Crockpot Chicken

Hello everyone!
Are you ever looking for something YUMMY to eat that doesn't take a lot of time?! Give this a try! You can throw it in the crockpot before work and have a delicious meal when you get home :).
And it makes an excellent Gravy!


CROCKPOT CHICKEN

-3-4 chicken breasts
-2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
-1 Cup Chicken Broth
-Packet of Dried Onion Soup Mix (instead of the packet I mix my own and its delicious! I'll put that recipe at the bottom)
-Pepper

1-Mix together the soup, broth, and soup mix in a bowl. Place chicken in the crockpot and pour the mixture over the chicken. Salt and pepper to taste.
2-Cook on low 7-8 hours.

**Serve with Mashed Potatoes or stuffing!

DRY ONION SOUP MIX

-2/3 Cup Minced Onion
-3 teaspoons Parsley Flakes
-2 teaspoons Onion Powder
-2 teaspoons Turmeric
-1 teaspoon Celery Salt
-1 teaspoon Salt
-1 teaspoon Sugar
-1/2 teaspoon pepper

1-Mix everything together in a jar and store.
2-When ready to use: 4 Tablespoons in place of 1 packet

I need to get better at taking pictures while I cook to add to my posts!

Oven Baked Fries WITH Garlic Cheddar Dip

I honestly can't remember where I found this recipe, but it is YUMMMY! and The perfect football food!
Alright, Here we go!

Oven Baked Fries
-2 Potatoes, peeled and cut to 1/4 in. width (I use 3 potatoes and the recipe works perfectly)
-4.5 Tablespoons of Oil

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Toss cut potatoes in a bowl with the oil until they are all covered.
Place the fries (single layered) onto a rimmed baking sheet and put in the oven for 15-20 min. Take them out and flip and then bake for another 15-20 min...or until browned.

Garlic Cheddar Dip
-2 oz. Cream Cheese
-3 Cloves Garlic
-1/3 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
-1 teaspoon oil
-2 Tablespoons Milk (may need a little bit more)

Melt the Cream Cheese in a saucepan on the stove. Then add Garlic, Milk, Oil, and cheese and mix to desired consistancy. If too thick add more milk.

Easy and yummy!! Enjoy!

Italian Herb Bread

A couple days ago I decided to make Manicotti for supper..YUMM! And wanted to make a good homemade bread to go with it!

So I was looking through my BreadMaker's Cookbook and found this DELICIOUS recipe for Italian Bread! WITH an Italian Herb Butter!! I just HAD to try it! So here is the recipe!

I gathered all my ingredients together. There are a lot of different things in this bread, but thats what makes it good!

Added all of it into my BreadMaker

And here is the final product!!

RECIPE: Italian Herb Bread:Makes a 2lb. Loaf

*1 1/4 C. Water

*1 1/2 Tablespoons Vegetable oil

*1 teaspoon Salt

* 3 1/2 C. Bread Flour (I used Whole Wheat Flour)

*2 Tablespoons Sugar

*1 Tablespoon Dried Parsley

*1/4 C. Parmesan Cheese (I used Shredded, but you can use Grated as well)

*2 Teaspoons Dried Onion Flakes

*1/2 teaspoon Dried Basil

*1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

*2 Teaspoons Active Dry Yeast

1-Measure and Add Liquid Ingredients into bread maker

2-Then measure and add dry ingredients (except yeast)

3-use your finger to form a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients and add yeast into the hole. Make sure the yeast does not touch any liquid.

4-choose French Setting

5-And 2 lb. loaf setting

6-Then press start!

For the Italian Herb Butter

Mix:

*1/4 C. Butter-melted

*1/2 Teaspoon Italian Seasoning

*Salt to taste

We just dipped the bread into the butter, but you could also spread the butter onto the bread! Delicous!! We felt like we were dining in a Restaurant!

Enjoy!