Easy Meals

Tis the season. Holidays, and cold weather and…for me, deadlines. I’ve added a few special and unexpected projects to my year and they’re all sort of coming to a head right now! That’s all good in terms of my career, but my family is sort of living on food from the freezer for the time being. (If it’s from Trader Joe’s I can pretend that’s totally acceptable! It’s health food, children, now be good and eat your TJ’s Frozen Mac n Cheese.)

I’ve been in a bit of a rut lately, and I know better than that! I’m the proud maker of many an easy meal. I like to fix and leave, and let the oven/crock pot work its magic.  I figured to get me inspired again, I’d share some of my favorites with you…and if you know any PLEASE share them with me!

Crock Pot Salsa Chicken (Level of difficulty: Can you open a jar? Prep time: almost none Simmer time: 3-6 hours)

This is really easy okay…you need…One jar of salsa (your favorite and preferred heat level. We use Pace, mild because…the kids like it that way and I’m a wimp), chicken ( I prefer a bag of boneless, skinless chicken tenders, and I will put it in the crock pot frozen because…lazy) taco seasoning. That’s it.

Put the chicken breasts in the crock pot, then the jar of salsa and optionally a bit of taco seasoning. Let simmer until the chicken is easy to shred with a fork. You can serve this in tortillas or on rice and everyone will love it. Seriously. It’s SO good and it tastes so involved and it’s NOT!

Chicken Bake (I like chicken…as you can tell) (Level of difficulty: can you use a can opener? Prep time: 5-10 minutes Cook Time: An hour or so (I’m very scientific)

Chicken breasts, stove top stuffing, Family size can cream of chicken soup. Chicken broth.

This recipe is not so healthy and I’m sure the sodium is through the roof by OMG it tastes to good!

Pour the stove top stuffing into a baking dish, but your chicken breasts on top, pour on the can of soup. I also like to add chicken broth so nothing gets dry. Bake it at 350 for an hour or so. My kids could eat the whole pan. Heck, I could eat the whole pan. It’s delicious.

Okay, those are two of my oft-used lazy recipes. What have you got for me?