Chicken Cacciatore

Easy Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore
Found this on http://thecraftingchicks.com/.  Loved it!

Ingredients:

1-2 chicken breasts

1 packet of Spaghetti Sauce mix (I love the cheap brand the best!),

1- 8oz can of tomato sauce

olive oil

water

(You can double this if you have a larger family.  Or if you want more sauce, you can double everything but the chicken.)

Note: As a super simple alternative, just combine the chicken and some pre-made spaghetti sauce. 

Directions:

Spray your crock pot with a non-stick spray.  Combine the spaghetti sauce mix, the tomato sauce, 1 1/2 cans full of water, and about 2 tbls. of olive oil.  Stir together. 

Add your chicken.  Frozen chicken works great! Cook this on high for about 3-4 hours, or on low for 6-7 hours.   (I usually cook mine on high and it still turns out so moist and tasty.)

After about 3 hours, or when the chicken is cooked through, separate or pull the chicken.  This will help the flavors seep into more of the chicken making it super yummy.  After it is pulled, cook if for about 30 mins-1 hour longer.

Cook some spaghetti noodles (whole grain noodles are great with this recipe) and serve your Chicken Cacciatore over top.  You can sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top.  This is a yummy alternative to regular old spaghetti.

Cream Cheese Chicken

Ingredients:

Appx 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (more or less depending on what you'd like)
1 pkg of dry Italian Seasoning
1 stick of butter (I used half and that was plenty)
1 pkg of Cream Cheese (I use either the lowfat or the non-fat depending on what I have)
1 small can of Cream of Chicken Soup

Combine chicken breasts, Italian Seasoning and butter in your crock pot. Cook on low roughly 4-5 hours (High about 2 hrs)

In the last 30 minutes add the Cream Cheese and the Cream of Chicken Soup. Mix and continue cooking.

Serve with pasta of your choice. We have used angel hair and egg noodles. I hear this is also great stuffed into shells with stove top stuffing on the top along with some cheese.

This is the one recipe EVERYONE in my family continually loves! :)

Potato Soup with Ham and Cheese

Potato Soup with Ham & Cheese
(Slow-cooker Recipe)

Serves 6
Cook Time: 7-9 hours

6 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/2 cups ham, cooked and cubed
1 cup American cheese, shredded
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp. thyme

In slow cooker layer half each of the potatoes, onion, ham, and cheese; repeat layers. In small bowl combine soup, milk and thyme; pour over top of ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce temperature to low and cook for 6 to 8 hours or until potatoes are tender.