I buy a whole chicken and put it in the Crockpot with some water, seasonings (I use pepper, oregano, rosemary) and whatever root vegetable I have on hand and a clove of garlic. I cook it on low for about 8 hours. After it is done, I pull out the chicken and and strain the broth. I usually make two different meals from the chicken (we buy ours at Aldi for around $4.50-$4.75). One meal is to cut up some celery, put with some stuffing of your choice in a baking dish, shred the chicken, and then use the broth to moisten the dressing. Bake at 400 for about 30-40 minutes and add a vegetable and you have a meal. Another meal I make is to take the chicken and broth and cook some vegetables and add either tomato sauce or tomato paste -- depending on how much broth you use and the thickness you desire -- and have chicken stew. I have used leftover roasted vegetables for the stew and it is delightful. Of course another use for the chicken is to put with some cooked vegetables like celery, carrots, potatoes, peas into a baking dish, add a can of low fat cream of chicken soup and use a baking mix like Bisquick to make a topping and you have a chicken pot pie!
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