Savvy with Abbie

Since I spent three days at my cousin's house earlier this week, all we did was eat Buffalo Wild Wings, cookies, Spaghetti and other amazing food. Last night was back to cooking for me. I wanted to make something simple and so I chose the Crockpot Chicken and Rice. The original recipe can be found HERE and I made a few changes below. I am very picky with chicken recipes because usually the recipes end up with dry chicken. My new favorite chicken recipes have been creamy and this one was no different. So good! If you make this, comment below and let me know what you think! Ingredients: 3 medium-sized boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 tsp dried parsley 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp pepper 1 10oz can of cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup half and half 2 cups instant white rice Directions: Place the chicken breasts in a slow cooker and sprinkle with parsley, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper.  Whisk together the cream of chicken soup and half and half and pour o

I feel like I am so behind with the blog posts and my days are just going past me like crazy. A few nights ago we made this Crockpot Pizza Bake. Although the Original Recipe HERE called for rigatoni, penne, or ziti pasta, we used shells and you can really use any pasta. As always, we added extra cheese. Although it took awhile to prepare, once it was in the crockpot, it was super easy from there. Ingredients: 8oz box of shells (or any short pasta) 1 pound italian sausage, ground 1/2 pound ground beef 8oz package of sliced pepperoni onion powder, to taste 48oz pizza sauce 2 teaspoons italian seasoning garlic powder, to taste 16oz shredded mozzarella cheese Directions: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for 7 minutes. Drain and set aside. While the pasta is boiling, cook the italian sausage and ground beef together in a large skillet over medium heat until browned. While that is cooking, layer the pepperoni slices between a couple paper towe