What's for supper?....Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy

 What's for supper?  This is Richard's plate...Crock Pot Chicken & Gravy, mashed potatoes and buttermilk cornbread from the freezer.  He decided that he wanted the gravy on his mashed potatoes instead of over his chicken.  The chicken was cook in the gravy all day in the crock pot. 

 This chicken is the chicken & gravy that I put in the freezer meals a few days ago.  Myself, I like boneless, skinless chicken breast but Richard doesn't care and I bought these chicken leg quarters 10lbs for $3.90.   Here is the link to the Chicken & Gravy Freezer Meals.

 A few weeks ago I picked up another big 8lb bag of Pinto Beans.  I can these 4lbs at a time.  4lbs will make 7 quarts of canned soup beans.  So this big bag will make 14 quarts!!!  I paid $7.42 for 8lbs so that will come out to .54 cents a quart!!!!  Of course, I will add some bacon so that will cost a little more. :)  Gotta have bacon!!!!

 So I split the bag and will work with 4lbs at a time since my canner only holds 7 quarts.  I have "looked" and rinsed these well and will let them soak overnight and get started canning them tomorrow.  :)

 More photos tomorrow of the process! 

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Cheesy Chicken Veggie Rice Bake...Freezer or Crock Pot Meal

 Also from my grocery haul the other day...Cheesy Chicken Veggie Rice Bake!  YUM!  I forgot to take photos of every step but you can get the general idea.  :)  

I started out with these ingredients.  Boneless Chicken Breast, Long Grain Brown Rice, Cream of Chicken Soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup, 3 bags of frozen Mixed Veggies, and Cheddar Cheese! 

I mixed 1 can cream of chicken soup, 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, 1 cup of water, and 1 cup of brown rice (uncooked).  Stir well.

 Spread a bag of frozen mixed veggies in the bottom of 3-9x9 pans that have been sprayed with nonstick spray.  Then divide the soup/rice mixture into 3 even amounts.  Pour over frozen veggies.  

 After veggies are covered with soup mixture lay 2 or 3 boneless chicken breasts on top.  That is all at this point.  Cover with foil and put in the freezer.  Add cheese later...

 These can go straight from freezer to oven!  Leave covered with foil bake at 350-375 until CHICKEN is completely done.  Remove foil and sprinkle with CHEDDAR CHEESE and bake until melted. 

You can also just dump all of this in a freezer bag (except for the cheese) and bake in the crockpot.  High 4-6 hours....Love 6-8 hours!  Add cheese when done.

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Chicken & Gravy Crock Pot Freezer Meal...

 This week is a tight week or well 2 weeks because we have some unexpected things coming up.  So when that happens, I cut the grocery bill.  :)  Here is my grocery haul for Friday.  Now other than maybe a gallon or two of milk we will be fine.  I have lots of stuff canned and also some freezer meals.  I plan on making more freezer meals out of this stuff too. 

 I forgot to take photos during the process but I made 7 freezer meals today! 

 CHICKEN & GRAVY CROCK POT MEAL

I found 10 pounds of Chicken Leg Quarters for $3.90!!!!!  These leg quarters are HUGE so most of these packs only have one in it because Richard and I can split it and if Andrew is home I can just throw 2 in the crockpot.  Hunter is picky and this is something that he will not eat.  He doesn't like mixed foods.  LOL!  

So I put at least one chicken leg quarter in a gallon freezer bag.  Then I mixed 1 jar of chicken gravy, 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, and 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup.  Mix it well and divide it up in the bags of chicken.  Then they are ready for the freezer.  That simple!!!!

You can either thaw it out the night before or just take it straight from the freezer and pop it in the crock pot.  Cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours or LOW 6-8 hours.  

Yummy Chicken and Gravy!!!! 

I'll post photos when I cook one of them!  They are yummy.  The gravy and soup just marinate with the chicken. 

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Sweet & Spicy Molasses Pork Chops...Crockpot Meal

 Supper last night was an EASY meal with very little effort at all.  Andrew wasn't going to be home for dinner and Hunter and I ate at mom's so that just left Richard when he got home from work.  Here is what he had...

 I started with this...

- 2 pack of thick cut boneless chops (marked down to $3.19)

- Package of Chili's Slow Cooker Sauce, Sweet& Spicy Molasses

- 3 small potatoes (not pictured) cut in chunks with the skins left on

- Maybe 1/3 cup of corn.  You can use canned corn but I just used a handful of my dehydrated corn and rehydrated it.

I dumped the meat and the sauce in the small crockpot and cooked on high for 4 hours.  At the 3 hour point I added the cubed potatoes.  After 4 hours it was ready to serve.  I sprinkled a little corn over the top of it.  4 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.

 Here's my big jar of dehydrated corn.  I'll post more on that later.  I love having this on hand and it will last for years being dehydrated.

 This is hubby's plate!  Since everyone else had already ate, I just dumped it all in his plate.  LOL!  This is the first time that I had tried the sauce pack and he said it was a "winner".   You can see the steam coming from his plate as I had just got it out of the crock pot.

Extremely fast and easy.  Probably 5 minutes prep time and 4 hours in the crockpot on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW.

A yummy meal with very little effort.  I also think this would be great served over mashed potatoes.

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