Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Salsa Chicken #1

Easy recipe that was a big hit before.  Really easy to make and transform into different things for leftovers!

Salsa Chicken #1

Ingredients:
  • 4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 Cup of Salsa
  • 1 Package of Reduced sodium taco seasoning
  • 1 Can of Reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (condensed)
  • 1/2 Cup of Reduced fat sour cream
 Directions:
  1. Add chicken to slow cooker.
  2. Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.
  3. Pour salsa and soup over chicken.
  4. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
  5. Remove from heat, shred the chicken and stir in sour cream.
 Review:
 Tried this recipe once before and it was a hit with the family! The chicken is really tender and the    salsa/sour cream sauce was really tasty. Tonight we had it with brown rice and mixed veggies.  Tomorrow we might get some tortillas, cheese, and other fixings and make tacos and have beans on the side!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Parmesan Chicken

I decided to try this recipe because I had about 6 frozen chicken breasts in the deep freeze that i defrosted in the microwave this morning!

Once again I forgot to take pics when I am making the recipe! Must remember to do next time!


Parmesan Chicken-

Ingredients:

1 packet onion soup mix
1 cup uncooked white rice
2 cups of Parmesan cheese, grated and divided
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
6 tablespoons of butter
salt and pepper, to taste
 * I decided to double the soup mix, rice, parm cheese, milk, and soup 


Directions:  
1. Mix together onion soup mix, rice, 2 cups Parmesan cheese, milk, and soup in a medium bowl.
2. Spray the slow cooker with cooking spray (if you have a non-stick insert, you can skip this).
3. Lay chicken breasts on the bottom (don't worry if you have to overlap them) and place 1 tablespoon butter on each chicken breast.
4. Pour the soup mixture over the chicken.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or on HIGH for 4 to 6 hours.
 *My chicken was still slightly frozen so I cooked on LOW for 9 hours and it was done!


Review: 
This recipe was really good! It got a rave review from the husband and Grace really seemed to enjoy it.  We served it with some steamed broccoli and Grace also had apple sauce with it.  It was a bit on the saltier side because of the soup mix and soup itself but I am glad that I did decide to double the soup mix, rice, parm cheese, milk, and soup  It is defiantly something that I will make again!  It was enjoyed by all of us!

Plenty of leftovers for tomorrow night!!