Creamy Black Bean Salsa Chicken

2-4 Thawed boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts
1 C. Salsa
1 Can Corn (drained)
1 Can Black Beans (drained)
1 pkg Taco Seasoning
**Add all above ingredients to crock pot and cook on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 6-8 hours.

Last hour - Remove chicken from crock pot with a slotted spoon and shred. Add 1/2 C. Sour cream and 1 C. Shredded cheddar cheese. Replace shredded chicken.

Serve with warm tortillas and spanish rick. Guacamole and tomatoes-optional.

Sourdough Waffles made easy....

Night before you want to have these mix
2 Cups Flour
2 Cups luke warm water
1 Tbsp Yeast

Let this sit on the counter over night.

In the morning, add
1 Egg
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 Cup Milk
4 Tbsp Veg. Oil

Cook up on the waffle iron! Very yummy!!

Sloppy Joes for a Crowd

You can cut this in half to feed your big family. This has become a tradition at baby blessings, baptisms, for our family. I always get lots of compliments on it.

Sloppy Joes for a Crowd

5 lb ground beef

3 onions chopped

1 green pepper chopped

1 TB butter

3 c. ketchup

2 bay leaves

2 TB Worcestershire Sauce

2 TB A.1 Sauce

3 TB curry powder

salt and pepper to taste

2 c. scant water

Brown hamburger, onions, and green pepper together. Add rest of ingredients. Simmer for 2 hrs.

Salmon Loaf

This is kind of a twist on Meat loaf....but a little healthier, and in my opinion DELICIOUS! My kids also LOVE it! We always have to fight over the last piece!

Salmon Loaf
1 Can Salmon (clean out bones and skin)
4 T. Butter
2 Eggs
18 Saltine Crackers
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. Pepper
1/4 C. Milk
2 T. Parsley

Preheat Oven at 350
Clean the samlon, and put in mixing bowl. Add butter, eggs, salt, Pepper, milk and parsley. Break up Saltines into mix. Mix together well. Crumble a few more saltines on the top....approx 6-8 more. Put in a greased 8x8 dish, or whatever you have....form into a loaf, and bake for 40 min.

3 bean and Tortilla soup

This makes an EXCELLENT meal on a cold day, and its SUPER easy!! :)


1 Lg tomato
1 sm onion
2 Lg Cloves garlic (minced)...I LOVE garlic so I actually put 6 cloves
1 15 oz can Black Beans (drained)
1 15 oz can Navy Beans (drained)
1 15 oz can Spicy Chili Beans (undrained)
1 14 1/2 oz can Chic Broth
4 6inch soft corn tortillas, cut into thin strips

Heat Oven to 425
Heat small non-stick skillet over med/high heat. Heat until hot. Add Tomato to skillet. Heat tomato until skin is blistered & Slightly charred, turning occasionally. Cool tomato slightly. Coarsly Chop.

Spray Lg Saucepan with cooking Spray. Add tomato, onion, and garlic. Cook over med heat for 3 min, stirring occasionally. Add black beans, navy beans, & Chili Beans, & Broth. Mix Well. Bring to boi. Reduce heat; simmer 15-20 min or until veggies are tender.

Place tortillas on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake @ 425 for 5-8 min or until crisp.

Makes 4 1 1/2 Cup servings

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie - KSL

4-5 cups diced potatoes, peeled or scrubbed
3-4 cups baby carrots, cut in half
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2-1 tsp. Garlic salt (to taste)
Black pepper to taste
1-2 Tbsp. Dry onion flakes (or ½ cups minced fresh onion)
2 cans (10.75 oz. ea.) Cream of chicken soup
1 ½ cups frozen peas
Chicken broth (optional)
english muffins, baking powder biscuits or refrigerator biscuits*
shredded cheese

Fill slow cooker 2/3 full of vegetables by dicing potatoes & placing in bottom of cooker. Cut carrots into 1 inch pieces & add to cooker. Place chicken breasts on top of veggies. Sprinkle with garlic salt, pepper & onion. Spread with cream soup. Place lid on cooker & cook on high for 4-5 hours or until veggies are tender. Cut chicken into pieces using two knives in a scissor action. Stir in frozen peas (and if desired a little chicken broth to create desired broth consistency) Replace lid and allow to heat for 20-30 minutes longer. Serve over toasted bread* and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
*Split biscuits or English muffin in half & toast. To toast large amounts, place biscuits on cookie sheet under broiler unit in oven until toasty brown.
Ingredient amounts are for a 12 cup crock pot. Adjust for larger crock pots by following "NOTE". Serves 6.
NOTE: Following the 2/3 principle- for larger crock pots, fill pot approximately 1/3 with potatoes and 1/3 with carrots. Place chicken breasts on top, increase garlic salt 1 tsp. (or to taste), increase soup to 3 cans.

Easy Oven Roasted Chicken

When whole chickens are on sale, I always get a few and we have this for dinner one night, then I use the leftovers for a casserole or salad the next. Totally good and inexpensive (and easy!)

1 whole frying chicken
garlic salt
seasoned salt
lemon pepper

1. Rinse chicken with cold water and remove giblets from inside. Lay chicken, breast side up, in sink.

2. Sprinkle seasonings generously over chicken (in sink). Lift chicken and place, breast-side down, in baking pot (one that had a lid). Season the back side. Cover with lid. (I use a dutch oven that is big enough for the chicken)

3. Bake chicken for about 30 minutes per pound at 325 degrees.

4. You can temp it, or I cook it until the drumstick pulls out- then everything is pretty much falling off the bone.