Miranda's So-Called Life: Recipe(s) of the Week

It's really hard to narrow it down to one good recipe... Over the past few weeks, I've been making pretty much nothing I have ever made before. Thanks to Pinterest and the new cookbooks I got for Christmas, I'm overflowing with good, healthy recipe ideas.

Instead of telling you one favorite recipe for the week, I'll summarize some of what I have made over the past few weeks:

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken:

To be honest, I hated it. I followed some of the suggestions in the comments section and substituted the cheese soup for cream of mushroom. I thought the condensed soup made it taste very "fake". I ended up adding in a ton of diced tomatoes, some tomato sauce, and other ingredients and turned it into tortilla soup. The tortilla soup was great, but it sparked a great debate in my household... is soup really a meal? I posed my question to my Facebook friends and it turned into a "heated" discussion. The outcome? Overall, women think it's a meal and men don't.

Crockpot Pot Roast

This was really good. I made the entire pot roast not knowing Kevin doesn't like it... so I have a TON of leftovers. Here's to hoping it freezes well. Sorry I don't have a picture of this one.

Southwest Chicken Wraps (Click the picture for the link)

Source: melskitchencafe.com via Miranda on Pinterest

This was really good as well. I made my own "homemade" salsa for this which was literally just a can of Rotel tomatoes and fresh chopped cilantro.

Now for my very favorite recipe of the week:

Foil Pack Chicken

I'm guessing you've seen the recurring theme here.. I eat a ton of chicken. This was such an incredible recipe with such easy cleanup that I know I'll be making it again. One note, I left out the layer of stuffing on the bottom as I'm not a huge fan (of the store bought stuff anyway). It saved on some calories too, so that's good. I used low-fat ranch, extra broccoli, and crumbled turkey bacon as well. Seriously, try this recipe.