Crock Pot Broccoli and Cheese Soup

It is a cold, snowy winter this season. New Jersey has never seen this much snow in one winter. In fact this is the 3rd blizzard we've had in 3 months. So while I was snowed in today I decided to make some broccoli and cheese soup. It was so easy! Next time I think I'm going to add some shredded carrots in too.

• 3 cans cheddar cheese condensed soup




• 3 cans fat free evaporated milk




• 1 tablespoon onion powder




• 2 tablespoons Mrs. dash original seasoning




• 1 teaspoon black pepper




• 1 teaspoon garlic powder




• 1 teaspoon paprika




• 32 oz frozen broccoli




• shredded sharp cheddar for topping after soup is cooked

Add all ingredients in the crock pot, except the shredded cheddar. Mix and cook on low for about 5-6 hours. About a half an hour before you want to eat it, take half the soup, put it in the blender and blend until the broccoli is liquidy and then dump it back in crock pot, this makes it creamier. Or you can use an immersion blender in the crock pot. Top with shredded cheese. This makes about 5 servings. Enjoy!

Crock Pot Green Chicken Chili

This is soo awesome. I LOVE this dish, and so does my whole family. I invented this one night when I had some odd ingredients in my house. The inspiration was from chicken chimichungas I used to eat pre-op that were amazing.

• 1lb thin sliced, boneless, skinless chicken breast, or tender pieces



• 1-2 jars salsa Verde (green tomaillo salsa) (depends on how liquidy you want it)



• 1 can canellini beans, drained



• 1 box frozen corn



• 1 teaspoon chili powder



• 1 teaspoon garlic powder



• a few sprigs fresh cilantro (optional)



• cheddar and sour cream for garnish



• salt and pepper

In a large skillet brown salted and peppered chicken until cooked through. Cut into bite sized pieces and add to crock pot set on low. Add in the salsa, beans, corn chili and garlic powder and cilantro. Cook on low for 6 hours, or on high for 3. This is amazing. A good fresh summer dish that requires little cooking.

Super Sloppy Turkey Joes

So I never really liked sloppy joes all too much. My mom used to make them with the manwich sauce (ew). But suddenly I got a craving for a tangy,yummy sloppy joe, but I did not want to use the canned sauce. So I took a few ingredients from some sloppy joe recipes online, and added my own ingredients, modified some and we have some super delicious sloppy joes for the crock pot!

• 2 lbs ground turkey


• 1 medium onion (chopped)


• 1 teaspoon garlic powder


• 1 1/4 cup ketchup


• 1 bell pepper, any color (chopped)


• 5 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce


• 1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar


• 3 Tablespoons red wine vinegar


• 3 Tablespoons yellow mustard


• 2 teaspoons chili powder


• ground black pepper


• wheat buns, wheat tortillas or whole wheat bread (to put them on) Or the meat is truly good enough by itself.

Usually a crock pot recipe will tell you to brown the meat before adding so you can drain the fat, but turkey has barley any excess fat. And I am lazy. I put the turkey in raw, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Then add all the ingredients, except the buns of course, and mix up thoroughly. Cook on high for 4-5 hours, on low for 6-8 hours. I stirred mine every couple of hours, but you don't have to. These are soooo good.

And yes I am aware I was eating my sloppy joe on a regular bun. Don't tar and feather me, I barley everrrr eat bread, but occasionally I let myself.

Crock Pot Summer Chicken and Veggies

I'm on a chicken kick recently. I think it's because for so long I had issues with chicken, but now I know how to cook it well so it goes down just fine, and its been on sale a lot recently LOL. You can really experiment a lot with the recipe because it's so easy and versatile.

• 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (I used breast tenders)



• 1 large green squash-cut in large chunks (or zucchini, which I prefer, but there were none at the market that day)



• 1 large white or yellow onion-cut in large pieces



• 1 lb carrots-cut in bite sized pieces, I used baby carrots



• 1 bottle of zesty Italian dressing



• Parmesan cheese



• salt and pepper

Add all the chopped veggies on the bottom of the crock pot. Pour half the dressing on top of the veggies, add some salt, pepper and parm cheese and mix. Place the raw chicken breasts on top of the veggies, pour the remaining dressing on top of the chicken, add parm cheese on top. Turn crock pot on low for 3-4 hours, or on high for about 2 hours.