I think a visit to my local chapter of Chocoholics Anonymous may be in order. I’ve consumed copious quantities of the sweet stuff in the past two days!
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First, some literally TDF Homemade Fudge Sauce (had the consistency of warm brownie batter…went back for seconds of just the sauce…omg) over some peppermint ice cream at work yesterday, and today I chowed on a Milk Chocolate Pecan Turtle and Dark Chocolate Ganache filled White Chocolate Snowman! All completely worth it, I’m just saying – too much chocolate makes IGE go blehhhh. To vegetables! 
Or crock pot dinners! (I may need to do a little research into crock pot-aholics anonymous as well…just sayin’!) Tonight: Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken.
Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken
Based on this recipe.
Ingredients:
1 can chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies
1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
8 oz frozen corn
3 green onions, sliced
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon dried cilantro
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
Salt, to taste
2 large chicken breasts, thawed
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients from chicken broth to salt in crock pot. Salt chicken breasts, lay on top of mixture and cook on low for 7 hours.
2. Remove chicken breasts and shred with two forks. Return shredded chicken to crock pot, stir to combine, taste and adjust seasonings.
3. Serve over cooked rice, or in tortillas. Top with more green onions, sour cream, cheese and fresh cilantro.
HO-ly cow, this was so flavorful!
Sometimes, at least for me, the combination of black beans, diced tomatoes, corn and green chilis can be kind of flavorless for whatever reason. This was SO delicious though! I’m giving credit to the green onions and cilantro. 
The chicken was cooked to tender, flaky perfection. It literally shredded itself!
The bed for my santa fe chicken was some brown rice.
Which I cooked up for about 25 minutes, then added a wee bit of butter, salt and cilantro. Some lime juice would have been perfection, but alas, I found myself limeless tonight. 
One thing – cheese is a must with this dish. Just a sprinkle will do ya’. It just kind of brings all the flavors together in one, gooey bite. YUM!!
This would also be insaaaanely good over some tortilla chips.
Or perhaps some Food Should Taste Good chips! Which, you have until tomorrow @ 3pm central to enter to win. What a co-ink.
Tonight I’m going to babysit the love of my life – baby nephew Finn – and then I’ve got to pack, pack, pack my life away for our vacay. We leave tomorrow, wheee!
Have a good night everyone!
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Which is worse: packing or un-packing?
I say un-packing, because inevitably I’ll end up packing a zillion more outfits then I really need, and I’ll have to hang it all back up when I come home…or actually, wash it even if I didn’t wear it because it’s become wrinkled in my suitcase. Oh well, clearly vacation is worth some wrinkles!
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That looks yum, even from my vegan standpoint – I love Tex-Mex food!
Also, I agree totally! Unpacking is the WORST because then you have to wash all of it, and if you’re away for, oh, 8 days like we will be, that’s missing more than one potential laundry day. I hate pile-ups; I love being on top of chores like laundry and dishes (and, well, all of them, but these pile up faster than, say, tub scrubbing). SIGH. But the vacay is always worth it, and I can’t complain since I’ll be home after and have the time to wash.
Where you going fun?
Unpacking is the worst. I usually end up doing a ton of laundry when I finally unpack a few days after we return.
Definitely unpacking is the worst, and plus your trip is over so you are not excited anymore!
I’d be in the “highly supervised ward” of the Chocoholics Anonymous facility
Unpacking is worse for me!
This looks AMAAAZING. I just printed out the recipe. Yay for crockpots! And our office snack table just got stocked today by vendors sending us chocolates and cookies. Ugh.
definitely unpacking! my packing process takes a short amount of time over a few days. unpacking, i always feel like i should do at once. that makes it feel like it’s taking forrrrever.
I’ve always been under the impression cumin power IS dried cilantro; could you clarify?
I’ll weigh in on the packing vs unpacking debate as well. Definitely unpacking because then you just end up with a bunch of stuff to put away and a pile of dirty laundry.
Wow, those chocolate indulges sound wayyyyyy too amazing to pass up, so I am so happy that you didn’t!
Dinner in your crock always rocks!
Where are you going on vacay? I’m sure you mentioned it but I think I missed where you were going.
Have fun girl!
Your food always looks SO AMAZING!! I nearly died when I saw the shredded chicken…looks so good!!
I agree, unpacking is the worst!! Have an awesome vacation!
UNPACKING IS TOTALLY WORSE! In my opinion…I always get home praying someone would unpack my stuff and wash/dry/put it away!
Happy Thursday,
Katie
I always say I’m going to use the crockpot and then I never do!
Unpacking is worse..unless I just dump it straight in the laundry
I am right there with you at those CA meetings!!
I’m going to have to disagree with everyone else – I think PACKING is worse! While I don’t love unpacking, at least I don’t procrastinate as badly. Plus, packing always takes longer than I think it will, which results in me running around like a crazy woman throwing things into a suitcase at the last minute. Unpacking, on the other hand, always goes faster than I think it will, and it’s always a huge relief to be done with it!
I actually really don’t mind packing, so I’m going with unpacking! Plus unpacking also means the vacay is ov-ah which usually is sad too
Dinner looks fantastic, you are def winning the crockpot queen title this year girl! Hey, that’s not such a bad thing now is it 
?
Keep the crockpot recipes coming! We tried your chicken tortilla soup (with leftover Thanksgiving turkey) for dinner and the husband and I mmm-ed the whole time. Delish!
Yum!! This is going in my to try recipe pile!! I am loving all these crock pot recipes!! And I hate unpacking!!
No doubt, unpacking. For packing, you can just throw everything in a bag. When you have to UNPACK, you have to figure out where everything goes!! Not excited about that on my to-do list tomorrow!
Yummy, yummy! I totally just copied and pasted that recipe and printed it! Guess what we’re having for dinner tomorrow night???? Ooooh yeah!!!
And I totally agree–unpacking is the worst. I also pack too much (or very, very rarely, too little–eeks!) and have to wash it all again, too, due to wrinkles and “suitcase” smell, LOL!!
That looks so yummy!
Chocolate and crock-pot cooking. You are after my heart for sure.
Oh, and UNpacking. Ugh.
Unpacking! Because it’s usually so sad to come back.
Unpacking is definitely worse! Packing is the fun part…picking out all the outfits. Which leads to the many more items in your suitcase that you need and then the washing and putting away when you get home…
Paula – cumin and cilantro are different things. You might be thinking of coriander, the seed from the cilantro plant. Cumin is one of the main ingredients in most taco seasonings.
I always procrastinate on unpacking and end up not knowing where half my things are, so I definitely think it’s worse.
I actually kind of enjoy packing because I get to make lists and be very organized, so I don’t mind it at all.
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