Crockpot Chicken and Salsa

Coming up with ideas for dinner is not my favorite thing to do.  Somehow though, having a helper makes the preparation of dinner easier!  My two year old LOVES to cook dinner with me.  He knows when I get home from work its our time in the kitchen.  Just this past week we made pizza bagels with mini pepperoni and I let him put the cheese and pepperoni on.  He is really good about keeping it on the pan too!

One of the homemade gifts this year was his own Apron.  He loved it when he opened it, but in this picture I asked him to wear it so I could take a picture, but he wouldn't smile-- Toy Story was on! 

Easy Crockpot Chicken and Salsa

3-4 Chicken Breasts 

1 jar of your favorite salsa (I used Pace medium shown here)

1 can of corn (optional)

Cook in the crockpot on low for 6-8 hours.  Chicken will be shreddable and excellent as Arroz con Pollo (chicken and rice), tacos, with toppings like cheese and sour cream, on nachos, etc. 

  This recipe is great because you can vary the taste depending on the salsa use. Green Salsa, Black Bean Salsa, Raspberry Chipotle, etc.   You could use instead of salsa, a can or two of Rotel.

Sadly I didn't have time to make beans, so we used Refried beans from our food storage.  

Delicious Penne with Creamy Tomato Sauce

What awesomeness can you make with these few ingredients?

Yeah, its this:

mmmm

My husbands friend is a manager at Jerry's Famous Deli so we enjoy going there often. Recently, I only order the same thing. The Penne with Creamy Tomato Sauce.  I wanted to try making it at home. How hard could it be right?  Here's what you'll need. *you can half this recipe*

2 bags of Penne

2 jars of Traditional Prego

1 pint of Heavy Whipping Cream

1 1/2 - 2 Parmesan Cheese

Cook up the pasta.  Heat up the Prego sauce. Add the cream and the cheese and mix well. Heat up and mix together with cooked Penne. Enjoy!

White Chili

Vernita’s Delicious White Chili








1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast cooked and shredded



1 medium onion chopped



1 ½ tsp garlic powder



2 cans northern white beans rinsed and drained



1 can chicken broth



2 cans (4 oz each) chopped green chilies



1 tsp salt



1 tsp ground cumin



1 tsp oregano



½ tsp black pepper



¼ tsp cayenne pepper







Bring to a boil, and then simmer uncovered 30 minutes







Right before serving add:



1 cup sour cream



½ cup whipping cream (or ½ cup canned milk)

Wanna Be Skinny Mama

My Cousin Aly has a really cool blog I wanted to blog about. Wanna Be Skinny Mama is all about new and creative recipes to help us stay healthy! She recently bought a wheat grinder and so she has these fantastic Whole Wheat recipes! Check it out.

Have a wonderful blogging day!