Showing posts with label Pasta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pasta. Show all posts

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Crockpot Chicken Asparagus Macaroni

I really wanted to go out to dinner. There is something so nice about, someone else's kitchen getting messed up and someone else getting to do the dishes. However, a home cooked meal is safe and can be healthy. Safe because you control what goes into it and how it is prepared. Healthy because you can can make it lower in fat and you choose the quality of your ingredients.


Crockpot Chicken Asparagus Macaroni

2 10 3/4 ounce cans Campbell's 98 percent Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
8 ounces Light Sour Cream
8 ounces low fat milk
A few shakes Lawry's Garlic Salt
A few shakes ground red pepper
1/2 tsp ground mustard seed
2 cups cooked and diced chicken (breast or thigh meat)
1 cup cooked asparagus
1/2 cup diced red, green and yellow bell pepper
3 green onions diced
1 16 ounce bag of large elbow macaroni
1 cup mozzarella
2 cups cheddar cheese

Spray your crockpot bowl with oil. Combine soup, sour cream and milk in the crockpot bowl. Add seasonings, stir and set aside. Boil the macaroni for six minutes. Drain and set aside. Add chicken and vegetables to the soup mixture. Now add hot macaroni and stir. Add Cheeses and stir. Put the lid on the crockpot and set the temp to high. Cook in the crockpot for tow hours. Serve Crockpot Chicken Asparagus Macaroni with a healthy lettuce salad.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

CROCK POT Pork Tenderloin Spaghetti Sauce

Say that fast a few times, never mind. I picked up a pork tenderloin from Sam's Club a while ago and froze it. I left it in the 'fridge to thaw. I opened the package and realized there were two tenderloins. Last night, with one of them, I made Rob's Pork Chops and Rice. I altered the recipe a bit by using chicken broth instead of water in the rice. It was good. With the other, I made CROCK POT Pork Tenderloin Spaghetti Sauce! The meat cooks all day in the sauce and WOW is it ever good. Very tasty, meaty and just plain delish!

CROCK POT Pork Tenderloin Spaghetti Sauce

One 28 oz can Diced tomatoes
One 28 oz can Trader Joe's Marinara Sauce
1 Tbs. Italian herbs
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 Tbs. Minced Garlic
1 Tbs. Lawry's Garlic Salt
Fresh Cracked Pepper
A few shakes Red pepper flakes if you'd like
One Pork Tenderloin (trim fat)

Sprinkle Garlic salt on the bottom of your CROCK. Place tenderloin on garlic salt, sprinkle remaining garlic salt on pork. Crack some pepper on the tenderloin. Dump diced tomatoes and marinara sauce on top pork. Add remaining seasonings and stir. Set CROCK POT on low and cook for most of the day. Tenderloin will break apart when you stir sauce after a day worth of cooking.

Boil Pasta of your choice and serve pasta with your delicious CROCK POT Pork Tenderloin Spaghetti Sauce! We had it over Spaghetti tonight and it was FANTASTIC!