Buffalo Chicken Wings

For the end of football season I thought I would try my hand at making chicken wings. Rick really likes them. I did a little searching and found a recipe for slow cooker buffalo chicken wings. There's a little work at the end because you need to put them in the oven for 30 minutes to brown up, but other than that the majority of it is in the slow cooker. 

They are very good. I will warn you that they are spicy! You may want to let everyone put their own sauce on after they've been in the oven so they can control the heat. I also found that we had leftover buffalo sauce, so you can either store it in the refrigerator or cut back on the amount you make. We like buffalo sauce so I've found some other recipes (check out Adventures with Veggies for buffalo cauliflower bites) to use it in. 

Greek Chicken Soup

My favorite soup is the Greek chicken soup from The New England Soup Factory. I've had the cookbook for at least 2 years and have made only one soup out of it. It's so delicious and has such a small number of ingredients.

The full recipe is online here. I've substituted cooked rice for the orzo and just cooked it a little less. I've also used thin spaghetti broken up into approximately two inch chunks, in a pinch.

For zesting the lemon, I've had the best luck with a Microplane zester. I used to use a small citrus zester, but that took forever.

I highly recommend this soup. SO delicious, especially if you love lemon.

Chicken Pot Pie Stew

I'm always looking for a new slow cooker recipe. I love my slow cooker! Nothing is better than putting the ingredients into a pot and letting it cook itself! Not only does it do all the work for you, but it makes your house smell amazing!

So this week I tried a new soup (or I guess stew) recipe. It's chicken pot pie stew. I did make a few changes.... I used:

• small yellow potatoes instead of red ones
• a can of low sodium chicken broth instead of the bouillon cubes
• a small amount of celery seed instead of the celery salt (I didn't have any)
• garlic powder instead of garlic salt (I didn't have any of this either) 
• some frozen corn, green beans, peas, and carrots

I think with this recipe you can pretty much play with the veggies to suit what you have on hand (or what you like). As you can see I worked with what I had in the house.

Next time I make this I think I will make a couple of changes.

• I'll use reduced fat/salt cream of chicken soup
• Less pepper.... it doesn't sound like a lot in the recipe but it turned out pretty peppery

If you try this recipe let me know if you make any changes. I'd love to hear about them.

Chicken Taco Soup

It's that time of year again.... Fall! And Fall makes me want soup. So today I made Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup. It was the first time I've made this recipe, but I had some cooked chicken that I needed to use and I knew I'd be out all day.

I made a couple of changes based on what I had in the kitchen. I used:

• frozen corn instead of canned
• a large can of diced tomatoes and 2 cans of green diced chilies
• two cooked chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup taco seasoning instead of a package
• Modelo especial beer

The soup is very tasty and has a little kick to it. I think I'll be making this again.

It's a very chunky soup

I put a little sour cream in mine

Rick put cheese in his