Chicken Spaghetti

So I have had lots of requests on Instagram to blog about this so here it goes.  I wish I would have taken a picture of each step but I forgot to! Sorry ladies! I did get this off of Pinterest but added the cream of mushroom soup to mine. 

Ingredients

boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used boneless skinless chicken tenderloins and cut in chunks)

1 can cream of mushroom

1 can cream of chicken

1 can of Rotel Red Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles

8 oz of Velvetta cut in chunks

Onion powder

Garlic Powder

1 tbsp margarine

8 oz of spaghetti noodles ( I think I used 16 oz)

Shredded cheese is optinoal

Heat oven to 350*

Melt butter in skillet.  Add chunks of chicken, onion powder and garlic powder.  I estimated on the amount of both seasonings.  Make sure the chicken is cooked all the way through with no pink! 

*I would cook spaghetti noodles as your cooking the chicken*

When chicken is cooked, add soups, Rotel, and chunks of Velvetta.  Heat on low until melted.  When noodles are finished cooking, drain but do not rinse. Put back into pot.  Add chicken mixture to noodles.

Stir together.  Place chicken spaghetti into a 9x13 pan.  I sprinkled mine with shredded cheddar cheese.  Bake until cheese is melted and bubbly.  Mine took 15 minutes.

Crockpot Chicken Fajitas

DJ absolutely loves chicken fajitas so I searched and searched Pinterest for a chicken fajitas recipe.  Here is what I came up with:  Crockpot Chicken Fajitas! via Pinterest

Ingredients:

chicken breasts or chicken tenderloins (I used both because I ran out of breasts)

peppers (I used, red, yellow, and green)

onion

lemon juice (recipe calls for lime but all I had was lemon)

chili powder

cumin powder

salt

1/2 chicken broth

*tortillas, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, hot sauce, salsa*

Not pictured are the peppers and onion

Cut up peppers and onions into strips and place in bottom of crockpot.

I will not do this step next time.  Next time I will only put the chicken in the crockpot with the seasonings and broth because we didn't like how soggy the peppers and onions became.  I will saute the peppers and onions right before we are ready to eat the fajitas.

After you have cut up the peppers and onions, place chicken breasts or tenderloins on top of peppers and onions.

Pour 1/2 cup broth on top of chicken.  I didn't measure the cumin powder, chili powder, or salt.  I just eyeballed it.  I know not a good cooking trait to have but that's what I do.  Sprinkle the seasonings and salt on top of the chicken.  Then squirt a little lemon juice on top of the chicken.  It should then look like this.

Cook on low for 8 hours.  When finished cooking I took out the chicken breasts and shredded them in a separate bowl.  I then ladled some of the juice from the crockpot onto the chicken.  My intentions were to shred the chicken and then place it back in the crockpot with the peppers and onions but it was very liquidy so I decided against that.

Serve with tortillas, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, hot sauce or whatever kinds of toppings you want!

ENJOY!

Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie

I absolutely love to use my slow cooker-crock pot whatever you want to call it.  I love the feeling that when you come home from work your food is already done.  Or like today I put our dinner in there this morning and was able to have our lazy Sunday with my sick baby boy.  Today/tonight I made Chicken and Dumplings.  Well that's what the recipe was called but I think of it more as a Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie. 

Ingredients:  5 frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into chunks

                     2 cans cream of chicken soup

                     1 can diced potatoes

                     1 bag frozen veggies(used Birds Eye brand-carrots, peas, green beans, & corn mixtures)

                     2 slices Velveeta-who knows if 2 slices even adds any flavor but that's how I made it :)

                     A little Season All

                     2 tbsp butter

                     2 cans cheap biscuits

Directions:  Put the first 7 ingredients in the crock pot.  I also add a can of water to make sure the chicken mixture is covered.  Cook on low 5-7 hours. 

Just put all ingredients into Crock Pot.

30 minutes before serving, tear apart raw biscuits and place on top of chicken mixture.  Place lid back on and cook until biscuits are done.  They will still have sort of a soggy look to them but they are finished.  Sometimes I even poke my finger in the middle of one to make sure its done. :) 

Biscuits torn apart on top--have not cooked them yet.

Finished product!

The husband isn't a fan of soggy biscuits so I also cook him some extra biscuits in the oven for him to eat with this delicious meal.

This recipe is so good, quick and easy!  My whole family loves it.