So I'm trying out recipes that are easy to do so that my wonderful husband can make dinners after I have Orson. With a csection still as a possibility I would rather be overly prepared then under. Seeing how Caleb normally only cooks breakfast on weekends (pancakes, waffles, French toast, etc) I'm trying to find yummy dinners yet keep it on the easy side. This is harder for me then most because most people would just do freezer meals and with both Caleb and I not being a fan of left overs, freezers meals basically tasted like left overs to us. I've even tried not cooking the chicken and why not until its put in the crockpot. But I think if I had a recipe collection put together of crockpot meals he or even myself would be able to throw them together really fast. I'll just have to make sure I have everything on hand before I have the baby which shouldn't be hard. So here's my first recipe I tried and we both loved!
Pineapple chicken
(Feeds 2-4 people add more chicken for more people)
1 large or 2 small frozen chicken breast
1 can of pineapple it doesn't matter what kind but I used pieces
1/2 cup of chicken stock (or 2 chicken bouillon in 1/2 cup water)
2-4 Tbs soy sauce
1-2 Tbs of ginger
1/3-1/2 cup brown sugar
Put everything in and cook on low for 4-6 hours. The first time I made this I was out of brown sugar when I put the stuff in the crockpot so after about 5 hours I took everything out of the crockpot and transferred it to a pan on the stove with the brown sugar now being added (also about 1-2 Tbs of ginger) and let it all simmer until most of the liquid was soaked up. This gave it a really nice texture. I might do this at the end again next time if there is too much liquid.
Serve over white rice or Chow Mein noodles (Chinese egg noodles)
One of my favorite crockpot meals yet!
Will post more as I try them. Also going to post a few pictures of some crochet items I'm working on.
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