Black Bean Soup with Chicken and Salsa

  • 4 C chicken broth
  • 1 large boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • 2- 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 16 oz jar salsa
  • 1 C frozen corn
  • 1 C sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 1/2 red onion, chopped

Place ingredients in slow cooker; stir.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.  Remove chicken and shred with 2 forks.  Place back in soup and stir.

Topping suggestions:

shredded cheese

sour cream

cilantro

avacado

Cinnamon French Toast Casserole

  • 2- 16 oz loaves of cinnamon swirl bread; cut into 1/2 inch pieces and left out overnight to go stale
  • 12 eggs
  • 4 C milk
  • 1/4 C brown sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Spray  slow cooker with non stick spray.  Place bread in slow cooker.  Mix together eggs, milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt.  Pour over bread.

Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.  Last 1/2 hour remove lid.

Dust with powdered sugar, whip cream, and/or drizzle with syrup; if desired.

Salsa Ranch Chicken with Black Beans

  • 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 oz pkg taco seasoning
  • 1 oz dry ranch dressing mix
  • 1 C salsa
  • 10.5 oz can condensed cream of chicken
  • 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • sour cream
  • shredded cheese

Place chicken in crock pot.  In a bowl, mix together taco seasoning, ranch dressing mix, salsa, cream of chicken soup, and black beans.  Pour over chicken.  Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours.  Serve with sour cream and cheese if desired.  Can serve in tortillas.

Slow Cooker Stuffed Shells

  • 15 oz ricotta
  • 2 1/2 C shredded Italian cheese blend
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 jars pasta sauce
  • 2 C water
  • 1 pkg (12 oz) jumbo pasta shells

Mix first 3 ingredients.  Mixture will be stiff.

In  a greased 6 qt slow cooker, mix 1 jar pasta sauce with water.  Fill shells with ricotta mixture.  Layer in slow cooker.  Top with remaining jar of sauce.

Cook covered on low until pasta is tender 4-5 hours).  If desired, serve with additional cheese.

Apple Dump Cake

  • 2 cans apple pie filling
  • 1 stick butter, melted
  • yellow cake mix

Pour apple pie filling in crock pot.  Mix cake mix & butter to form a crumble.  Top apples with crumble mixture.  Cover & cook on high 2 hours.  Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup

  • 2 boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 pkg taco seasoning
  • 15.5 oz black beans- drained and rinsed
  • 14.5 oz diced tomatoes- juices included
  • 15.25 oz corn- drained
  • 1 C heavy cream
  • 2 C mexican cheese
  • 4 C chicken broth
  • 6 corn tortillas or tortilla chips

Place frozen or thawed chicken breasts in bottom of slow cooker.  Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.  Spread black beans, tomatoes, & corn over chicken.  Slowly pour in chicken broth.  Cook on high 3-4 hours.  Remove chicken from soup & shred with 2 forks.  Return chicken to soup & add shredded cheese & heavy cream.  Cook an additional 30-60 minutes; stirring occasionally until cheese is fully melted & combined & the soup is thickened slightly.  You can add the tortilla chips directly to the soup along with the shredded cheese & cream; cooking for the final 30-60 minutes.  Serve with sour cream, cheese, and more chips.

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

  • 2 cans (21 oz) apple pie filling
  • 1/2 C caramel topping
  • 15- 1/4 oz box yellow cake mix
  • 8 Tbsp butter, melted

Pour pie filling into slow cooker.  Drizzle caramel topping over pie filling.  Combine cake mix and butter in a bowl.  Sprinkle cake mixture on top of apple mixture.  Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

  • pork shoulder/ butt
  • 1 can root beer or any dark colored pop
  • BBQ sauce
  • hamburger buns

Place the pork in a slow cooker.  Pour can of pop over the meat.  Cover & cook on low until well cooked & shreds easily, 6-7 hours.  Stir in BBQ sauce.  Serve over hamburger buns.

White Christmas Hot Chocolate

  • 4 C heavy cream
  • 12 C milk
  • 24 oz white chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • mini marshmallows

Combine heavy cream & milk in slow cooker, then stir in white chocolate chips.  Cook on low for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally.  5-10 minutes before serving, stir in vanilla.  Serve with marshmallows.