Slow-cooked Barbecue Chicken

Here is another super easy dinner idea for the crockpot.

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

½ cup chicken broth (or just water)

1 small bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce (mine is Stubb's Original)

Directions:

Place chicken in bottom of crockpot and pour liquid over top. Cook on high for three and a half hours. Drain liquid from crockpot and shred chicken. Return chicken to crockpot and stir in the BBQ sauce. Cook on low for 30 minutes. Serve however you desire.

I like mine on a bun with some Cole slaw, but it is also good by itself with a sweet potato and some greens on the side. It really doesn't get much more simple than this!

Yes, I know that Stubb's has a longer ingredient list than I recommend and it has a natural flavor added to it. I am a work in progress! I should make my own natural BBQ sauce, but I'm just not there yet. If any of you know of a better brand or a good recipe, let me know what it is! Maybe I will have to update this later next week after I do some research and present to you (and myself again) why we shouldn't be using natural favors.

Tender Chicken Nuggets

Everybody loves chicken nuggets, right? Everyone in my family does! But trying to cut out processed foods and sugar definitely cuts out store-bought chicken nuggets. I found a home-made replacement that we love! I have made these many times for many people (including kids of all ages) and they have always been very well received. If you want to get your kids away from eating fast food chicken nuggets, try these! My incredibly picky five year old nephew said, “These are the best chicken nuggets I’ve ever had!” Now, isn’t that an amazing compliment coming from a five year old? These are a much healthier version of your fried nugget. Only 200 calories for a serving of 6 nuggets and only 3 grams of fat! The best part: they are super easy to make and are ready in only 25 minutes!

I am including the recipe below because I have been making these nuggets for so many years that they have, apparently, been removed from the allrecipes.com site. I couldn't find it to link to!

Tender Chicken Nuggets (allrecipes.com)

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Servings: 3

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs

2 Tbs. Grated Parmesan Cheese

1 Egg White

1 Pound Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Cut into 1-inch Cubes

Directions: In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. In a shallow bowl, beat the egg white. Dip chicken pieces in egg white, then place in bag and shake to coat. Place in a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1 in. baking pan coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink, turning once.