Ranch Chicken Chili Freezer Meal

I really love chili, but sometimes I like something different.  Add in the fact that I can prepare a few of these in the freezer and pop it in the crock pot later, and you have the perfect busy winter day meal.

Ingredients:

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs
1 medium onion, finely diced
1 cup frozen corn
15 oz can black beans, drained & rinsed
15 oz can white beans, drained & rinsed
10 oz can "Rotel" diced tomatoes with green chilies, not drained
8 oz package cream cheese, cut into cubes
1 package Wildtree Creamy Ranch Dressing & Dip Mix
½ tablespoon Wildtree Spicy Carne Asada Seasoning
2 teaspoons Wildtree Vegetable Bouillon Soup Base (provided at workshop)
1 cup water

At cooking time:
¼ cup cilantro, chopped (optional)

Mix all ingredients into freezer bag. Remove air, seal & attach label. Double bag and freeze. To prepare: Thaw in fridge. Place contents of bag in crockpot. Cook on low for 6 hours. At end of 6 hours, use fork to pull apart chicken breast or thighs into a "shredded" consistency. Top with ¼ cup chopped cilantro (optional). Serves 5. Serve with corn bread.

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Calories 440; Fat 18 g; Saturated Fat 9 g; Carbohydrates 35 g; Fiber 9 g; Protein 33 g; Cholesterol 105 mg; Sodium 830 mg  

Slow Cooked Apple Cinnamon Pork Tenderloin

I loves me some apple and cinnamon, and I really love apple, cinnamon, and pork!

Ingredients
2 pound pork tenderloin, silverskin removed
2 apples, sliced
2 tablespoons Wildtree Oatmeal Mix-in: Sugar & Spice
1 cup red onion, sliced
salt and pepper to taste

Method of Preparation

Cut slices in the pork tenderloin, about every inch, large enough to fit an apple slice. Lay the remaining apple slices in the bottom of the slow cooker. Top with the onion slices and tenderloin. Sprinkle the Oatmeal Mix-in over the top of the tenderloin and season with salt and pepper if desired. Cook on low for 4-5 hours or until pork is cooked through and tender.

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Slow Cooker Loaded Baked Potato Casserole

Do you like loaded baked potatoes?  Seriously I don't know anyone who doesn't like loaded baked potatoes, and this recipe is ahhhhmazing!

This is about the easiest and most awesome recipe I have ever made. It truly tastes like a loaded baked potato, without all that butter! If you are anything like me, those commercials that had the peeps walking around with a whole stick of butter coming out of the potato and said "yum" instead of "gross", well this recipe is for you! It is so rich and decadent!

Ingredients:
3 pounds Red Potaoes, diced into bite sized pieces
2 cups your prefered type of cheese (I like the way colby and Jack cheddar melts)
2 Tablespoons Wildtree Creamy Ranch Dressing & Dip Mix
6 Pieces bacon (cooked crisp and cut into pieces)
3 Green Onion

Method of prep:
Line your slow cooker with foil. Be sure to leave extra foil as you will be completely covering your potatoes with the foil so that they steam.

Add your potatoes, Ranch Dressing, 1 1/2 cups of your cheese, green onions, and crumbled bacon to crock. Mis together thoroughly. Wrap up with extra foil, cover, and cook on High for 4 hours or Low for 7-8 Hours.

When you have 15 minutes of cook time left. open crock pot and add remaining 1/2 cup cheese to the top. Cook last 15 minutes with lid on, foil open.

You can top with sour cream if you like. It is so good. Like magically good. Like I better only make this once a month good because I will want to eat the entire thing good.

You can sub another brand for the Wildtree Creamy Ranch Dressing & Dip Mix, but I Love my Wildtree :)

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Cheesy Bulgur Garlic Broccoli Chicken Bake

So my first foray into cooking at work with my cute little slow cooker was a raging success!  This recipe was absolutely delicious!  The air was filled with cheesy garlic goodness all morning and I looked on with pity to those that were eating a boring sandwich or greasy take-out.

Bulgur (or cracked wheat) has long been a favorite of mine.  A complex carb that is 100% whole wheat, bulgur  is a good source of fiber, protein, iron and vitamin B-6.   If you haven't tried it please do!  I sub rice with it all the time, and now when I do eat rice it seems so unsubstantial.

Cheesy Bulgur Garlic Broccoli Chicken Bake

Ingredients:

Chicken - marinate this for at least 2 hours or freeze in individual freezer bags and take out the night before :)  I buy a pound of chicken, cube it into nugget size, and make 4 pint sized bags for the freezer.

3 oz chicken - cubed

1/2 teaspoon Wildtree Garlic and Herb Blend

1/2 teaspoon Wildtree Roasted Garlic Grapeseed Oil

Sauce - I put these ingredients in first and stir.  It will not totally incorporate, but will work itself out while cooking

1/2 cup skim milk

1/2 cup Wildtree Kidz Cheese

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 teaspoons Wildtree Vegetable Bouillon

The rest -  add this to your sauce mixture and give it a good stir

1/4 cup Bulgur Wheat

1 cup broccoli

After mixing your sauce and the rest of the ingredients, place chicken on top.  Cover slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours, or on low for 3 hours and turn to high for 1 hour.  Both methods worked fine for me, so it depends on how much time you have before lunch.  Just be sure your chicken reaches 165 degrees :)  

I stirred everything together after 3 hours.

This was such a great lunch, and I ended up eating it for two days.  The bulgur is so filling I could not eat it all in one setting!

You may notice I use Wildtree products.  You most certainly can find replacements for them I'm sure, but since they use no gmo's, preservatives or artificial ingredients they are the way to go for me.  Oh, and I also sell them so with my demonstrator discount it's a no brainer for me :)

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Slow Cooking for Slow Morning Peeps

It's hard cooking for one or two people. Hell, sometimes it's hard to cook at all. I always have the best intentions of course but they go down the drain as life (and the snooze button) get in the way. I used to have a 130 pound alarm.

My fur child Nitro hates the alarm, like HATES IT. The minute it would go off he would start barking, and let me tell you when a 130 pound dog barks the windows shake and you get up quickly. Well after years of him being there to make sure I get up at 3 am (my start time kind of sucks) he learned something.

He could just grab a pillow and go sleep on the couch sometime before the alarm went off. My guaranteed wake you up from a dead sleep bark was gone. I know, i know perhaps I shouldn't let my dog on the couch. I don't, but when I'm not there he thinks it's okay. I'm just another dog parent who treated her dog like a kid and he responds in kind. I mean the dog totally has no conscience. He will tear up the garbage and sit in the middle of it like "Look what I did!" Ahh but my dog problems are for another post I suppose. All that matters is he's sweet and kind and gentle (unless you aren't a little kid or elderly - then look out as he will want to hug and/or sit on you).

So my time in the morning has been greatly reduced lately. I mean when it comes down to I only have time to take a quick shower or fix my lunch, well lunch is going to become take out. I know I could fix a nice salad or sandwich the night before, but they just don't seem "fresh" after sitting in the fridge all night.

 We have lots of good take out places where I work. They are full of fried, cheesy, greasy hole in the wall goodness, those diamond in the roughs people love to find but whose arteries would appreciate not so frequent visits.

 So I knew I had to do something as I'm not exactly 20 anymore. I found a totally cute 1.5 quart slow cooker at Amazon and figured I could do something with that. I mean all you need is electric and you are set.

Things could be planned in advance and you could even freeze stuff ahead of time for those mornings when you wear out the snooze button. I'm going to document all my adventures in slow cooking for one here. Something has got to give, and my waistline has given enough :)