Crock-Pot Recipe #2

Chicken-Tortilla Soup

2 skinned and boned chicken breast cubed (i just cut up a pack of chicken tenderloins)

1 (10 oz.) package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed

1 large onion chopped

2 garlic cloves, pressed (i used 3 because i love garlic)

2 (14 oz.) cans chicken broth

1 (10 3/4 oz.) can tomato puree

1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (i used rotel)

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground cumin

1 teaspoon chili powder

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper

1 bay leaf

4 (5 1/2 inch) corn tortillas

Garnish: fresh cilantro

Combine first 13 ingredients in a 4-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH 6 hours. Remove and discard by leaf. Cut tortillas into 1/4 inch wide strips; place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 5 minutes. Stir strips and bake 5 more minutes or until crisp. Serve with soup!

This is a great soup! Next time I make this and there will definitely be a next time because this now Dave's favorite new soup I will had a can of black beans (drained). We topped with it with cheese but next time I will be sure to have some reduced fat sour cream on hand. This recipe gets 5 out 5 stars.

Next week watch out for: Thai-Style Ribs and Chicken Lasagna Florentine

Fall-oh how I love thee.

Hello everyone in the blog-o-sphere...yes I am still alive and kickin'. I just get so wrapped up in reading everyone else's blogs I neglect my own. That is going to change because my husband has presented me with a little challenge so I think it will be fun to blog it out.

In celebration of the fall season I kicked dinner off last night with a easy crock-pot meal- Bacon-Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken. My lovely husband dared me to try to cook crock-pot meals for the whole fall season... so that is what I am going to do. I figured I could post the recipes here and you could try them too.

Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken

• Wrap 4 chicken breast each with 2 pieces of bacon.
• Mix together 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce, juice of one lemon, and 2 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored, and grated.
• Pour mixture over chicken in crock-pot and cook for 8 hours on low.

When I cook this again (because it was awesome) I would cut the cooking time down to 7 hours- the chicken was a little dry for my liking. It is full of flavor and a perfect start the fall season. I'd give this recipe 4 out of 5 stars! Try it today and let me know what you think!