Lemon Artichoke Chicken

This is a great and quick crockpot recipe!  Perfect for a mid week meal!  Based on the website owners review, I had to try it and I would agree!  It was very good and we will definitely make it again!  The blog is all crockpot meals and she rates every recipe.  I will be exploring this one some more soon!

Lemon Artichoke Crockpot Chicken

Makes 4-6 servings

1 onion, diced

6 garlic cloves, minced

1 Tbsp canola or vegetable oil

1 Tbsp tomato paste

1 tsp ground thyme

2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and each one cut into 4 pieces

Salt and pepper

1 (14 oz) can artichoke hearts, chopped

2 Tbsp white wine vinegar

1 (13.75 oz) can cream of chicken soup

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

2 Tbsp lemon juice

2 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1 cup sliced white button mushrooms

Cornstarch

1.  Combine onion, garlic, oil, paste and thyme in a microwave safe bowl.  Microwave for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are soft.

2.  Place chicken in the slow cooker.  Season with salt and pepper.

3.  Add in the onion mixture and white wine vinegar.

4.  Cover and cook on LOW for about 4 hours.  

5.  Stir in the artichokes, cream of chicken soup, Parmesan, lemon juice, Dijon mustard and mushrooms.  Cover and cook on LOW for another 30 to 60 minutes.  If needed, you may thicken it with cornstarch.

6.  Serve over rice or noodles.

Review:

Yummy, flavorful and creamy deliciousness.  The onion/garlic/thyme mixture really worked to bring out the flavors.  The lemon and Dijon mustard added at the end was just enough to give a zippy taste.  I really enjoy artichokes and if I had another can on hand I would have added 2 cans.  I will be definitely making this one again.  My husband loved it too...no leftovers at all.  5 stars.

Skinny Crockpot Balsamic Chicken

made another new recipe...this one found from the girls at Skinny Crockpot!  I loved this recipe for 2 reasons: 1- it was delicious and easy and 2- I had everything on hand.  Cannot beat that!  It had such a nice flavor and came in at a nice 4 ww pts per serving!  We served ours with a side of rice and fresh veggies.  I will be making this one again!

Ingredients

• 4-6 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
• 2 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes (I used one plain can and one can of Rotel b/c that's what was in the cupboard!)
• 1 medium onion thinly sliced (Not chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp each: dried oregano,basil, and rosemary (I had no rosemary so left that out)
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• ground black pepper and salt to taste

Directions

1. Pour the olive oil on bottom of crock pot place in chicken breasts, salt and pepper each breast put sliced onion on top of chicken then put in all the dried herbs and garlic cloves pour in vinegar and top with tomatoes.
2. Cook on high 4 hours, serve over angel hair pasta or alone with side of rice.

Crockpot Tortilla Soup

My sweet friend Amy has just put on bed rest for pregnancy related complications...and what's a friend to do to help...but cook!  One of the best things someone brought to me while I was on leave with Markey was tortilla soup!  Was a refreshing meal and so tasty!

The crockpot was a great way to make this.  Seriously just DUMPED everything in the pot, and let it cook!  I did save a serving for myself to try, but Amy said she had it for dinner and lunch and it was delish!

Ingredients:
2 frozen chicken breasts
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can Rotel
3 TBSP tomato paste
1 c frozen corn
1 TBSP cumin
1 TBSP chili powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 medium onion, chopped
1 box low sodium chicken broth

I think that was about it. I cooked mine on low for about 6 hours.  About an hour before I was finished, I opened the crock to shred up the chicken and then let it continue to cook.  I brought it to Amy with a bag of shredded cheese, a bag of tortilla chip strips and 2 avocados!  I am so glad she enjoyed it and I look forward to trying to myself tomorrow for lunch! :)

Crockpot Lemon Chicken

So simple...you won't even believe that's it!  And I had all the ingredients on hand, which is always a bonus!  Found this one via Plain Chicken.  I calculated the points in ww recipe builder and came out to be 7 points per chicken breast.

