Recipes | Chicken and Chile Stew

 

Just a little warning, this dish can be a bit spicy due to the jalapenos in it. Also, please remember to be careful when dicing and seeding hot peppers. Wear gloves or wash your hands immediately after preparing. Don't be a loser like me who touched my lips and then they were on fire for hours and hours, so I dunked my face in milk and then broke out into a rash all over my face. Don't be like that guy.
 

Ingredients

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 pound small potatoes, diced
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 14 oz diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 tbsp chili powder
• 1 tsp dried oregano

Instructions  

• Place the chicken, potatoes and jalapeno in the slow cooker.
• Combine broth, tomatoes with juice, chili powder and oregano in a large bowl and mix. 
• Pour into slow cooker and stir.
• Cook on low for 8-9 hours.
• Pull out chicken and shred.
• Place chicken back into crockpot and mix.
• Serve!

 I'm sure you could replace with whatever kind of peppers you prefer, this might also be good served over rice. Mmm, I might try that next time.
 

Recipe | Creamy Crockpot Chicken

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone! In college March 17 was my favorite, but nowadays it's just another regular day. Have a green beer for me, if that's your scene.

 

Alright, I won't lie, I was hesitant upon making this. I don't like ranch, and then adding the noodles was a risk indeed. It ended up tasting AWESOME, so I thought I would share. I didn't take pictures, sorry.

 

Ingredients

• 2 boneless/skinless chicken breast
• 2 cans cream of chicken soup
• 1 packet dry Italian dressing 
• 1 packet dry Ranch dressing
• 1 brick of cream cheese 
• noodles (I used spaghetti, but use whatever you have on hand) 

 

Instructions:

• Put chicken breasts in crockpot. I threw mine in frozen solid still.
• Mix soups and packets in a mixing bowl.
• Pour over chicken in crockpot.
• Cook on low 8 hours.
• About an hour before add the cream cheese and give everything a good mix. Use a potato masher to break up the chicken.
• Then, if you're lazy like me, throw in about 6 oz of noodles and a cup of boiling water and mix around.

 

There you go, serve with some veggies on the side and a yummy quick and easy dinner. Happy eating!

Recipe | Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs

 

For whatever reason, my husband was craving Swedish meatballs. I'm not sure if he was wanting his mom's version, but I did a little twist.

 



 

Ingredients

• 1 bag of frozen meatballs
• 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can of beef broth
• 1 packet of brown gravy mix (or whatever gravy mix you prefer, you can get creative here)
• 1/2 cup of water
• noodles (I used egg noodles)

 

Instructions:

• Mix together everything, except meatballs and noodles, whisk until smooth.

 

• Dump meatballs in slow cooker

• Pour mixture over meatballs
• Cook on low for 6 hours
• Serve over cooked noodles of your choice

While I was preparing it, I wasn't a fan of the smell. I think it was the gravy packet, so I was a little hesitant and pretty convinced I wasn't going to like it. I was regretting trying to get creative. But when I got home to the smell of it cooking it all day, I was excited to give it a whirl. We cooked up some noodles and slapped the meatballs on over them and shoved it in our mouths. It was so good! A went back for seconds, so that's always a great thing! I hope you guys enjoy this as much as we did! Happy eating!

Recipe | Crockpot White Chicken Chili

This is another delicious and incredibly simple crockpot meal. We made it and had leftovers for probably about 2-3 meals, and that is always a bonus so that  A can take the leftovers for lunch. 

Ingredients 

• 2 uncooked chicken breasts

• 2 cans Great Northern Beans (or any other type of white bean)

• 2 cans kidney beans (I used dark red, but again, whatever you prefer)

• 1 package taco seasoning

• 1 can chopped green chilies 

• 1 can cream of chicken soup

• 1 can of chicken broth

• Tortilla chips 

Instructions

• Place chicken on bottom of crockpot.

• Throw in beans, soups and chilies.

• Add in taco seasoning and mix in.

• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.

• Before serving use a potato masher to break up the chicken. Do this quickly and alternating directions until chicken is adequately shredded and mixed in. Don't worry about mashing up some beans while you are doing this. It just helps to make the broth thicker.

• Serve with crumbled tortilla chips on top.

This is a great wintery meal and we loved it! Happy eating!