White Chili Chicken - Quick and easy!

This is the first week in a while I've actually felt well enough to cook (and eat what we cook).  Monday night we had crock pot beef tips,  corn and mashed potatoes.  Last night we turned to a recipe we discovered last year and had forgotten about!  Anyone else ever do that?  At one point, I was trying to make a spreadsheet of all the possible meal options but then gave up on it at some point.  I really should finish it though, it would be a handy reference tool and a good way to have variety in meals.

Alas, I wanted to share a quick, easy dinner with you.

Literally all you have to do is follow the step by step instructions on the back of the seasoning packet and dinner is made!  It is really spicy so be warned.  The only things you need to purchase are chicken, white beans and the seasoning packet (I use McCormicks).  Enjoy!

Recipe Share - Crock Pot Beef Tips

My obsession with our Crock Pot continues!  Where has this been all my life?!  I swear I should have kept all THREE that we received as wedding gifts!  We have been sticking with just chicken but the last few weeks we ventured out and tried ham, pork and now beef tips.  I looked at about 50 different beef tip recipes and then sent Adam to the store.  He came home with 2-3 options, per ingredient.  So, we picked out a few, threw them in the Crock Pot and 8.5 hour later, dinner was served!

We will definitely be having this again.. and again!  Here's all you do:

• 2 lbs Beef Tips (we actually used beef "chunks" because that's all Publix had)
• 1 Can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 3/4 can water (only use 1/2 can of water if you want less gravy)
• 1 packet Lipton Dry Beef Onion Soup Mix

Throw in crockpot.  Cook on low 8-10 hours.  Enjoy!

Newly Discovered Dinner Course

On a good day, I get home from work around 5:15.  I'm usually starving and ready for dinner but have the task of making something first.  We don't eat out a lot and I do like to cook, just get tired of always having the same things.  Adam and I neither one like really fancy/different foods and are very basic meat and potato type of eatters... so, that being said, I always like to see exactly how many different ways one can make chicken!  

My latest discovery are the packs of McCormick chicken seasoning.  It comes with a bag and all you do is lay the bag in a pan, lay chicken across the bottom of the bag, add the seasoning on top of the chicken, chop up about 4-5 cups of veggies (I add potatoes, red potatoes, onion and carrots), add the rest of the seasoning on top of the veggies, close the bag up, cup some holes for steam, throw it in the oven for an hour and VOILA dinner is served!  It is sooo good and perfect for those days when you don't want to put a lot of effort into dinner and have to wash a million pots and pans afterwards.

I made it last night with a tray of croissants and fresh baked brownies for dessert.  Yum!