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My food matches my thai iced tea with boba drink!

This is the lovely crockpot we got from my DB’s sister. I’m slowly learning how much of a lifesaver this thing really is.

How it looks before adding the sour cream.

Oh, the beauty of leaving all your items in a pot and walking away for the rest of the day. It’s glorious. This is a pretty basic recipe and a great starter for your crockpot. The results are delicious. The taco seasoning is the star of this dish, so don’t you dare omit it!

I went for a run the other day and oh boy, I have a lot to work on. I do admit that I’m not the world’s biggest fan of running. I don’t understand how people can run 10-15 miles a time like it’s nothing. I run two miles and I’m beat (and ecstatic that I even ran that much in the first place). I’d much rather be active playing sports, games, or running around playing with kids.

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Salsa Chicken in a Crockpot
Click here for a printable recipe

Ingredients

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can cream of mushroom
1 cup salsa
1 package taco seasoning
3/4 cup sour cream

Directions:

Pour in the can of black beans so that it’s touching the bottom of the pot.
Put the chicken, cream of mushroom, and salsa in the pot. Sprinkle taco seasoning on top.
Cook on low for 6 hours.
Pull the chicken out after 5 hours, shred, and return back into the pot for the last hour.
Stir in sour cream right before serving.

Does that even look appetizing? I promise that it was. I figured out that baking is much more convenient than cooking for a blog because by the time dinner’s done, there’s no light out to take decent pictures. With baking, I can take pictures right away if I bake in the morning or wait until the next day for the sun to come around again.

At first, the sauce looks like it won’t thicken once you add it in, but it will with time. Just keep the heat on medium and stir until it all comes together.

My DB ate this, not knowing that it was made with cream of mushroom.. another success (minus the fact he ate around all the green beans)!

2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1/2-3/4 cup of milk, depending on how thick of a sauce you want
a handful and a half of frozen green beans (like my measurement there?)
salt and pepper to taste

Thoroughly cook your chicken and shred (I just boiled it since it’s pretty low maintenance).
Put your cooked chicken in a pan over medium heat with the cream of mushroom, milk, salt, and pepper.
Let the sauce thicken, making sure to stir every now and then.
Add in the green beans and cook for an additional five minutes. Keep stirring!
Serve over rice.

P.S. Writing directions for cooking is completely different from baking directions. I’m working on it.

Salsa Chicken in a Crockpot

Chicken, Green Beans & Rice

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