Easy Pulled Chicken

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If you want an easy supper that you can set and forget, try this out.  Once you try it will become a regular, I'm sure.

Easy Pulled Chicken

Ingredients:

2-3 chicken breasts
1 bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch (optional)

Place chicken breast and barbecue sauce in crock pot for 5-6 hours.  When chicken is done, remove from pot and shred.  Before adding chicken back to pot, mix cornstarch with a small amount of cold water and whisk into crock pot.  Add chicken and heat through.

Enjoy on fresh homemade buns like these!


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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Chili

This recipe can be found in many forms floating around the Internet.  It's a popular recipe among Weight Watchers.  Here's my version.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Chili

Ingredients:

1-2 chicken breasts
1 can bean of choice, drained - pinto is my favorite
1 package frozen corn
1 jar salsa
1-2 tablespoons homemade taco seasoning or packaged taco seasoning

Place all ingredients except taco seasoning in slow cooker.  Cook on low 5-6 hours.  Remove chicken and cut into pieces or shred.  Return to pot and add taco seasoning to taste.  Serve plain or over rice.  Good with homemade bread!

UPDATE!!
I made this without chicken and subbed in two crumbled veggie burgers and an extra can of beans.  My family still liked it and I may have liked it better!  My husband thought it was chicken.  For a vegetarian or vegan meal this is a great option!



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Striped Double Crochet Blanket

Here's a blanket using double crochet with single strand of yarn that I am currently working on.  I got some of the pastel multicolor yarn on sale some time ago and I thought it would look nice with blues and yellow.  This is yet another example of a blanket simple enough for a beginner, yet nice enough to give as a gift or display in your home.

When I am done with this blanket I may finish it up with a single crochet border.


 UPDATE!!

I did end up doing a single crochet border.  I tried a couple different times with different colors and had a hard time figuring out exactly what I wanted.  The dark blue and yellow didn't quite work and I ended up using the light multicolor yarn.  I like how it turned out.

If you're looking for double crochet blanket patterns, check these out!

Double Crochet Scrap Blanket

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Pink and Gray Double Crochet

Here is a blanket I recently finished.  I think it turned out really cute.  I have made many others like it before, and you can see one here or here with a pattern.  The two-strand double crochet blanket is so quick and easy and the fun really comes in the color combinations.  I hope you like what you see!

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Mexican Barley Soup

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This is an original recipe I came up with not long ago when I wanted to make something healthy and delicious. It's a great option if you do meatless Mondays.

Mexican Barley Soup

Ingredients:

4 cups water
4 beef bouillon cubes
1 can chili beans
1 14 ounce can stewed tomatoes
1 cup cooked barley
2 Tablespoons homemade taco seasoning 

Bring water and bouillon to a boil.  Once bouillon is dissolved, add remaining ingredients and heat through.


Nutrition Information:
Serves 6
1 serving =
200 calories
2 grams fat
39 grams carbohydrate
9 grams fiber
8 grams protein

Nutriton information calculated using caloriecount.com.


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