So EASY but SO DELICIOUS

Crock Pot Cream Cheese Chicken Chile

Source: Rita's Recipes

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts, still frozen
• 1 can Rotel tomatoes
• 1 can corn kernels, do not drain
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 pkg. Ranch dressing mix
• 1 T cumin
• 1 t chili powder
• 1 t onion powder
• 1 8-oz pkg. cream cheese

Directions:

1. Put the chicken in the crock pot.
2. Top with the tomatoes, corn, the drained and rinsed beans, ranch dressing, cumin, onion and chili powders. Stir to combine then top with the cream cheese.
3. Cook on low for 6-8 hours, stirring one or twice to blend in the cheese.
4. Shred the chicken into large pieces and serve over rice.
5. Can also serve in tortillas or taco shells or as a dip.

This is an amazing comfort food!

Roast Beef and Gravy
source: Lisa Hawks
Ingredients:

• Roast
• 2 T butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 celery sticks, chopped
•  1/2 tsp. thyme
• 1 t. parsley
• 1/2 tsp. peppercorn
• 2 c. beef broth
• 1-2 c baby carrots

gravy

• 3-4 c beef broth
• 4 T flour
• 4 T water
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Heat oven or crock pot to 325 degrees. Put butter in pan. Brown the roast on all sides. Put in a roasting pan or crock pot.
2.  Put celery and onion in pan you browned the beef in. Add more butter if you need it.
3. Add thyme, parsley, and peppercorn. Stir together well. Put on top of roast.
4. Pour beef broth into pan and scrap up bits of beef and seasoning. Pour over the roast. Cover.
5. Cook for 2 hours. Check on the roast occasionally, spoon juices over the top to keep roast from drying out. 
6. After 2 hours pull out the roast and shred it. Strain the juice over the roasting pan or crock pot to get out the peppercorns and veggies.
7. Put the roast back in the pan with the juices. Let it cook for another 45 minutes. Throw in baby carrots and cook for another 45 minutes.
8. Take out the roast and baby carrots.

gravy

1. Add the beef broth for the gravy to the juices left in the crock pot/roasting pan.
2. Mix the flour and water together and add to beef broth. Cook and stir until thickened. Add salt and pepper as needed.

Great For Sunday Night Dinner!

This recipe was inspired by Megan. She said that she likes to throw a couple chicken breasts, package of cream cheese and some italian seasoning in her crock-pot and cook it on low for several hours. You could totally make that and love it! But of course Russ decided to embellish it a little bit :) This is our version... Everything on here is optional! You can choose which flavours to add and which to omit!

Creamy Crock-Pot Chicken

Inspiration: Megan Schmidt
Ingredients:

• 2 Chicken breasts
• 1 package of cream cheese
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1/2 Anaheim pepper, chopped
• handful mushrooms, chopped
• 1/2 c. pine nuts
• 1/2 c milk
• 1 packet Italian Dressing Mix
• seasoned salt
• pepper
• fresh basil

Directions:

1. Put everything in the crockpot on low-heat and allow to cook for 4-5 hours. 
2. Serve with pasta or rice!