The crockpot is by far the most under utilized piece of equipment I have in my kitchen. I've only purchased like 5 of them, each time hoping that it would turn my dinner making life upside down and inside out. The premise is soooo completely awesome. Put food in, turn on, come home to an amazing dinner that everyone cheers and high fives over. This is my dream, but I've been at this mom, kid, cooking thing for a while and have yet to have too many moments like that. Reality is more like, put food in, turn on, come home, it smells wonderful, tastes like shit. I think it has everything to do with over cooking, plus the amount of processed food you have to add to it to make it taste like anything, it just never works out. They end up collecting dust until the superbowl when you decide make some ridiculous cheese dip for the neighborhood party.
So, when one of my precious fitchick friends shared this recipe with me, I had my doubts. Clean eating and crockpots just don't usually go hand in hand but guess what, it's awesome and easy and just down right stupid that I never tried it before. And the best part....my kids high five when they see this cooking. It's a bit of a rockstar moment when you're in charge of feeding a family.
For meal prep this recipe is fabulous. You can feed your people and have plenty of left overs for your week of clean eating. So, here it is....what I affectionately call....
STUPID EASY SHREDDED CHICKEN IN THE{F'ING}CROCKPOT
All you need is Salsa and Chicken. Any jarred, low sugar, gluten free salsa will do. I like this fresh one from the refrigerator section at the grocery store the best. 4-6 chicken breasts.
dump it in all together. I add a little water{like 1/4-1/3 cup}
I cook on low for 3-4 hours
take out the breasts and shred, return to the pot and let it soak in all the juice.
My kids love to eat it in tacos
my version
Their version. Go ahead and try it, you'll thank me, and then I'll thank my fitchick friend, and then we'll just be on big happy superfly fit community. I love that. En{joy}