The coffee maker??
Not quite....but close. It's actually my Crock-Pot!
Our love is actually a new love. We received our beautiful slow cooker as a wedding gift, but prior to about 6 weeks ago we'd only used it to make queso dip during Super Bowl parties. Sad....I know. We'd always been a little nervous about leaving it on while we were gone during the day, but we gave it a shot one day, and we'll never go back. It's absolutely amazing! You take about 3 minutes to throw your ingredients into it in the morning before you leave for work, turn that baby on, come home 6-8 hours later and you have an awesome meal waiting for you. Not to mention that your house smells amazing. I just always feel sorry for Molly, who's probably been salivating all day with the yummy smells!
So, last night I had two friends over for dinner. I wanted to do something easy since they'd be over soon after I'd be getting home from work, so I decided to use the slow cooker. I tried out a new recipe and they were my little guinea pigs. Tehehe! Thankfully, I think they really enjoyed it!
Here were my ingredients. Three things people! That's it! 6 chicken breasts, 1 packet of taco seasoning mix and 1 bottle (16 oz.) of salsa. I accidentally picked up the chunky salsa so I added a little extra water.
Next, I placed the chicken in the slow cooker, sprinkled the taco seasoning over the chicken and then poured in the salsa and a little water ( maybe 1/4 cup or so). Here's what it looked like.
I set the cooker for 7 hours. Mine has a handy-dandy feature where you can set the cook time and once that time runs out, it automatically switches itself over to the "Keep Warm" setting. So, by 2 pm it was done cooking, and had moved over the "Keep Warm."
When I got home from work a little after 5 pm it looked like this.
I removed the chicken and shredded it with two forks and then threw it back into the cooker to simmer in all the nice juices until we were ready to eat, but not before snapping a quick pic. Yummy!
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