Due to the rain the last couple days I wanted something warm and comforting for dinner. Something cozy for days like this is always satisfying to my palate. Although with moving I haven’t had a lot of time to plan meals while taking care of our 11 month old. It seems our cupboards and refrigerator has become quite empty lately.

I must say after the heat the last few weeks, I do enjoy a cool day to bring our household temperature back to 68 degrees. Living in Portland it is not very common to find homes with AC, because it’s truly only needed at most a couple months out of the year. Those couple weeks make AC worth every penny in my opinion. Although I did grow up in central Washington where AC is like water; you find it in every home. Anyway, since the heat decided to take a backseat today, I set aside the summer pasta salad, fruit salads, and BBQ recipes and took every opportunity to make something warm and use my Crockpot to pretended it was Autumn outside.

Going to the grocery store has been very unexciting to me lately and I have been avoiding this for awhile. I just haven’t quite been feeling up to it with all the errands I’ve been running lately, and moving has become very taxing on me, or shall I say my son. I get more excited to rush home and put little man down for a nappy-poo (aka nap).

We have two weeks until we are officially out of our current home. This has been a bit harder for the hubby than for me, due to the attachment and the reality that he has lived here four years longer than I. Although it is our first home together and as a family it will be bitter sweet.

Anyway, this afternoon I decided to throw a frozen chicken breast in the Crockpot unsure of what I was going to make but figured this had to be a good start for something tasty. You can’t really go wrong with seasoned chicken. As the afternoon progressed I decided I would throw a couple apple sausages from Costco in there as well, and at that point I knew dinner absolutely couldn’t go wrong. First, the crockpot is my best friend especially on busy days. Second, I love sausage and could eat it every day of the week and well, chicken is a staple for most households who are animal lovers.

This meal is super easy and truly takes no time at all. Quick and delicious.

Ingredients:

• 1 Chicken breast
• 2 Apple Sausages
• 2 cans Cream of Chicken
• ¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
• Rice or Egg Noodle Pasta

Seasonings:

• Garlic
• Oregano
• Italian Seasoning
• Hint of paprika

Throw all the ingredients into the crockpot except greek yogurt and rice/pasta. Once cooked (4 hours on low heat), shred chicken and cut sausage into small pieces. 15 minutes before serving turn the crockpot on warm and add yogurt and heat through. Serve over rice or egg noodle pasta.

I served this over rice tonight and had a fresh cut salad with beets, radishes, orange, yellow, and red peppers, cubed cheese and croutons with delicious honey mustard dressing. It was the perfect meal for a cool, rainy afternoon.