Banana Pancakes

Cucumber, Tomato and Feta Salad

This is super fast, easy and is absolutely delicious. I have been eating it for lunch a lot lately.

1-2 cups cucumber chopped
1-2 cups tomato chopped
1/4 cup feta cheese
1 Tbs. red wine vinegar
1 Tbs. olive oil
salt and pepper

Mix the red wine vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over other ingredients. Toss until coated. Delicious!

Latin Chicken with Black Beans and Sweet Potatoes

I made this for Sunday dinner last night. Since we have church at 1:00, I like to try to do something in a crock pot for dinner so it is ready right when we come home. This is one of my favorite slow cooker recipes. The chipotle peppers make it spicy, but if you don't have these, you can use medium/hot salsa.

* 3 lbs bone-in skinless chicken thighs
* 2 teaspoons ground cumin
* salt
* pepper
* 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, or 1-2 Tbs. chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
* 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
* 1 cup water
* 1 Tbs. chicken base
* 1/2 - 1 cup salsa
* 3 large garlic cloves, pressed
* 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed
* 2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks
* 1 cup chopped peppers (red, yellow or green)
* 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped


Directions:

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 4 1/4 hrs

1. Put beans,sweet potatoes, and peppers in slow-cooker.
2. Place chicken on bean mixture.
3. In bowl, mix broth with spices, salsa, and cilantro.
4. Pour this over chicken in crock pot.
5. Cover with lid and cook on low 8 hrs or 4 hrs on high.
6. Serve over brown rice.



(I found this recipe at www.food.com/recipe/slow-cooker-latin-chicken-w-sweet-potatoes-and-black-beans-253599#ixzz1FHDs7TDY and made a few changes to it.)

Special Request

I am looking for slow cooker recipes.  Could you gals post some of your faves?  Thanks!

Slow cooker Santa Fe Chicken

FAST, EASY, CHEAP, HEALTHY AND YUMMY.  This recipe is a keeper.  I make it every so often.  Stephen loves it.  It's nothing fancy but it tastes good.

I can't remember where I first found this recipe.  I've changed up a few things to give it more flavor. You really don't need to measure this out -- This recipe is super flexible.  I tried to guess amounts just to give you a ballpark.

2 cups corn (recipe actually called for 2 cans of corn. I like to use frozen corn cuz it's healthier...and better!)
2 cups beans (Recipe calls for 1 can of black beans.  I like more beans and I like to use lots of kinds, just                                                           whatever I have on hand.  I usually don't use canned either)
2-3 chicken breasts
1-2 cups of salsa
Taco seasoning to taste and two or so cubes of chicken bouillon (not in original recipe.  Gives better flavor.)

Just dump all of these ingredients in the slow cooker and turn it on high or low, depending on how long you want it to take before it's done.  On high it will take just a couple hours (in my slowcooker at least) and on low it takes 3 or 4.  Serve over rice.

White Chicken Chili

Hello Fielding sisters! Thanks for letting me join your blog. I know I can't compete with a raised on a farm and now parents own a bed and breakfast background but I do come across good recipes every once in a while. Really, most of my activity on this blog will be taking your good recipes and using them for myself. When ever I cook a good meal my husband always asks where I got the recipe. Most of the time it is from Candice. I don't know why he thinks good meals are never my ideas but that might be because they are always from Candice!

I know my guidelines are to keep it healthy so here is a goodie (and it's healthy!)

White Chicken Chili

1 T. olive oil ( I used less)

1 medium onion finely chopped

1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies

3 T. flour

2 t. ground cumin

2 cans (15.8 oz) northern beans (white beans)

1 can chix broth (14.5 oz)

1 1/2 c. shredded chicken (I used 2 thighs and 1 breast)

In a large skillet, cook onion in oil for 4 mins. or until transparent. Add chilies, flour and cumin; cook and stir for 2 mins. Add beans and chix broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat;simmer for 10 mins or until thickened. Add chix; cook until hot. I also added a little corn starch to thicken it but the recipe didn't call for it.

You can also garnish this with cheese, sour cream and salsa. I didn't because I thought it was great just as is!

My new fave-onion,mushroom and spinach quesadillas

I am into sauteed onions right now. So I came up with this combo.

1/2 onion chopped

Mushrooms

3 handfuls of spinach

Saute onions and mushrooms sprinkle with garlic salt then add spinach and cook until just wilted. Throw in some crumbled bacon(from Costco) if you are into that sort of thing-I am.

Put about 1/2 of the cooked mixture on a tortilla in frying pan of the stove and then sprinkle a little cheese on top. Put one more tortilla on top or not to save calories.

Serve with Avacado and Salsa. And maybe some Tapatio. Love. it.