Slow Cooker Chicken in Sauce

As promised, here is the recipe for Slow cooker chicken, given to me by a dear friend that I haven't seen in years and miss a lot!

30--------Baby carrots
4---------Medium potatoes, cubed
1---------10oz can of whole mushrooms
1/2c-----Chopped onion
6--------Boneless Chicken breast halves

1--------10oz can cream of mushroom soup
1tsp-----Chicken or beef bouillon powder
1/4c-----White (or alcohol free) wine
1-------- Envelope of onion soup mix (I use this stuff in everything! Almost!)
1/4tsp-- Salt
1/8tsp-- Pepper

Arrange vegetables in layers in slow cooker. Lay chicken pieces over top.

Stir remaining ingredients together, mixing well. Spoon over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 10-12hrs or on high for 5-6hrs.

I've never tried this recipe yet but plan to this week.

It became summer (officially) on saturday (or sunday, depending on the calendar!) and wow was it nice! It has been so cool and cloudy here but the weekend was so beautiful. I am someone who really responds to the weather. If it is dark and cloudy, I am lethargic and a bit on the grumpy side. If it is sunny, all of a sudden I feel like cleaning, being active and am in such a good mood! Needless to say, winters feel VERY long for me! How about you? Do you find that your moods reflect the weather too? Any tricks that work for you in getting through the long winters? (so very long here in Atlantic Canada!)

Potato-Leek Soup

Here is the recipe for the Potato Leek Soup. Actually I lost the recipe so I had to ask my mother in law for it. You know how some recipes are: a bit of this and a bit of that, not always kept as a written recipe, but here is the closest I can get:

2 Leeks
1 onion
2 or 3 large potatoes
margarine
1 qt chicken broth
garlic powder
salt
pepper

So you cut up the leek and onion and saute them in margine until tender then add chicken broth. Then dice and add potatoes and garlic, salt and pepper according to taste. There are two ways to go with it after the potatoes are soft. You can serve it as is, nice and chunky, or you can puree it in the blender using some milk. I have had it both ways and it is very good either way. It is nice and thick as a puree and hides the floating green things (leeks) from the kids! It is such a simple recipe but very tasty! You can add anything you like that you think will enhance it!