Normally I would have taken photographs as I was chopping veggies, but I was under a time crunch (It was about 11:40am on Sunday when I decided to use the crock-pot and I know chicken recipes take between 6-8 hours if cooked on low. I wanted to eat at 6, so time of was the essence!
After I chopped up 4 carrots, 3 celery stalks, 3 parsnips, and almost a whole yellow onion, I searched the herbs and spice rack. I decided on just 2 - garlic powder and thyme. I swear, thyme makes everything yummy.
I threw the chopped veggies into the crock-pot, added 5 cups of chicken stock (unsalted since I'm so anti-salt), 1 cup of water, a few "dashes" of garlic powder, and 2 teaspoons of thyme. Oh yes, and a ridiculous amount of black pepper. There's just something about black pepper in chicken noodle soup! Forget the salt - just hand me the pepper shaker and I'm good to go! :)
After I gave it a quick stir, I threw in three chicken breasts that my wonderful husband prepared. By prepared I mean he cut the fat off. You all know I don't do raw chicken. Yuck. Ew. Gross. Blech!
I then stirred the pot up, turned it on low and set the timer for 6 hours. After about hour 4, our placed smelled amazing!!!
I paired the chicken soup with some beer bread from a mix that I bought from Home Goods. I am obsessed with Home Goods! :) I always walk out of there with a few mixes for baked goods and coffee mugs. Just ask Shaun how many "mugs" we have.... we rotated them based on the season! :)
Here's some pictures of dinner that I managed to snap before we all stuffed our faces!
After 6 hours, carefully pull out the chicken breasts and shred them with 2 forks. Oh yes, and give the chicken a little taste-test. Delish! :)
Put the chicken back in the pot and STIR BABY STIR! :)
Here's the finished produced along with some beer bread!
Yummy meal for a chilly Fall day! :)
This recipe doesn't call for noodles, FYI! :) But feel free to add them! :)
I am so glad to be back with this blog! I'll actually be switching websites in a few weeks. While working on a project for one of my grad classes, I came across a better website program that is much easier to navigate around! No worries though, this one will remain up and running until I make the switch!
Now I'm off to relax for the evening. I had quite a long day, plus my head is pounding! Thank goodness I was able to come home this evening and eat the leftover chicken soup and beer bread! :)
Catch you all later this week with some new recipes.... tomorrow's dinner is chicken meatloaf and Wednesday's Halloweenie dinner will be spooky sloppy joes! :) Both recipes are already on here, so I won't be posting them.... Well, maybe some pictures of them! :)
Lots of love!
Lauren
XOXO
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