A week's worth of Crockpot meals

So this week I was trying to get some simple meals put together so I can begin planning for our little #3. This is what we are having and so far, they've been pretty yummy. It also helps that when I make things in the crockpot they usually include a can of Cream of Something which I pretty much have on hand. Gotta love that! So here they are:

Quilters Chicken

Chicken Delicious

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Whole-Dinner Roast Beef

Freezer Meal Chicken Fajitas

Freezer Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

(I don't have the recipes for these last two on me, but I'll link them when I do.)

Whole-Dinner Roast Beef

This gets dry quickly, so I like to only cook it for 6 hours and then pull it out. It will continue to cook if you leave it in the pot. Also, the more expensive the beef, the better it tastes...I know it's a bummer but that's life. If you want yours to be tender and yummy like GG's you have to pay for it. It still turns out with a less expensive cut of beef - that's what we always use.

3-5 lb. beef roast
10 3/4 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
4 c. baby carrots
4-5 potatoes, quartered
(sometimes I add half a diced onion or half a diced cabbage just for variety flavor and veggies. Also, if you want more gravy, add 1-2 cans of water over top too)

Place veggies in slow cooker first then place the roast on top. Pour soup over top and then sprinkle the soup mix over top of that. Cover and cook on Low 6-8 hours.

Quilters' Chicken

This was good but a little dry, next time I'll make sure to check it before the time is up. We had ours over rice with steamed broccoli on the side.

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
10 3/4 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1/4- 1/2 cup sour cream
4 oz. can mushrooms, drained optional

Place chicken in slow cooker. Blend mushroom soup and onion soup mix together in a small bowl then pour over chicken. Cover and cook on Low 4-8 hours, or until chicken is tender but not dry. Fifteen minutes before serving, stir in sour cream and mushrooms. Cover and let it heat together.

Chicken Delicious

We haven't had this one yet, but I plan to as soon as I get back to the store for lemon juice - we're all out.

10 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 tsp. lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
2 10 3/4 cans cream of celery soup
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry. Place chicken in slow cooker in layers. Season each layer iwth a sprinkling of lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour soup over top and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and cook on Low 8-10 hours or High for 4-5 hours, or until chicken is tender, but not dry or mushy.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

If you say it with a Julie Childs accent, it sounds fancier! I may or may not have seen Julie and Julia recently :)

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (I did 3 regular breasts for our family)
1/2 lb. deli-sliced cooked ham (I bought the 2 lb ham from the meat dept. and cubed half of it - a later recipe calls for ham so it works out)
1/2 lb. baby swiss cheese, sliced
10 3/4 oz. can cream of chicken soup
1 box dry stuffing mix, prepared according to box directions (which I forgot to do but it still turned out - luckily)

Layer all ingredients in the order they are listed into your slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low 6-8 hours, or until chicken is tender but not dry. My chicken was mostly thawed when I started so ours was done after 5 hours.

Served with a steamed veggie!