Recipe Favorite: Crockpot Salsa Chicken

All you need are 2 ingredients to make this slow cooker shredded chicken -- good salsa and chicken!  Our current salsa favorite is the Simply Balanced Organic Roasted Restaurant Style Salsa from Target.  You can use this chicken for tacos or you can make your own burrito bowls.  Whatever you want!  I've listed a few ideas for things to serve it with below.

Prep: 1 min 
Cook: 4 hours-8 hours (depending on desired setting)

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 16 oz. jar favorite salsa

Directions:

Place chicken breasts in a slow cooker and cover with salsa. Toss until the chicken is covered.

Cover and cook on high for 4 hours (or low for 6-8 hours), or until the chicken shreds easily with a fork. Shred the chicken in the slow cooker and toss with the remaining salsa and juices until well-mixed. Serve immediately, or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 5 days (or freeze!).

Additional Suggested Items for Serving (options are limitless!):

• Flour or Corn Tortilla
• Hard Taco Shells
• Cheese
• Lettuce
• Additional Salsa
• Lime Wedges
• Guacamole
• Mexican Rice
• Quinoa
• Bell peppers (roasted)
• Sour Cream (or substitute greek yogurt) 
• Hot sauce
• Corn
• Pico de Gallo

Recipe Favorite: Crockpot Fajitas

Ingredients:
3-4 chicken breasts (Frozen)
4 cloves of pressed garlic
2 tsp of chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1 Tbsp. cilantro
4 bell peppers, any color (sliced)
1 large onion (sliced)
1 14 oz can of diced tomatoes (Low sodium if you can find them!)

Instructions:
Put all ingredients in the crock pot (chicken down first) and cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-6 hours.  You can slice the chicken or leave them whole and shred the chicken with 2 forks.

If your time will allow it, add the bell peppers to the slow cooker in the last hour so they aren't too soggy. When the cooking time is over, shred chicken with a fork.

To Serve:
Place 1 Red container of the chicken mixed with tomatoes and garlic onto a whole wheat flour tortilla. Top with 1 Green container of sliced peppers and onion. Optionally serve with 1 Tbsp. of Non-fat Greek yogurt, a blue container of shredded cheese or a blue container worth of avocado, i.e. 1/4 avocado (or mix them).

1 fajita is 1 red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow and an optional blue.

Recipe and 21 Day Fix exchanges courtesy of my fellow Beachbody Coach, Carra Theodore!