Chicken and Veggies

This recipe is for 4 people and because of that is easy to remember.

• 4 Carrots cut into bite size pieces
• 4 Potatoes cut into bite size pieces
• 4 Chicken Breasts
• 1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 Can (fill empty can) of Mayonnaise

Spray or grease crock pot well

Put veggies in bottom of pan

Put chicken on top of veggies

Mix soup and mayo together and pour over chicken

Cook on low 8 hours

Enchilada Casserole

This is an easy recipe that can have many variations.  You can make it with a protein source like meat (chicken or ground beef), beans, or you don't need to and can just do plain cheese.  Same with veggies, you can add them or not.

• Tortillas (flour or corn, we both buy and freeze these and we also make them fresh from stored masa or flour)
• Sauce (you can mix green chilis with cream of chicken and sour cream for chicken enchiladas or use canned red enchilada sauce for beef or cheese enchiladas - we like to mix ketchup into the red enchilada sauce to make it milder)
• Grated Cheese (we like to add a cream style cheese to the shredded Cheese - like cottage or ricotta)
• Protein (meat or beans or both) pre-cooked and seasoned
• Vegetables (corn, olives, onion, etc)

Spray or grease crock pot well

Place a layer of tortillas, usually two plus one ripped to fill gaps, on bottom of crock pot
Add a layer of sauce

Add a layer protein (I like to cook some vegetables, like onions, with the meat)

Add a layer of vegetables

Add a layer of Cheese

Repeat this up to three (3) layers

Finish with a layer of tortillas on top

Top with sauce and cheese

The easy way to remember is to put sauce on top of every layer of tortillas and put all the filling between tortilla layers.  You can also mix all the filling together if you want, that is what we do with cheese enchiladas: grated cheese, cottage cheese, and onions mixed together and packed between tortilla layers topped with sauce and the top tortilla layer has just grated cheese on top of the tortillas and sauce. 

Cook on low for 4-5 hours depending on how thick you have it.

Chicken and Rice

This is an easy recipe that has many variations.  You can add frozen or canned vegetables to this as well as a can of cream of chicken/mushroom soup, or even curry powder, for flavoring without having to change the ratios.

• 1 cup chicken cubed (raw or cooked, doesn't matter) or 1 large (12.5oz) or 2 small cans of canned chicken (if using canned chicken measure the liquid as part of the water for additional flaver).

• 1 cup uncooked rice

• 3 cups water (you can use chicken broth or add chicken bouillon to water for added flavor)

Spray or grease crock pot well
Place all ingredients in crock pot and stir up.
Cook on low 6 hours.

You can put this in the crock pot in the morning and have the kids turn it off when they come home from school.  If it goes longer it is not a big deal but sometimes the rice will overcook and disintegrate and become mushy - it still tastes fine just not as pleasing texture wise.