Salsa Chicken~ 4 meals out of 1

Yesterday I made Salsa Chicken but since I had already defrosted 2 packages of chicken I decided to make a double batch. Now 1 batch is usually too much for us but 2 is way too much so I made some extra meals out of my leftovers...Pretty good I think for about 30 minutes of prep. time.

Here is what I did:
Salsa Chicken
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 jar (medium size) salsa (whatever hotness you like)
1 cup rice
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can corn
taco seasoning
1 cup water

Dump salsa, soup and chicken in the crock pot, stir to mix up.
Cook on low 6 hrs (I did mine on high for 1 hr and then low for 4 hrs since I forgot to start it until almost noon)
during last 1-2 hours dump rice and water in and stir to combine.
If you want your chicken to stay in whole peices stir carefully, if you want it shredded you can 'chop' it up at this point (I chop mine now since we use ours as burrito filling)
during last 1/2 hr add corn

I shred the chicken in the crock pot by using a rubber spatula and chopping it up, after cooking all day it shreds pretty easily. We use ours as burrito filling, if you want it more like actual chicken breasts you can do the rice seperately or just be careful in your stirring.

I serve in flour tortilla's w/ refried beans on the side. Use whatever burrito/ taco fillings you enjoy (we use sour cream and quacamole)

There was SOOO much left over when I made this yesterday...
So I made mexican casserole with some...

Mexican casserole:
Soft Corn tortillas
Salsa chicken (shredded chicken & rice included probably 2-3 cups)
Salsa
Refried Beans
2 c Shredded Cheese
Black beans (drained & rinsed)
Enchilada sauce (or tomato sauce)

I use a glad reusable cooking pan (large one) to make mine that way a 'real' casserole dish isn't used up and taking up extra space in the freezer.

pour 1/2 c tomato/enchilada sauce on the bottom of your dish
layer in the following order
corn tortillas to cover (for mine this used 5, w/ the 5th one cut in 2)
1/2 of the refried beans
1/2 of the black beans
1/2 of the chicken salsa mix
1/2 of the cheese
then repeat...topping w/ a top layer of corn tortillas

I freeze mine and when I cook it add another layer of sauce and cheese to the top.

Cook for 35 min at 350 degrees or until heated all the way through.
I serve mine w/ Sour Cream and quacamole

For the 3rd meal I just packaged up about 2-3 cups of the shredded salsa chicken & rice mixture in a baggie and freeze for burrito filling another night.

Meal 4 is simply leftovers...

Meal Planning Monday

I have been meal planning for months now and it has probably saved my waist and my marriage. No more argueing about what to eat or who is going out or how we spend too much money eating out... Now I just look at my 'meal calendar' and fix what it says. Jeff can also just check it out to see what is being served (although he rarely does)



Here is what is on the menu this week:

Monday~ Greek Chicken, Egg noodles and 3 bean salad ~A cooking club meal (CCM) (I'll explain that in another post)

Tuesday~ Shrimp Scampi, linguini, left over 3 bean salad

Wednesday~ Meatloaf, mashed potoatos, green beans ~CCM

Thursday~Salsa Chicken, Rice, Refried Beans ~ Crock pot meal

Friday ~Pork Loin, Spinach, Baked Potato ~Crock Pot Meal

Saturday~ Fish (Mahi Mahi and Whiting), Sweet Potato Casserole, Brocolli

Sunday ~Stuffed Flank Steak, Corn Pudding, Cheesy Ranch Mashed Potatoes ~CCM



Can't wait to try the Flank Steak!!!

I'm linking to meal planning monday at

Organizing Junkie

Welcome!!!

Okay so here is my first post...Not sure what to put here just yet but I'll type something just to get going.
As you can see by my profile I'm a mom, a working mom (not that all mom's aren't working mom's) I'm a work outside the home mom and my husband is a stay at home dad. There are days where I wish we could switch places but right now this is how we have things set up and it's working well.
My daughter Emily is 14 months old (today) and she is amazing. I never knew how fast time could go and how quickly love could grown until I had a child.
She amazes me every day.
My husband besides being a stay at home dad is also a photographer, I'm sure I'll be bragging more about him as time goes by along with sharing pics he has taken. He really is amazing. I am very blessed to have so many wonderful pictures of my daughter. Pretty much from every day of her life.

I LOVE to cook and bake and make 'things' in pretty much every form. I enjoy crafting and creating and planting and designing and all kinds of 'stuff'. I use '' WAY too much and I know it but I can't stup. I suck at spelling and often forget to spell check, I'll try to get better.

We love the outdoors and music.

I LOVE babywearing (wearing my daughter in a wrap, sling, carrier) and try to do it as often as I can, the stoller is just too darn big!

That's pretty much me/us in a nutshell.

Tootles~
Leah