Recipe: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken & Rice

Get ready...this is easy and delicious.  FOUR ingredients.  Yep, yep!

Ready?  Here goes: < This recipe serves two >

1 block of cream cheese - softened/thawed so it can be mixed with other ingredients
1 packet of dry Italian dressing seasoning
1 can of Cream of Chicken soup
2-3 Chicken breasts (I used what you see below since I don't like to handle the chicken raw)
2-4 servings of rice

Add everything except chicken.  Mix well.  If your cream cheese isn't sofe enough, put slow cooker on low for 15-20 minutes and then mix everything together.

Add chicken on top.  Cook high 4-6 hours or low 6-8 hours

Prepare rice just before serving.  We used white rice.  You can flavor your rice to your taste.

Slow Cooker: 5 ingredient Chicken Tortilla Soup

This is as easy as it gets! 5 ingredients.  About 5-6 hours...makes enough for 4-6 people.

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)

1 packet of taco seasoning

1 jar of salsa 

1 can of black beans (add to taste)

1 32oz chicken broth

Prep: (Less than 5 minutes)
Spray no-stick spray for easier cleanup
Place chicken breasts along the bottom of the cooker
Sprinkle taco seasoning over the chicken
Pour in jar of salsa
Drain black beans and pour in.  (I used the flavor above and poured in without draining)
Pour in chicken broth.

Cover - Cook on high for 5-6 hours, depending on your cooker.
Remove 30 minutes before, shred chicken and pour back in.

Alternatives: I wish I added corn to mine.  I thought about it at the store but forgot to add once I got home.  My husband added a little shredded cheese to his and enjoyed it.

Recipe: Overnight Breakfast Casserole (no morning cooking)

Disclosure:  These pictures are terrible.  The dish is so delish and these pictures do NOTHING to back up my claims.  :)  I LOVE recipes like this because you can add nearly anything you'd like.  It's one of those great dishes that you can throw together with what you have around the house.

I used:

30 oz frozen hash browns

Two - 8 oz. packets of diced ham from the meat department

Two cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese 

Diced green pepper

12 eggs

One cup of milk

Salt and pepper to taste

We have a 4-quart slow cooker and I put it on low for 8 hours.  

Add hash browns to the slow cooker, add diced ham, veggies, add two cups of cheese.  Mix 12 eggs plus one cup of milk and salt/pepper to taste and pour over mix.  Fold in and start slow cooker.

Recipe variations: Sausage, veggie variety, cheese variety of your choice.  My husband and niece woke up before me and it was perfect to wake up to breakfast ready to roll.  No cooking AT ALL!  They loved it and so did I.  Enjoy!