Here's all you need:
chicken breasts (I used frozen this time...had 3 in the freezer so that's all I used)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 pkg Italian seasoning
2 TBSP butter

Throw it in the crock pot and let it cook on low for 6-8 hours.  You could easily throw some mushrooms or other veggie in here if you wanted to bulk it up.  As Plain Chicken mentions, if you want saucier, add a little more broth to it.

It was really good and oh so simple!  Had the house smelling yum all day long!  Enjoy!

Crockpot Chicken Sloppy Joes

Found this while pinning, was from a Better Home & Garden article.  Hubby thought it sounded like a great choice to eat while watching Cowboys football.  I liked it because it was extremely easy and fairly low in points.  Win win! (and the cowboys did win too!)

Here goes:
1lb ground chicken or turkey
14 oz can pizza sauce
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 bag frozen pepper medley with onions (thawed and chopped)

1) Brown the ground chicken or turkey
2) Dump all ingredients into the crock pot.
3) Stir and go!  6-8 hrs on low or 3-4 hrs on high.

I served ours on a low cal wheat bun for 3 points and a slice of lite provolone!  I put the meal (just the sloppy joe mixture, not the bun and cheese) into recipe builder and calculated it to be 6 servings for 4 ppts each!  YUM!  So, bun+cheese+joe=8ppts.

 I served with a side of baked sweet potato fries.  The ones in picture happen to be frozen ones...apparently the ones I had chopped up to make myself ended up either being cooked too high or too long and were burnt to a crisp when I got out from putting Mark to bed.  OOPS!

We have plenty left over too.  Am thinking it would be really good on a baked potato later in the week!

All about the crock

Going to post a couple of crock pot recipes that we have been enjoying as of late!

Mexican Crockpot Chicken
1 can black beans (Drained)
1 can corn(Drained)
1 can rotel
1 pkg taco seasonings
1 pkg chicken breastes
1 reduced fat cream cheese

Dump all ingredients except for cream cheese into the pot.  Set your timer for however many hours you want....8-10, etc.  About an hour before you are ready to eat, add a block of cream cheese.  That's it!  I love this one, it is so good and you dont even need a knife for the chicken.  If you have a fresh avacodo, top with a couple slices of that and serve with some spanish rice.  DELISH!

Kielbasa in the crock!

We had this at one of my PEO meetings and I loved it.  I am not a green bean or sausage kind of girl but this was good!  Hubby and the boys liked it too!

1 pkg kielbasa sausage
2 cans green beans
2 cans little potatoes (I am sure that's not the correct name but they are little white potatoes! new potatoes perhaps??)

Yep, that is it.  Throw it all in and cook for 8-10 hours.  If worried sausage may be too spicy for kiddos, throw a hot dog in there about 20 min before.  Seriously, this was good!

comfort crock pot

1 pkg chicken breast
cream of chicken soup
chicken broth
mixed veggies
potatoes
carrots
garlic, salt. 
YUM. 
sometimes I melt cheese on it too.


This is courtesy of my friend Sarah.  I haven't had a chance to try this one yet but my cousin Kelly did and they loved it.  It is next on the list!


I am telling you, you can put anything into the crock pot and it comes out yummy!

Crock Pot Chicken and Rice

Take 4 or 5 frozen chicken breasts and place them in the crock pot. Mix a medium size container of sour cream (ff or lite work fine!), can of cream of mushroom soup, and one package of onion soup dry mix. Pour over chicken and cook on high for about 5 hours then switch to warm or cook on low all day. YUMMY!


Serve with rice and a side of veggies...delicious and healthy comfort food!

Italian Crockpot chicken

1 pkg chicken breasts chopped into 1" strips
14.5 oz diced tomatoes, drained
jar of quartered artichoke hearts, drained
can of mushrooms, drained
2 Tbsp Dijon
1/4 c red wine (i used Cabernet)

Mix it all together and let it sit!  I put mine on a 1/2c rice and had steamed mixed veggies for the side!  So good!  Chicken in the crock is really tasty and shreds so easily, delish!!  It may not look pretty, but it tastes darn good!  Try it out...what do you think?