Chicken and Rice! Yum!

I was lazy these last few days.... Instead of planning meals while we at leftovers from our last few big meals I hung out with my kids... *L*

So this is what I had in my pantry.... And it turned out wonderfully! My kids even asked for seconds!

CROCKPOT!

Ingredients:

4 large Chicken Breasts (I had four small ones, anything will do really)

2 cans Cream of Chicken

1 can of Cream of Celery

1/2 Cup diced Celery

1 Stalk diced Celery (can you tell I forgot this part and added it in afterwards?)

2 Cups Minute Rice

Directions:

Mix rice and soup* and 1/2 Cup. Celery in crockpot. Place Chicken on top of mixture and sprinkle he rest of the Celery on them.

Cook on Low for 3-4 Hours or High for 2-3 Hours.

Serves 4 (add more rice, can of soup and extra chicken to make more servings!)

*Can use ANY cream soup. IE: Mushroom

Sorry all, this is the leftovers a few days later!

Excellent Dessert!

Last year while on a trip visiting family I came across a book called '101 Things To Do With A Slow Cooker'....

The recipes in the book are excellent... I did notice that there is a wide range of serving choices from 2-4 right up to 8-10. And since I like to cook WAY too much food (and am working on remembering to freeze the extra portion), the higher the serving quantity the better!

Enjoy!

CROCKPOT!

Easy Granola Apple Crisp

Ingredients
2 cans (21 ounces each) Apple Pie Filling
2 1/2 Cups Granola Cereal
1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon (or more if you like the flavor)
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Melted Butter or Margarine

Directions
Grease 3-4.5 quart slow cooker.

Place pie filling on bottom of slow cooker.

In the order listed above, sprinkle the rest of the ingredients over the pie filling.

Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours.

Makes 6-8 servings.

** Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping!

Yummy Dinner/Lunch Idea!

Ages ago (years actually) I bought a book called 'Getting Ya Through The Summer - Cooking for the Rushed'.... At the time I thought I would use it non-stop... It's a wonderful book broken down into sections and week schedules. It also includes each weeks shopping list to make things easier for you.... And the meals are quick!

WELL.... *L* It hasn't been used until today! Wish me luck!

** This is a TIME SAVER recipe! **

Vegetable Tortellini Soup with Whole Wheat Crackers

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Crockpot!!

Ingredients

1 Onion

1 lrg stalk of celery

1 lrg tetrapack chicken broth (30 oz or 900 mL)

1 jar Catelli Garden Select pasta sauce Country Mushroom (24.5 oz or 700 mL)

2 tsp prepared garlic

2 tsp Mrs. Dash Italian Seasoning

2 Cups frozen mixed veggies (I used 1 cup peas, 1 cup corn and few good handfuls of French Cut Carrots)

1 Cup water

4-5 Cups fresh Cheese Tortellini

Whole Wheat Crackers

*For some more kick to the meal add 1 tsp chili flakes

Directions

Night Before:

Chop Onions an Celery (finely) and place in the crockpot as you go.

Add to crockpot in this order: Chicken Broth, Pasta Sauce, Garlic, Spice, Veggies and water.

Stir together and store overnight in the fridge.

Chilling in the fridge overnight!

Morning:

Put crockpot together (if you have one with a pull out center that was in the fridge) and set for low heat (6-8 hrs)!

On low heat!

When you get home:

Add tortellini to the pot and set timer for 15 minutes.

15 minutes later!

*Can sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top for that extra touch!

Looks good!

Serve with whole wheat crackers (or whatever else of your choice - I'm offering Multigrain Wheat Thins and Mini Italian Breadsticks) and enjoy!

A teacup is a great way to give everyone a portion of crackers and breadsticks!

Serves 4-6