Wednesday 18 April 2012

Chicken and Dressing

Ingredients:

1 Package of boneless chicken...chopped
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Box Stove Top Stuffing
1/2 and onion chopped
2 Cans Chicken Broth
Salt & Pepper to taste

Directions:

-   Cook chicken and onions in a fry pan....season the meat
-   Mix everything alse in....and then you can freeze this!
-   When ready to use, throw into the slow cooker for about 3-4 hours.

Crock Pot Taco Bake

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef
1/2 an onion chopped
1 package taco seasoning
2 1/2 C dry macaroni noodles
1 C (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes
1 1/2 C of water
1 8oz package of shredded cheese

Directions:

-   Brown ground beef and onion
-   Combine beef mixture with the rest of the ingredients ... EXCEPT for the cheese, and freeze!
-   Place frozen mixture into slow cooker.
-   Cook on low for 5 hours
-   Minutes prior to serving, and cheese and stir.

**  We topped ours off with crushed corn chips, and think that the next time, we will even add a dallop of light sour cream!  YUMMY!!!!  :)

Crock Pot Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients:

2 lbs of hamburger
1 chopped yellow onion
2 cans Cream of Celery soup
1 C green beans
1 C corn  (again, we used mixed frozen veggies)
6 C mashed potatoes
2 C grated cheddar cheese

Directions:

-  Brown hamburger and onion
-  Combine meat mixture, veggies and soup together
-  **  At this point, we freeze the mixture for later use!  :)
-   Place mixture in crock pot
-   Place mashed potatoes on the top.  (We used instant potatoes for simplicity's sake!)
-   Cover the top with cheese
-   Cook on low for about 6 hours
-   Remove the cover for the last 30 minutes or so to allow the extra liquid to evaporate from around the edges.

Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:

1/3 C butter
1/3 C flour
1/2 C chopped onion
1 3/4 C chicken broth
2/3 C milk
3 C chopped chicken
1 C peas
1 C carrots
1 refrigerated ready to use pie crust!
salt & pepper to taste

**  NOTE:  For veggies, we used a bag of frozen mixed veggies, so we also had green beans and corn.  :)

Directions:

-   In sauce pan, heat butter and onion
-   Stir until butter is melted, and add flour
-   Stir until mixed well
-   Add milk and chicken broth and stir well
-   Add peas, carrots and chicken
-   (At this point, we freeze this mixture to be used when needed.)
-   Cook on low for 6 hours
-   For last hour to hour and a half of cooking, lay the pie crust in a single layer on top
-   Enjoy!  :)