Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie

Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie

You have to remember this blog is entitled "Just Put It In A Crockpot". I am a working, empty nester and I cook mostly for just my husband (in the crockpot or microwave). There is nothing fancy or elegant here. Just real throw togethers. If it doesn't taste good, I won't post it.

As usual, this is a very flexible recipe. It can be adjusted to suit your taste and needs.

3 frozen chicken breasts
1 bag frozen vegetables
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 layer pie crust or Bisquick mixture or make your own
Salt and Pepper to taste

Place the the chicken breasts and vegetables in the crockpot and cook 6 or 7 hours. Add soup, cook for another hour. Mix ingredients well, breaking up the chicken as you go. It should just fall apart at this point. Remove the crock from the electric cooker and add pie crust on top or Bisquick mixture or your own crust as the top layer and bake according package directions.

That's is! Easy and delicious!

If you want crust on the bottom, you can put a pie crust in a glass oven safe pie plate and pour the ingredients from crock onto it and cover with 2nd pie crust.

If you are cooking for a large family, use 2 cans of soup and 2 bags of vegetables.

Crockpot Butternut Squash

Cut the squash all the way around, rather than trying to cut through it; half it, scoop out the seeds and rub it all down lightly with olive oil.


Fill with apple slices and place in crock. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg and cinnamon and sugar (as if you making cinnamon toast). Add 1/4 cup of water to crockpot.

Slow cook on low for 5 to 7 hours. Melt together in the microwave on half power 1/4 stick butter or margarine, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 cup brown sugar and pour mixture over squash in the crockpot. Cook for an additional 30 minutes.

Microwave Chicken Casserole

1 to 1 1/2 lbs chicken (cubed)
1 12 to 16 oz bag frozen vegetables
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup herb bread crumbs

1 cup additional herb bread crumbs (for topping)

Place cubed chicken into glass microwaveable dish and cover with cling wrap. Cook on 70 to 80% power for 5 to 6 minutes. Place bag of frozen vegtables in the microwave next to the chicken and cook at the same time for the same length of time. If the chicken doesn't look done after 5 minutes, Cook at 2 minute intervals until "almost" done.

Mix first 5 ingredients together and put into glass microwave/oven safe casserole dish. Top with additional bread crumbs.

Cook on 70 to 80% power for another 3 to 5 minutes.

If your bread crumb topping is no longer crunchy, you can place the casserole in a 450 degrees preheated oven for about 5 minutes or you can use the convection portion of your microwave if yours has that option.

If your topping is too crunchy. Cook covered for another minute in microwave and let stand while covered for an additional 5 minutes.

This recipe is based on an 1100 watt microwave. The entire process should take no longer than 30 minutes. Average time is 20.

This will serve 4 people 1 helping. If you are cooking for 6 to 8, you will need to double the recipe and use a bigger casserole dish.

Easy Cube Steak Supper

4 to 6 cube steaks
1 can diced tomatoes
Shredded cheese
salt
pepper

Cook in crockpot on low for 45 minutes to an hour. Pour tomatoes over cube steak, salt and pepper to taste and cover for about 15 more minutes. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Cover for 2 to 3 minutes (to slightly melt cheese) and serve.

Easy and tasty!

Apple Butter In The Crockpot

I used 3 regular size bags of apples you get from the grocery store (8 to 10 apples per bag). Any kind of apples would be fine except for Granny Smith or other sour apples (unless you like your apple butter tart).


I used this cool little gadget. I got it at Kmart. It said apple peeler on the package, but it also cores as it slices. It is so easy! I love it!!!



For apple butter, I cut each slice in half manually to make it smaller so that I could pack it down with my hands to get as many apple slices in the pot as possible. If you drop the slices into the crockpot loosely, you'll end up with only a couple of pints of apple butter. Pack in as many apple slices as you can. As you can see, I piled them past the rim. I have a dome lid on my crockpot. Next time, I'll put the sugar in before the crockpot is full.


I used:

1 Bag McIntosh Apples
1 Bag Golden Delicious Apples
1 Bag Red Delicious Apples

1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
2 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 bottle cinnamon candy

Cook in crockpot on low 12-14 hours.

Note: My crockpot is 4 or 5 qts. If yours is larger, you will need to adjust the spices to taste once the apples have cooked down and before you put it into the jars.

My apple butter is for Christmas gifts so I bought 12 half pint jars. With this recipe, I was able to fill 11 of them.

To get them to seal, I placed the lids and jars into a large round pot of water sitting on the stove that had already reached the boiling point. I turned it on low and took out each jar with tongs, one at a time, to fill it. I put the lid in the ring and placed it on the jar immediately and placed it upside down into another pot of water, on the stove. After about 5 minutes, they were completely sealed.

My family is very pleased with the flavor of the apple butter.



I think next time I make it, I'll try using spice drops candy instead of the cinnamon candy.

"Make It In A Hurry" Crockpot Soup

After all the Thanksgiving cooking, a simple crockpot soup was a joy! I have a full-time job and feel a little "cooked out" anyway. I pulled out the crockpot, threw in a few items and went off to work. When I came home, dinner was ready! I love my crockpot.

1 pkg of frozen stew beef
1 14.5 oz can beef broth
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 bag frozen vegetables
1 tsp sea salt
a dash of liquid smoke
(any leftover vegetables in the refrigerator)

I served it with toast sprinkled with parmesan cheese.