SAVORY SATURDAY - Slowcooker Chicken & Dumplings

Welcome to my first SAVORY SATURDAY post.  As mentioned in a previous post, I make a five meal plan and order all my groceries through Pea Pod.  It saves me time, since my DH work different shifts and I home alone with Anthony and Balboa.    I cook at night and freeze the meals into smaller one person dinners.

It has been working out great.  So, I decided to post about my my favorite meal each Saturday and where I found the recipe.

Any other suggestions or ideas?

SO HERE IS THE MEAL.......

I got this recipe Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings from http://www.allrecipes.com/

Ingredients:

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

2 tablespoons butter

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup

1 onion, finely diced

2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces

Directions:

Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough water to cover.

Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High.

About 30 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

Meal preparation: ………………...... 5 stars It was easy to prepare, very little to do, just plop in the chicken, soup, and onions.  I used frozen chopped onions and added garlic powder. 


Baking/Cooking: …………………... 4 stars I just set the slow cooker and walked away.  I only opened it up to add the biscut dough.

Versatility: ………………………..... 4 stars Can easily be doubled or tripled.  If you like you can add veggies.

Amount of time to make meal:…….... 5 stars No time at all to make meal.  One of the quickest meals I made. Even easy to clean up. 


Total price of meal:……………….... 5 stars A money saving meal.  4 pieces of skinless boneless chicken breast was Chicken was $6.56, campbells condensed cream of chicken soup was $1.00 a can x2, 12oz bag of frozen chopped onions was a $1.00, we already had butter, the 8ct of biscuits was $2.29 x2.  All together the meal was $11.60.  We got 4 dinners out of the meal, so that is $2.80 a meal! And that was without any coupons. 

Total Rating:……..…………….... 4.5 stars

Back to normal

So, today was the first day of school (no students ~ they come tomorrow). I have to get the testing done ASAP so I can prioritze the students' needs and set up my schedule.

Of course, the highlight of my day was coming home to Balboa, I missed him so much and feel normal that he is back home again.

I had a good day today (eggs and 1 slice low sodium bacon, two sushi rolls, lot sand lots of water, a few almonds, 1/2 chicken breast, sliced sweet potato, and brocolli)

I made my breakfast and lunch for tomorrow........

egg salad (two hard boiled eggs, 1 slice low sodium bacon, garlic powder, parsely, a drop of balsamic vinegar, small amount of light mayo)
















fillet of sole, sliced potatoes, brocolli and cauliflower (I put everything in the slow cooker, and added lots of fresh sqeezed lemon juice, garlic powder, parsley, and oregano)















Plus I now have lunch for a few days, not including other meals I have made with the slow cooker.