Lycorne With an I instead of the Y it's French for Unicorn. I just like this spelling better.

Shane came up with this when he wanted a different way to fix a ham steak. The original idea was perhaps some au gratin potatoes and ham, but it has so much sauce (which wasn't too thick) that it's much more a soup. He originally mixed the more liquid ingredients to melt the cheeses on the stove before baking it for 20 minutes. It's makes more sense to to make it as a soup on the stove, or possibly a crockpot.

This is a hearty chili without tomato chunks. If you prefer chucks of tomato in your chili use diced tomatoes instead of tomato sauce. This is just enough for a lunch for the three of us, but if we need a bit more I'd go to the 22 oz size of tomato sauce. Do not leave out the salt since the little bit really brings out the other flavors. IF you making a large pot to have left overs leave out the salt since chili always gets saltier as it stores.