Yummy Italian Chicken Crockpot Dump

Sounds delicious, no? Haha, keep reading.

Remember that crockpot chicken salsa stuff I like to make? (the one where I get to put frozen chicken in the crockpot and cover it with salsa and corn and black beans and cream cheese? yummm), well this is like that... but Italian-ish. :)

I forgot to take a picture, but it was SOOOO good everyone had seconds! (We had 4 missionaries over too!) So it makes a lot. :)

- Just take your crockpot.

- Put some frozen chicken in. (I had 3 breasts and didn't want to use a lot of our meat, so it's all I put in)

- 2 cans cream of chicken soup

- 1 can cream of mushroom soup

- 2 cans diced tomatoes (maybe of the seasoned sort - like with basil, oregano, and garlic)

(go ahead, just dump them all in)

- Italian seasonings (stuff like crushed basil leaves, oregano, marjoram, thyme, etc... whatever is in that blend called "Italian Seasoning")

- Black pepper

- Maybe some other seasonings... like coriander... or cumin... or garlic salt.. you know, whatever you feel like dumping in.

- Maybe a cup of water, if you feel like it.

- A block of cream cheese (put it in in the beginning or save it for later.... either way. - I ended up doing half and half, actually. I wasn't sure how much cream cheese I wanted, but I ended up using the whole 8 oz)

- Turn that puppy on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6+ hours. Just cook it until that chicken is cooked through.

- Then shred the chicken with a couple forks and mix it all together. Let it sit another 30 min to an hour (or longer) so the chicken will absorb all the flavor.

- Serve it over rice.

YUM!!!!

SO easy, SO simple, and seriously, dump it in and let it sit. Cook your rice in a rice cooker and it's even less work! Man, I love food that cooks itself. :)

I've Been in a Kitchen Mood

I've wanted to cook and bake a lot recently. So here I am, posting a bunch of links to things I want to make.

I actually went to 365daysofcrockpot and put a bunch of her recipes in a word doc, but I didn't feeling like doing that right now with Our Best Bites recipes.

So here's the reminder for me... and the inspiration for you. :)

Reese's Bars (No Bake!) - yummmm I'm totally craving these RIGHT NOW.

Chipotle Chocolate Chili umm YES PLEASE!

Baked Potato Soup Right now I have a couple crock pot potato soup recipes I'm working with, so this is going to have to wait until I feel like being more "labor intensive", but it looks amazing!

BBQ Bacon Sliders This just looks gooood.

Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Peanut Butter Syrup {Chunky Monkey Pancakes!} The name was too long for me NOT to just copy/paste. :)

Pumpkin & Cream Cheese Whoopie Pies - holy yum! I've totally been a pumpkin kick this Fall - my pantry is stocked!

BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches I actually have a recipe from 365daysofcrockpot for BBQ pulled pork right now waiting to used this weekend. I think I will combine the two and see what glorious concoction happens. :)

Bacon-wrapped Cocktail Sausages Man this is so easy! And who doesn't love bacon?? Yumm....

Sweet Potato Fries with Honey-Lime Sauce Oh, heaven help me....

French Dip Sandwiches (a la Crockpot) I love French dip sandwiches.

Goodness me, I should just stop and pick a recipe on their site and start. It all looks SOOOOO good!

Easy Pumpkin Muffins These look like they're a lot like the cupcakes I just made the other day....

Stuffed Bleu Baked Potatoes

Crispy Shoestring Onions Good to know!!

Muddy Buddies My sis-in-law-in-law was craving these the other day

Sweet & Sour Meatballs yummmmmm

Okay, I really need to go eat some lunch before I eat my computer instead. Head on over to

Our Best Bites and fall in love for yourself!

And a special thanks to my friend, Jessica, for introducing me to this GLORIOUS website. I'm eating my fingers off right now!

Chicken Salsa Crockpot Goodness

I got this recipe from one of my friends, Brittany. I absolutely love it! And it is SOOOO incredibly easy that there are no excuses NOT to have it! (okay, if you don't have a crockpot, that's a good reason.... go borrow one :p)

-- 4-5 FROZEN boneless, skinless chicken breasts (isn't that great? FROZEN - you can use any part of the chicken you want, but boneless, skinless would be best)

-- 16 oz. jar of salsa (we prefer medium but you can use what you want)

-- 1 can drained black beans (here's a trick for you - drain what you can, then put some water in the can, shake a bit, drain, repeat until the water is pretty much clear... that'll be good enough - and you don't have to get a strainer or sieve out!)

-- 1 can drained corn

-- 1 8 oz. package of cream cheese

Put the frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot. Pour entire jar of salsa on top, then add the drained cans of black beans and corn. Cook in the crock pot on high for 4 hours (or on low for 8). 30 minutes before it's finished cooking, fork apart the chicken and put the cream cheese on top of the mixture. Let it soften, then mix everything together and ENJOY!

Helpful hint (for me, at least): take the chicken breast out to fork it apart. It's so much easier for me this way! I want it shredded pretty finely, so that's one more reason to take it out. Make sure you replace the lid while you're doing this. An unbelievable amount of heat is released when you take that lid off and slows the cooking process... at this point, you're just working to melt the cheese into the mixture, but you want all the heat you can get, right?) Put your chicken back in, put the cream cheese in there, let it sit for half an hour and then YUM!!!

We eat this with chips (like a salsa dip), on tortillas, or on rice. It's SO yummy! And it makes a lot so you can freeze it or have lots of leftovers/lunches! It's just as good when you reheat it in the microwave, too.