Now We're Cooking!

Today's Eclectic Taraday involves sharing a recipe.  I wouldn't call myself much of a cook, but I can do it if pressed.  It is funny, too.  When my kids were younger and I only worked part time, I cooked just about every night.  WTG used to think eating out was the devil.  But by the time Handsome Lad, the youngest, was about four years old, I had to go to work full time.  Our marriage was ending, but we were still doing our family thing and WTG had a much more flexible schedule, so he began doing more of the cooking.   Somehow, I gained this reputation as being unable to cook!  It felt so unfair.  When I did cook (or do, to this day) the kids tend to act sort of flummoxed, like wondering how I pulled it off.   And truthfully, for the past couple of years especially, I really don't cook all that much.  When I do, it is often a crock pot meal, because of my work schedule.  I usually leave the house around 8am and don't return until close to 7pm, so the crock pot is really my best option.  So...after that expansive back story, I give you....

Crock Pot Chicken Stroganoff

Not mine, but looks yummy.

Take four boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cube them, and put them in the crock pot with about 1/8 cup of butter (margarine, whatever), and a package of  Italian style salad dressing mix  stirred in.   Cook on low for at least 5 or 6 hours.  

As you leave work, call your kid or whoever is home and ask them to stir in an 8 oz package of cream cheese and a can of cream of chicken soup.  Worst case scenario, no one is home and you have to do it yourself when you get there...but it only needs another half hour or so on high once you add the cheese and soup. 

Your can serve this delicious mixture over rice or noodles.  Sometimes I cook those when I get home, but most often I do it in the morning and just heat whatever it is up in the microwave with a little water to refresh it.   So,  hot rice or noodles, topped with yummy creamy chicken. 

Make a little salad or zap some frozen edamame or whatever you might want to add to the meal to make it vegilicious.  You can even just put out the bag of baby carrots in a pinch, right?  Right.

Hope you enjoyed Cooking with Lazy Mom!  Bon Appetit!