crockpot: shrimp, chicken, and sausage jambalaya

no surprise garrett and i spent our sunday working on the house, so i decided to treat ourselves with some homemade jambalaya. so easy, and so good!

i made homemade mini maple bacon cornbread bites (garrett's fav) to serve along with it as well.

oh and it makes enough for 10-12 people, so lunches have been delish at work this week :)

grab a pen, you are going to want this recipe...

ingredients:

- 1 lb smoked sausage

- 1 lb large, peeled, devined shrimp (i used frozen)

- 2 lbs skinless chicken breast chunks

(i found a great little container at HEB of "creole seasoning" in veggie section of chopped onions, bell pepper, garlic, and celery and used that)

- 1 large chopped onion

-1 large chopped green bell pepper

-3 stalks chopped celery

- 3 cloves chopped garlic

- 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatos

-2 cups chicken broth

- 1-2 cups of uncooked rice

- fresh chopped okra

-1 pkg sliced mushrooms

-1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce

(spices use to taste)

- old bay spice

- pepper

-splash of Worcestershire sauce

- splash of Louisiana hot sauce

directions:

dump everything in the crockpot.

slice sausage and okra and add in.

cover and cook on HIGH for 5-6 hours. stir occasionally.

serve with cornbread and voila. the perfect sunday dish!

i promise this wont disappoint! garrett practically begs me to make this.

happy crockpotting!

love, linds

 

crockpot: mushroom and shrimp pasta

ok before you judge, yes, that is my crockpot on our washing machine.

with the kitchen under construction, i had to get creative. we have a makeshift kitchen which i like to refer to as "crockpot cafe" because that is literally all i have to cook with over the next few months. lucky us.

on the bright side, dinner was outstanding last night, so i'm sharing the recipe.

i was playing on pinterest and came across this recipe, it looked fairly easy to convert to an all in one crockpot dish, so i did. and viola. crockpot mushroom and shrimp pasta. super easy too.

ingredients:

- 1 pkg 16oz pasta (fettuccine or linguine work best)

- 1 pkg sliced fresh mushrooms

- 1 pkg peeled and devined shrimp (i actually used frozen and it worked)

- 3 oz of cream cheese

- 1 can of cream of mushroom

- 1 can of chicken broth

- 1 can of cream of chicken and herbs

- salt and pepper to taste

- 1/2 stick of butter

- (and i added a splash of moscato since i had it out and all)

directions:

combine everything except the cream cheese in the crockpot and cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours. i judged it on whether or not the noodles were ready or not. the last 30-45 min add in the cream cheese. stir occasionally and enjoy.

i forgot to take a pic, because we were starving, but it looked just like this picture off of pinterest.

we had this with steaks and it was delicious!

 i have been instructed to make this again VERY soon from the mr.

hope this was helpful. i promise it will NOT disappoint!

love, linds