess it is just one of those days because I took a risk and cut several inches off my hair and that went over very well with my husband also!