Quick and Easy Dinners

Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer has asked us to post 5 ingredients or less recipes this week for Works for Me Wednesday. Some of my favorite quick and easy recipes are crockpot recipes.  The only time I come home to the smell of a home cooked meal is when I cook a crock pot meal.  My favorites are the kind when you dump and pour cans into the crock pot.  I have also found that if you use frozen chicken breasts, they come out incredibly tender.

These meals are served at least once a month at our house and are great for days when I know we will have a crazy afternoon and I want dinner quickly.  And best yet, it doesn't take much time in the morning to get it ready.  When my son was a new born his fussy time of day was always right before dinner.  He slept really well in the morning, so crock pot meals worked for me b/c I could make dinner during his sleepy time and then when he was fussy, I didn't have to stress about making dinner.

Fiesta Chicken:

• Put frozen chicken breasts into crock pot add one jar of salsa and simmer on low for 8 hrs.

• Serve chicken and salsa over rice and sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top.

Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup

Put 2 frozen chicken breasts into crock pot

Add:

• one can of diced tomatos with jalepenos


• one can of black beans


• 2 cans of cream of chicken soup


• one cup of water

Simmer on low for 8 hrs or more or high for 6 hours

Serve with crushed tortilla chips in bowl and sour cream.

Chicken and Dumplings

• Put frozen chicken breasts into crock pot

• Add 2 cans of chicken broth

• Simmer on low for 8 hrs or high for 6 hrs

• Then mix Bisquick and milk to make dumplings and follow recipe on Bisquick box (allow 20 min to cook dumplings)

Hope you enjoy these recipes!!!  For more quick and easy recipes using 5 ingredients or less, be sure to check out Rocks in My Dryer.