Creamy Crock Pot Chicken and Potatoes

 Recipe from Pocket Full of Posies: Perfect Pocket Meal Planning.

Ingredients

• 3 frozen chicken breasts
• 2 lbs. red potatoes, chopped (I used regular potatoes)
• 1/2 lb. small baby carrots (I just put in an amount that looked good)
• 1 large onion, cut into eighths (I use sweet onion)
• 2 C chicken broth
• 1 C sour cream
• 3 TBSP. flour
• 1-2 TBSP. Nature's Seasons seasoning. (I used m favorite Omaha Steaks seasoning)

Directions:

1. In crock pot stir together all ingredients EXCEPT sour cream and flour.
2. Cook on low 10-12 hours or high 4-6 hours until chicken is tender.
3. In small bowl stir together sour cream and flour.
4. Stir into chicken mixture.
5. Continue cooking, stir occassionally, until thickened 5-6 minutes.
6. Season with Nature's Seasons.

My husband really liked this one; he's a little bit of a picky eater so that's impressive then. For me it was a little bland so I just seasoned my own more.

Crock Pot Chicken

Recipe from Pocket Full of Posies: Perfect Pocket Meal Planning.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. chicken breast
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 3 TBSP. butter
• 4 TBSP. dry onion (I've used onion powder or those Lipton Onion soup packets)
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 pkg. dry Italian dressing mix (I've used Italian seasoning or my favorite Omaha Steaks seasoning)
• 1-2 C. milk
• 1 bag cooked egg noodles

Directions

1. Salt and Pepper chicken and place in crock pot.
2. Add remian ingredients except milk and noodles. Cook low for 5-6 hours.
3. Add milk with 30 minutes remaining.
4. Shred chicken and mix together.
5. Serve over noodles. (I used fettuccine noodles)

Pretty tasty, but boring in presentation - no color. Maybe serve with colorful mixed vegetables.

Pot Roast Slow Cooker

I took this recipe from some other site....I think Crockpot Dinners, but altered it....so here's what I did. I loved it and will definitely make again! First time I made one that turned out well!


Ingredients

• 1 large onion, diced
• 1-2 cup baby carrots
  
• 1 rib celery, sliced 1/4 inch thick
• 3-4 potatoes cut in chunks (I didn't peel mine because I was too lazy)
  
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 boneless chuck roast (about 3 pounds) (at Broulims and Albertsons any of the meats that says Pot Roast on them work)
  
• 1 teaspoon olive oil plus 2 tablespoons
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 can beef broth (I only had one so I used a can of chicken broth as well)
  
• 1 can of water ( I used the beef broth can)
  

Directions

1. In 5- to 5 1/2-quart slow cooker, layer onion, carrots, potatoes, celery and garlic. Rub the roast all over with the 1 teaspoon olive oil; season the roast with the salt and pepper. Place the chuck roast on top.

2. Add in broth and water. (Again I added extra liquid because my slow cooker tends to get dry and crusty on the edges when there's not enough liquid. It turns into more of a soup than a stew though)

3. Cover slow cooker; cook on high heat for 6 hours.

"Hawaiian" Chicken Slow Cooker

I kinda made this recipe up. It tasted pretty good, reminded me of Hawaiian Haystacks a little.


2 chicken breasts (whole)
10 oz orange marmalade jam (mango or apricot would work too)
1 sweet potato (round slices)
4 pieces of pineapple or 1 can pineapple (chunks)
1 small sweet onion
3 TBSP soy sauce
1/4 jar of sweet and sour
1-2 Cup water


Throw everything together in a slow cooker. I cooked on the 8 hour setting, but it was really done in 4 hours. I add water because in my slow cooker if there's not enough liquid, everything sticks and gets dry on the edges.