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Re: Share a healthy recipe - Crockpot edition!
1-1/2 cup serving 4 (1 ? cup servings)
? lb. Kielbasa sausage, cut into ? inch slices (I used the low fat stuff)
2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite size strips (I use 1 LB)
? cup thinly sliced carrot
1 small onion, thinly sliced, separated into rings
1 (16 oz) can baked beans, undrained
2 tbs. brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
? cup ketchup
1 tbs. vinegar
2 cups frozen cut green beans thawed
In 3 ? to 4 quart Crock Pot, combine all ingredients except green beans. Cover, cook on low setting 6 to 8 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. Ten minutes before serving, stir in green beans. Increase to high heat setting; cover and cook an additional 10 minutes or until green beans are crisp tender.
I've currently got a crockpot oatmeal going for tomorrow's staff breakfast. I've never made it before so I'll let you know how it goes. It uses steel cut oats instead of instant or old-fashioned. My standby favorite is chicken (either a whole chicken or whatever part you like - drumsticks, thighs, bone-in breasts, or boneless breast - although you'd reduce the cooking time for those), potatoes, baby carrots and a bottle of Catalina (and you could use FF french dressing or something similar). So easy, simple, tasty. The other new favorite is crockpot fajitas - chicken, red and green peppers, onions, a packet of fajita seasoning or your own preferred seasonings and a some water. Much easier than doing it bit by bit in a skillet.
Ahhh, the secret sauce was catalina! I could not figure it out. Explains why I liked it so much - I was obsessed with catalina when I was little to the point where I would demand to just eat it alone; my mom finally caved and let me eat with spoon once
Annie made me that one last week and it was soooo good!
My whole thing with the crockpot is that if I'm going to take advantage of it, the recipe needs to call for just throwing things in, so I feel like I'm getting a cooking break. ;-)
I like to make steel cut oatmeal in my mini crockpot (I make a small recipe so it would burn too much in the big one). I use 1 cup steel oats, 3 cups of water and 1.5 cups of milk. So yummy and easy!
I also like to make salsa chicken. I just throw in some chicken breasts and a jar of salsa.
Salsa chicken is one of my favorites!
Salsa Chicken is yummy!!!
3 chicken breasts
1 can black beans
1 can corn (or frozen corn)
1 jar salsa
(I also add a chopped onion, because we like onions)
Put chicken on the bottom, dump everything else on top. Cook on low 8 hours or so.
Shred with forks when it's done cooking.
We use this as a filling for burritos. I cook it all day, then when I get home, I make some fresh guacamole, and some Mexican rice. Then we make burritos with tortillas, the guac, fat free sour cream, 2% milk cheese, rice and the chicken mix.
H is notoriously picky and he loves this. It makes a TON of food. And it doesn't taste like salsa dumped over chicken. The idea of chicken tasting like salsa was not appealing to me - but the flavors of this come together so much better. It's an awesome burrito or taco filling.
Also, it makes a TON of food. we can eat it for two days after!