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Showing posts with label cheap dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheap dinner. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sharing one of my favorite products - Alexia Foods

Well, Today I came across a great excuse to go buy more great frozen Sweet Potato fries from Alexia Foods....a $1 off coupon on 1 item! I love coupons and savings so I jumped on this opportunity. I printed my coupon and I think I'm going to try their new Sweet Potato Puffs (or tater tots to most of you out there!).

I just love incorporating sweet potatoes in when I can because my entire family does not like baked sweet potatoes. So, buying a frozen product helps! We all do love their sweet potato fries and now I have an excuse to buy tater tots! Yippee!!

Alexia Foods

Monday, March 21, 2011

Slow Cooker Chicken & Bean Chili

Ingredients

2 tblspns corn starch
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
3 (15 ounce) cans white beans
1 (15 ounce) can corn
1 (15.5 ounce) can chick peas
1 (4 ounce) can diced jalapeno peppers
1 can of diced tomatoes (I prefer to use roasted red tomatoes)
2 tspns ground cumin
1 tblspn sea salt
1 tblspn ground chili powder
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
3 boneless chicken breasts
1 cup shredded cheese of your choice

Directions

Add chicken stock to crock pot
Add 3 boneless chicken breasts (thawed)
Let chicken cook in crock pot for aproximatley 1 1/2 hours on low
Remove the chicken and if no pink remains, cut into small bite small pieces.
Add chicken back to your crock pot.
Add all remaining ingredients except the corn starch.
Stir ingredients.
Let cook on low for an additional 2 hours.
Add corn starch and stir.
Let cook for an additional 30 - 60 minutes.
When you are finished, simply top with your favorite shredded cheese.

Additional toppings could include: sour cream, diced up chives or green onions, corn chips.

The nice part of last night's dinner was there is enough for my husband and I to have it for lunch today!