Turkey Ham and Swiss Baked Potatoes

How has your week gone? Did you get everything done that you wanted?

I’m kind of dying here. We are set to move in about a week to a house that’s only about a 5 minute drive from where we are now and my packing efforts have been pretty pathetic. It might have something to do with the 4 month old babe that can throw a smile my way and distract me for hours on end with his chubby thighs and {almost} giggles. I don’t know. Regardless, I’m kind of asking for chaos. We have about a 2 week-overlap where we’ll have 2 houses (fancy!) so I keep telling my self that it will all be alright and try to refrain from curling up in the fetal position and rocking. Wish me luck!

So, today’s recipe.

It’s pretty epic.

As far as baked potatoes go, at least. We’re pulling out the stops with the turkey, ham and swiss trifecta. Some how that ham part got omitted from this picture. Interesting.

The sauce is a basic white sauce that we’ll stir a few wedges of Laughing Cow cheese into. Like all white sauces, we’ll start with a roux.

For more info on making a white or cheese sauce, check out my post on basic cheese sauce.

Once the sauce is made, all that’s left to do is stir in some cooked turkey and ham. This turkey ham and swiss baked potatoes recipe is a great for using up your Thanksgiving leftovers so put it in your back pocket for the next month and a half and keep it close.

Baked potatoes aren’t the only thing this sauce would be good on. I’m thinking rice, or even toast or English muffins would be great. It’s a super simple meal that comes together quickly and fills tummies. My piiiiicky 4 yr old gobbled this up. Hope you enjoy!

Turkey Ham and Swiss Baked Potatoes

Serves 4 servings     adjust servings

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• 2 C milk
• 1/4 tsp kosker salt
• 1/8 tsp black pepper
• 4 Laughing Cow Creamy Light Swiss Wedges
• 1-2 C cooked turkey, diced
• 1 C cooked ham, diced
• 1/4 tsp tobasco sauce
• 4 baked potatoes

Instructions

1. Heat butter until melted in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Slowly whisk in milk, continuously stirring until flour/butter is incorporated fully into the milk. Turn heat down to medium-low and continue to cook until the milk is creamy and thickened- about 8 minutes
2. Add cheese wedges into the hot sauce and whisk until the cheese is melted and incorporated. Stir in salt, pepper, turkey, and ham, bring to a simmer to heat up the meat and then remove from the heat.
3. Season additionally with tobasco sauce, if desired, and top hot baked potatoes with the sauce.

by Heather Cheney

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