Crockpot Chicken Taco Chilli - Deeeeelish!

Here is a recipe from one of my FAVORITE Blogs! We made this for dinner tonight and everyone LOVED it!! 


"There is nothing like a lazy Sunday when you have a meal cooking all day in the crock pot and the aroma of food is in the air, or coming home from work on a weeknight and having dinner ready when you get home. I love my slow cooker and this chicken chili is a delicious, low point, high fiber meal. It's so easy to make and it is great over rice, with multi-grain chips, topped with low fat cheddar cheese or low fat sour cream. This makes a lot and it is even better the next day for lunch!"

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili
 Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 10 • Size: 1 1/4 cups • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 5 pts
Calories: 203.7 • Fat: 1.4 g • Carb: 33.3 g • Fiber: 10.0 g  • Protein: 16.9 g

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 16-oz can black beans
• 1 16-oz can kidney beans
• 1 8-oz can tomato sauce
• 10 oz package frozen corn kernels
• 2 14.5-oz cans diced tomatoes w/chilies
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 24 oz (3-4) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• chili peppers, chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Combine beans, onion, chili peppers, corn, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder and taco seasoning in a slow cooker. Place chicken on top and cover. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Top with fresh cilantro. Also try it with low fat cheese and sour cream (extra points).




6 hours was a little long for us today -- so to make the process a little quicker we boiled the chicken before hand and then added it to the crockpot! We served avacados (to garnish) and some quesadilla trianlges to add a little to the meal. So simple!! 

Easy Chicken Recipe

It kind of looks like this in the pan. Chicken is covered, and its a bit colorful depending on what you season it with.

Ok...Last night..had no idea what to do for dinner. didnt want to spend forever.. so i thawed some chicken. 3 breasts in case hubby wanted more then one. put it in a pan.1.).added some cream of chicken soup to it probably about a half of the small cans or a quarter of the larger ones, 2.)along with half a jar of alfredo sauce. 3.)Seasoned it of course because my husband is not a very plain eater. So i put some crushed red peppers, salt and pepper, and some garlic(fresh) ..but you can use really anything you want. Anyways, 4.)i topped it with cheese, and crushed up cracker crums- added to the top this Hawaiian spicy/sweet sauce(its amazing) but not required. just the original recipe itself will do fine, but if you are bored with it, then you make it fun in however way you like. for instance add a little bbq sauce on top, or salsa, or something. 5.)then, i threw it in the oven for about 40 min at 350 degrees(I did 400 to speed the process a little) ....6.)You serve this dish over rice and it was fantastic. Im not going to lie, when you take it out and serve it, it does not look pretty, but it smells yummy, and Husband and i BOTH LOVEDDDD it. You should try! its really good!

My Mom's BEST Chili Recipe

My mom always made this chili and it is AMAZING! I like to serve it with cornbread and cheese...and the best part is you can refrigerate the leftovers and it reheats really well! 

1 1/2 to 2 pounds extra lean ground beef ( you could use ground turkey, if you want. The lean ground turkey it is more flavorful and not as dry tasting.)
3 or 4 cans 15oz ea. of either pinto, black or white beans (I use all of these).
1 large onion chopped
3 large cloves of garlic crushed
1 can (15oz) of cut tomatoes juice reserved (I think that just means there is juice in the can still, no drained tomatoes)
1 can (6oz) tomato paste
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp. dried oregano leaves, crushed
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. pepper

crumble ground meat into slow cooker(do not cook first.) Rinse and add beans, then add chopped onion, and garlic.
In medium bowl, stir tomatoes with the juice, tomato paste, water and all remaining ingredients until blended. Stir into meat mixture, Scrape down sides of slow cooker if necessary.
Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
(It always tastes better on low for 8 hours, just sayin)

French Bread Pizza

ok..you all probably think i am cheezy, but no joke, my husband loved this meal so much i thought i would just share it because its easy and fun! :)

you will need... as many loaves of french bread as you will like. some sort of sauce. and desired toppings. and lots of CHEEEZE!! who would have thought pizza could be so easy??

one loaf is sufficient for us. we cut it in half and made our pizza's with what we wanted. pepperoni, and ham and pineapple. I just used spaghetti sauce as pizza sauce. and well.. you just broil the pizza for about 10-15 minutes. It is soo good! :)

and SOOOO easy. the fun part is.. well its cheap, and easy.. but you can get creative with the toppings. :) there you have dinner in about 10 minutes. We tried it for the first time last night and my husband is already looking forward to when we have it again he loved it so much. :)

Recipe for Happy Marriage

Ingredients:

4 cups of Love

2 cups of Loyalty

A dash of faith 

3 cups of Kindness

4 cups of Understanding 

1 cup of Friendship

5 spoons of Surprise

Passion (according to taste or touch hehe)

1 barrel of Laughter

A pinch of Forgiveness (no substitutions)

A dash of Thoughtfulness  (not optional)

Take love and loyalty, and mix it thoroughly with faith. Blend in kindness and understand. Add friendship and surprise, stirring well. Fold in passion alternating with an abundance of laughter. Bake with sunshine. Garnish with forgiveness and thoughtfulness. Serve daily with generous helpings. Enjoy!!

**This recipe serves 2 for a lifetime.**

French Toast Casserole

I made this for "breakfast for dinner" and it was really easy and tasted pretty yummy...I would suggest doubling the recipe if you have more than 2 people...or a husband who eats A LOT!

Ingredients

• 5 cups bread cubes
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup white sugar, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8x8 inch baking pan.
Line bottom of pan with bread cubes. 

2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and vanilla. pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with margarine; let stand for 10 minutes.

3. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the top. Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden.

Easy Cheap, Cheating, Peach Cobbler

yep... Exactly what the title says!!

All you will need, is 1 box white or yellow cake mix
1 can of peaches, or fresh cut peaches, its up to you!

You can do this two ways...

1. you can make the actual cake mix. and put down a bottom layer of cake mix, add the peaches in the middle. and then do a top layer of cake mix. ... If you make the cake mix, it will create a more cake like effect for the kobbler. It is good!

If you wish for it to crumble like the peack kobbler we all know, then dont make the cake mix. Leave it dry. yes, easy, simple. DRY unmade cake mix. Do a bottom layer, add peaches, and then do a top layer. Add..chunks of butter on the top layer to create the crunchy, crumble, browning layer effect. :) and just like that you are done.

i would say bake at 350-400 degrees until top is gold brown. :)(probably 25 or so minutes) .. just watch it close!