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I love FAMILY and I want to bless your family! | Kids will love it CHILI |
| **Efficient Cooking: Brown up extra meat and Freeze Crock Pot or Stove Top |
| Ingredients: 1 pound browned ground meat 2 cans chili beans (use re-fried beans if you don’t have a blender) 1 can water 1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice or V-8 (here is another way to sneak in veggies) 1-2 tsp onion powder ½-1 tsp garlic powder Salt and pepper to taste Pasta of your choice (optional)
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| Crock Pot Directions: 1) Brown meat 2) Blend beans and 1 can of water in blender till smooth. Kids will love this chili because they won’t know that it has fiber and protein rich beans in it. The blending also reduces “bean affect”!!! If you don’t have a blender you can use refried beans instead. 3) Place all ingredients (except pasta) in crock pot. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours or on high 3-5 hours. 4) During last 45 minutes add pasta and cover and cook till pasta is tender.
Stove Top Directions: 1) Same as above 2) Place all ingredients (except pasta) in soup kettle. Cover and bring to boil on medium/low heat. 3) Once the chili has come to a boil add optional pasta. Simmer for 10 minutes or until pasta is tender.
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| Side Suggestions: Salad and cornbread. (cornbread mix is EASY, just follow directions on side of box)
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| So Simple Salsa Chicken |
| **Efficient Cooking: Freeze remaining chicken and sauce and label Crock Pot or Stove Top |
| Ingredients: 3-6 lbs boneless, skinless chicken *amount depends on number of servings you will need for this meal and for the “Fast Track” meal. (if frozen increase cooking time) 1 (16 ounce) jar your choice chunky salsa 1 can diced tomatoes with or without chilies 2 cups shredded cheese Opt: reduced fat sour cream
Rice (prepare according to package directions)
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| Crock Pot Directions: 1) Place chicken in crock pot. 2) Pour salsa and diced tomatoes over chicken 3) Cover and cook on Low 5-8 hours 4) Serve on rice and top individual servings with shredded cheese and sour cream
Stove Top directions: Same as above except simmer in skillet for 30 minutes till chicken is no longer pink in middle of thickest chicken breast.
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| Side Suggestions: Rice (brown is the best health choice), steamed vegetables, salad |
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| Fast Track: Use frozen cooked salsa chicken from wk 3 Crock Pot or Stove Top |
| Ingredients: 4 cups low-fat milk 2 (10 ¾ oz) cans reduced sodium cream of chicken soup 1 can reduced sodium chicken broth 3 cups fast track shredded cooked chicken 1 cup reduced fat ranch dressing 1-8 Tbsp. hot sauce, according to your desire for heat! Optional: 1 cup small pasta of your choice
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| Crock Pot directions: 1) Combine milk and soup and broth in slow cooker until smooth. 2) Stir in fast track meat 3) Cover and cook on low for 3 ½ - 5 hours. 4) 30 minutes before serving stir in optional pasta, ranch dressing and hot sauce. **start with a small amount of hot sauce and then add more till it is the heat you want.**
Stove Top: Same as above except mix and cook in large soup pot. Bring to boil on med/low heat and simmer for 15 minutes before adding pasta, ranch dressing hot sauce.
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| Side suggestions: dinner rolls, salad |
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| Chicken Lime Tacos |
| Crock Pot or Stove Top |
| Ingredients: 1 ½ lbs boneless skinless chicken (breast or thigh) ¼ cup lime juice (concentrate is fine) 1/2 pkt taco seasoning ½-1 tsp chili powder (optional) 1 cup frozen corn 1 cup chunky salsa 12 flour tortillas Optional Toppings: Shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, sour cream, salsa |
| Stove Top Directions: 1) In a sauce pan cover chicken with water and boil the chicken for 10 minutes. Remove from water and shred meat. 2) Combine chicken and remaining ingredients (not the optional toppings) in a skillet and simmer for 15 minutes on LOW. 3) Serve with tortillas and optional toppings. Crock Pot directions: 1) Place chicken, lime juice, chili powder and taco seasoning in crock pot. Cover and cook on LOW 5-8 hours or until chicken is tender. 2) Remove Chicken, cool slightly. Shred chicken meat and return to juices in the crock pot. Stir in corn and salsa. Cover and cook on HIGH 30 minutes until heated through. (OR you can use the stove and heat everything up in a skillet or put everything in a microwave safe dish and heat in the microwave) |
| Side suggestions: Optional toppings, salad, fruit |
| Chicken and Wild Rice Soup |
| Crock Pot or Stove Top |
| Ingredients: 1 lb boneless skinless chicken, cut into bite size pieces 3 cans chicken broth or 4 ½ cups water and chicken bouillon 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables ¾ cup wild rice ½- 1 tsp onion powder ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp ground sage Salt and pepper to taste Optional Ingredients: 1-2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms, ¾ cup sliced celery, ½ cup baby carrots cut into coin size pieces |
| Crock Pot Directions: 1) Combine all ingredients into crock pot. Cover and cook on LOW 6-9 hours or on HIGH 4-6 hours. Stove Top Directions: 1) Combine all ingredients in large soup pan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to LOW and simmer 20-30 minutes. |
| Side suggestions: Dinner rolls, salad |
Efficient Cooking: Life is busy! I have utilized what I call “Efficient Cooking” to save my sanity! I will do extra of something one night so that another night I don’t have to do it. For instance, the biggest way to utilize “Efficient Cooking” is when preparing meats. Browning hamburger is time consuming and messy. My solution is to brown a lot of hamburger one night and then freeze it in meal size quantities in freezer bags to use later. I can throw tacos on the table in no time using meat that is already browned from the freezer!
Fast Track Cooking: This is when I use what I prepared during “Efficient Cooking”. “Fast Track” cooking saves me tons of time and I can get supper on the table extra fast! Yeah!! Simply using what I prepared earlier to save me time now. I plan on using these meals on nights I need to get food on the table with even less cooking time.
| EASY Chicken Pot Pie |
| Oven |
| Ingredients: Fast Track shredded chicken (or 2 cups cooked chicken) 1 (16 oz) bag frozen mixed veggies or soup veggies that have potatoes in them, thawed and drained 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 cup all purpose baking mix 1 tsp onion powder ½ cup milk 1 egg 1 cup shredded cheese (optional) |
| Directions: 1) Thaw fast track chicken 2) Place frozen veggies in microwave safe bowl with some water and cook till defrosted and warm (but do not have to be completely cooked). DRAIN. 3) Pre heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 2 qt baking dish with non stick cooking spray. 4) Mix together the chicken, veggies and soup and pour into baking dish. Sprinkle on shredded cheese (optional) 5) Whisk together the remaining ingredients till smooth. Pour over chicken mixture. 6) Bake about 30 minutes till crust is golden brown. |
| Side Suggestions: salad, steamed veggies |