Salsa & Black Bean Soup

This is what I served the ladies at Bible Study today. It got great reviews so I thought I would share :)

What you will need:

Crock Pot
1 lb frozen chicken breast or tenders
1 jar of 'Clean' salsa
1 C frozen corn
4 C low sodium chicken broth ( I use organic)
1 1/2 tsp cumin
2 cans of black beans- rinsed & drained
graded cheese
1/4 C plain greek yogurt

what to do:

place all ingredients in crockpot except for cheese & greek yogurt. Cook in crockpot 8 hours on low- or if you're in a time crunch, 4 hours on high.

stir in greek yogurt while hot.

set out bowl of graded cheese and let your guests add the amount of cheese desired- if any.

You can also soak 2 C dried black beans overnight and and place them in the bottom of the crockpot to cook for a full 10 hours for a really 'clean' meal.

Quick Lunch in a bag

on Sunday's I cook several chicken breasts & make a big pot of brown rice, quinoa or couscous for the week. On a day when I don't have a lot of time to prepare my lunch, like today. I make what I call my 'quick lunch in a bag'. It goes a little someth'n like this:

1 cup broccoli*
1/2 cup cooked brown rice, quinoa or couscous
3 oz. cooked chicken breast cut into cubes
1 garlic glove, minced
1tsp extra virgin olive oil
sea salt to taste
1 ziplock steam bag

I throw all ingredients in the ziplock steam bag, shake it and microwave for 2 1/2- 3 minutes. Open & dump into bowl. And there you have it! "quick lunch in a bag"!

On days I have to go into the office , I throw all ingredients except for olive oil in ziplock steam bag the night before and refrigerate. In the morning on my way out, I put it in my insulated lunch bag. When lunch time rolls around, I add olive oil & pop in the microwave. You'll be finished eating by the time everyone else is still microwaving their processed frozen weight loss cuisine's ;)

*you can also use frozen broccoli- just place frozen broccoli in ziplock steam bag and microwave for 1 minute. Then add the rest of the ingredients and microwave for 2 additional minutes.