The Go-to Meal

I love this meal so I thought I would share it in case anyone out there needs it and hasn't heard of it yet. This is a no-fail meal so is so great for guests or just a busy day. Everyone always likes it, including my pickiest eater.

Crockpot Chicken

4 Tbsp light margarine
1 pkt Italian dressing mix
About 2-3 lbs chicken, thawed and cut up
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 can skim milk
1 (8 oz) pkg light cream cheese

Either put thawed chicken in the crock pot, which is the quick version, or put frozen chicken and let sit in slow cooker for a couple hours with very small amt water (just to wet chicken). Sometimes, I just find it easier to throw the frozen chicken in there a couple hours before and then it gets very soft and tender and shreds itself. You can also use rotisserie chicken but you'll want to cook it perhaps the night before or all day long. So once you have your chicken cooked, you can add the margarine and the Italian dressing pkt and stir it with the chicken. In a separate bowl, mix cream of chicken soup and milk and add to the pot. Lastly, set the cream cheese on top and let it melt into the rest before stirring it up or you'll have clumps.

*Serve with pasta or rice (I prefer Penne pasta.)

*French Bread
*Garden Salad (a good salad with lots of extras is fun like red onions, broccoli, tomato, carrots, olives, croutons, etc) with light or fat-free dressing
*Cold water

Oh, if you like spicy and this seems too bland. My husband adds a chipotle pepper to it (type from can) and it gives it a spicy, smoky flavor. Gabe's family ate it that way when I made it for them this Christmas. They loved it!