My manager at work recommended this recipe as a quick, healthy meal option. I modified it some, but think I maybe should have stuck with her original idea. First, I'll share what I did, then I'll give my ideas on how to improve it.
First up--ingredients.
Chicken Breast Slices (you can also cut up your own)
Red, green, and yellow pepper
Italian Seasoning...I chose mine based on calories
Baby Spinach, or really any type of greens that you enjoy for salad
Cut up the red pepper
Cut up the yellow pepper
Cut up the green pepper while watching Netflix
Throw peppers in crockpot
Throw chicken in crockpot
Add Italian dressing to taste
Mix peppers, chicken, and dressing
Put on low and go work an 8 hour shift where you're paid too little to do too much
Ready to eat
After it was cooked, I put it on spinach leaves to make a salad. I found that the peppers had marinated too long and were soggy (I used almost the entire bottle of dressing).
The original recipe called for individually preparing what you'd like for you salad, putting it in tin foil, and placing it on the grill until cooked. I think grilling would help the peppers stay crunchy. I also think that the next time I try this will be will far less dressing, probably a cup or so, on top of chicken and then I'll place the peppers on top of chicken and let it chill in the crockpot with mixing all the ingredients.
Despite some shortcomings, I felt like the meal was still very delicious. I love coming home and being able to eat, and having prepared this before work, it meant that I didn't have to go to the old standby of ice cream sandwiches for supper.
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