White Chicken Chili (Crock Pot)

My friend, Brandi, posted this recipe on her cooking blog, and I made it yesterday. YUM!! So easy, simple ingredients, and you can just stick frozen chicken breasts in the Crock Pot. Awesome...
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White Chicken Chili
1 1/4 lbs boneless frozen or thawed skinless chicken (I just threw 3 breasts in the crockpot)
2 (15 oz) cans great northern beans or navy beans
1 (15 oz) can of hominy or white corn (I would suggest white corn. Hominy was not my fave)
1 (1 1/4 oz) envelope taco seasoning
1 (4 1/2 oz) can of chopped green chilies
1 (10 3/4 oz) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 (14 oz) can chicken broth
1/2 C. sour cream
chopped green onion (optional, but I suggest!)
monterey jack cheese (optional, but I suggest!)

Directions:

1. Place chicken in a 4 qt slow cooker.
2. Top with beans and corn.
3. In a medium bowl, combine taco seasoning, chilies, condensed soup, and broth. 4. Pour over top of ingredients in crock pot.
5. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
6. Before serving, stir gently to break up chicken, then stir in the sour cream. Serve topped with green onions and jack cheese, if desired.

*We also topped ours with crushed up tortilla chips, AND I had avocados that I intended to use but totally forgot about. HA! That would have been good with it, too,though, had I remembered!

Gotta love it...

My mother-in-law bought me probably the best cookbook I have ever been gifted for my birthday back in August. It is a cookbook for college students...you know, those on-a-tight-budget, without-any-cooking-skills, crunched-for-time people! Perfect book for my kitchen if I do say so myself!! :) I will definitely be trying and posting recipes from this book, and I'm using many of the recipes to create Month 3 of meals. This one hasn't been tested yet by my fam, but I'm assuming it's simple enough...(famous last words, right?!) Oh well, here's the recipe. I'll be sure to delete it if it's just awful after I make it.

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Chicken Parmesan

*Crock pot!! Woohoo!!*

Ingredients:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 (10 3/4 oz.) cans cream of chicken soup

3/4 c grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 - 1/2 c water

Salt and pepper, to taste

(Vermicelli) noodles, cooked (I'll use whatever I have on hand)

Instructions:

1. In a slow cooker, combine all ingredients except noodles.

2. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.

3. Serve over noodles.

Crock Pot Stew

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. beef
1 can creamed corn
1 can DelMonte Original Recipe Stewed Tomatoes
1/2 c ketchup
loaf of French bread

Instructions:
1. Brown and drain beef.
2. Combine all (except bread) in crock pot. Cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Serve with (or even ON slices of toasted bread)

Southwestern Chicken in the Crock Pot

Ingredients:
2 cans (15 1/4 oz.) whole kernel sweet corn, drained
1 can (15 oz.) black beans, drained
1 jar (16 oz.) chunky salsa, divided
6 chicken breasts*
1 c shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions:
1. Combine corn, beans, and 1/2 c salsa in crock pot.
2. Top with chicken.
3. Pour remaining salsa over chicken.
4. Cook on low 7-8 hours.
5. Sprinkle with cheese and replace lid until cheese melts.

*This is REALLY good with Pilgrim's Pride "Eat Well, Stay Healthy" Frozen chicken fillets!!

A recipe with one step!

Just in case, for some crazy reason, you don't have this recipe...
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Taco Soup

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef, browned
28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
15 1/4 oz. can corn, undrained
15 oz. can black beans, undrained
15 1/2 oz. can red kidney beans, undrained
1 envelope dry Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
1 envelope dry taco seasoning
*Fritos, cheddar cheese, and sour cream

Instructions:
1. Combine and cook on low in crock pot for 4-6 hours.
2. That's it!!!!! :)

Ready for some BBQ?

When I make BBQ Chicken, I boil chicken, shred it, put it in a ziploc bag, and squirt Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce all over it....and call it BBQ :) Sad, I know...but it really does taste good!

THIS is Chuck Roast BBQ, though...made with actual ingredients, and best of all - in the crock pot!

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Chuck Roast BBQ

Ingredients:
2 1/2 lbs boneless chuck roast, trimmed
1 (12 oz) cola
1/3 c Worcestershire Sauce
1 1/2 T white vinegar
1 1/2 t beef bouillon granules
3/4 t dry mustard
3/4 t chili powder
3 cloves minced garlic
Hamburger buns, if using for sandwiches

Instructions:
1. Place roast in Crock Pot, then cola and next 6 ingredients.
2. Cook on High for 6 hours or Low 9 hours.
3. Remove roast with slotted spoon and shred.
4. If desired, spoon onto hamburger buns.

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To make this a meal, add some baked beans, fruit salad, lemonade, and dessert baked by you and the kids!! YUM!