Monday, October 30, 2017

Crockpot Pizza Tater Tot Casserole ***

This was a winner for us, but it was also kind of a no-brainer. I love almost anything with tater tots (except for the regular old-school Tater Tot Casserole, oddly enough), and it's pretty hard to go wrong where pizza is involved. We love the Crockpot Pizza, so I basically put the same toppings in this one. I went with onions, green peppers, black olives, and mushrooms. SOOO good.  I used ground turkey for this one, just because I had some in the freezer to use up. I am totally making this one again, though. Yum!


CROCKPOT PIZZA TATER TOT CASSEROLE
(luckymommyto2boys ~ Amy ~ RecipesThatCrock)

2 lbs ground beef
1/4-1/2 c onion diced
10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
14 oz pizza sauce
37 pepperoni slices (approx)
1/2 c green pepper chopped
2 1/2 c shredded mozzarella
32 oz bag tater tots
Pizza toppings, per preference

Brown beef in a skillet with onion over medium-high heat and drain
Mix beef mixture with your soups
Spray your crock pot with cooking spray
Pour your mixture into your crock pot and spread out evenly
Pour your pizza sauce evenly across your mixture
Place your pepperoni slices evenly across the top
Spread your green peppers evenly across your pepperoni slices
Sprinkle your cheese on top
Cover evenly with your tater tots
Place aluminum foil on top of your crock pot
Cover and cook for 3 hours on high
Remove your aluminum foil and continue cooking on high for an additional hour
Optional: Place in your broiler (on high if you have the choice of hi/lo for 2-4 minutes, watching very closely

Monday, October 23, 2017

Slow Cooker No-Peek Chicken*

This was just so unbelievably bland. I wasn't expecting much from it, just a simple meal that had a bit of flavor to it. It just really had no flavor at all. Even with the soup mix in it. It was disappointing, to say the least. We all just kind of picked at it, but not a one of us ate our full portion. That's rare for our house. I'm not even going to waste any more of my time writing about it. It was bland, blah, and blech. That pretty much sums it up.


SLOW COOKER NO-PEEK CHICKEN
(TheMagicalSlowCooker)

1.5 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 (10.5-oz.) can cream of chicken soup
1 (10.5-oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
1 can water (measured from one of the cans above)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 cups Minute® rice (not standard rice)
1 (1-oz.) packet Lipton® onion soup mix

Add the cans of soup, one can of water, garlic powder, pepper and Minute rice to a large bowl. Mix well.
Spray the slow cooker with non-stick spray.
Add half of the above mixture in the slow cooker. Lay over the chicken breasts. Spread over the rest of the rice mixture.
Sprinkle over the soup mix.
Cover and cook on HIGH for 3.5 hours. Do not peek during the cooking time!
Serve and enjoy!