Meals For Every Part of Your Day Pt. 3

Stove top or crock pot?

For this blog post, I went out of my comfort zone and decided to do some research before I decided what the "dinner" portion of this meal plan should be.  I was grocery shopping in Hy-Vee around the "nutrition" section which is filled with gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, ect. items.  When people would walk by me or in the same section as me I would ask them if they preferred cooking on a stove top or a using a crock pot.  Out of 7 people, 5 said crock pot and 2 people said stove top.  It was interesting to me because 3 people who said crock pot, had children with them.  I got into a long conversation with a woman, in her 40's, about my blog and how I was doing this for my class.  She was unaware of the impact being gluten-free could have on your life if you aren't suffering from it.  It was nice networking with people face to face and giving out the name of my blog!

Since using a crock pot won the poll, I decided I would make a gluten-free crock pot chicken taco chili!  How good does that sound?

For this recipe you will need:

-1 can black beans

-1 can light red kidney beans

-1 can white beans

-1 can whole kernel corn

-2 can diced tomatoes with green chiles (I made it without green chiles!)

-1 8-oz can tomato sauce

-1 packet taco seasoning

-3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can use frozen or rotisserie)

-Toppings of your choosing

To begin this chili, combine all the ingredients, minus the chicken in the crock pot.  I used a plastic liner in my crock pot which minimizes clean up!  Now you will add the chicken on top of the other ingredients.  Cook this mix on low for about 10 hours.  Once chicken is cooked, take each piece of chicken out and shred it.  When shredding it you can simply take two forks and "pull".  Return the chicken to the crock-pot and stir in with the other ingredients.  This is a recipe where it allows you to add whatever you would like!  I got this recipe from Stephanie Kepner on her blog Shut Up I'm Making Something.  She added that you may take the final product and put it in lettuce wraps.