Slow Cooker Sesame Ginger Chicken with Pineapple

This is something I just put together over the weekend. It was quick and easy and quite tasty. 

2 chicken breasts
Kroger sesame ginger marinade 
1 8oz can of pineapple tidbits 

Throw it all in your slow cooker and cook on high for about 4-6 hours, ours finished in a little over 4. Or you can cook it on low for 6-8 hours. 
After it was finished cooking we just served it over white rice.
And there you have it, a quick easy meal for 2!

*one thing Nick pointed out, try adding your pineapple the last hour of cooking or right before. Ours didn't taste too much like pineapple cause it cooked the whole time. Or try fresh pineapple.*

Taco Soup

Fall is quickly approaching, which means soup weather!

Tonight I decided to make Taco Soup for the husband and I.

My mom makes the best taco soup, so I just went off of what I thought she does and did my own thing as well.

1/2 pound of ground beef

1/2 yellow sweet onion

1 package of taco seasoning

1 16 oz can of chili beans w/liquid 

1 15 oz can of kidney beans w/ liquid 

1 15 oz can of garbanzo beans w/liquid 

Frozen corn (I'm weird, I don't like canned corn, so I didn't measure the corn)

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes

2 cups of water

1 package of taco seasoning mix 

In a skillet, cook your ground beef until brown. Drain and set aside.

Place the ground beef, onion, chili beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, corn, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water and taco seasoning in slow cooker. Stir to blend ingredients. Cook on high for a few hours. You can cook this in a pot very easily, but the slow cooker was very convenient today. :)

I like to top my soup with cheese, sour cream and fritos. Nick likes to top his with lots of cheese and sour cream.

And of course, it's soup... LEFTOVERS! This soup freezes really well. So we froze some and Nick can take some to work tomorrow.

There you have it, Taco Soup. Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Bowls

This is hands down one of my favorite meals.

I found this on Pinterest and it took me here.

I tweaked the recipe a bit myself, but it is so easy, and so yummy.

2 chicken breasts

1 can of black beans 

Frozen corn (I didn't measure, I just poured it in)

Cilantro

Green Onion

Then I just added some spices:

ground cumin

chili powder

garlic salt

and pepper.

Probably about a tablespoon of each.

{Side note, I don't always measure. Terrible, I know, I will do better!}

Then also, you can either add salsa or I added  1 can of green chile enchilada sauce. 

Add this all in a slow cooker and I cooked it on high for 6 hours.

Then shred your chicken, you can shred it in your crock pot and serve over white rice.

We like to top it with cheese and sour cream and dip tortilla chips in it.

We ended up having enough to save and made them into quesadillas the next night. They tasted just as good the 2nd night.

So there you have it, Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Bowls! Enjoy!