Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Quinoa Soup – CE
salad
  • Clean Eating
  • poultry, skinny, slow cooker
Slow Cooker Butternut Squash and Quinoa Soup – CE
salad
  • Clean Eating
  • poultry, skinny, slow cooker
Servings:

Ingredients

Prep
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 C quinoa
  • 4 C frozen butternut squash
  • 1 C frozen corn
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 2 t minced garlic
  • 1 pkg fajita seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste
On Cooking Day
  • 5 C chicken broth
  • 6 C salad greens

Instructions

To Assemble
  1. Rinse and drain the kidney beans then add to a large zipper bag with remaining ingredients. Zip to seal and squish around to mix.
To Cook
  1. Lightly grease slow cooker with non-stick spray.
  2. Add chicken mixture to slow cooker along with chicken broth. Cook on high 3-4 hours.
  3. At the end of cooking, shred chicken with 2 forks then mix well.
  4. Optional: At the end of cooking, remove some of the squash, mash it with a potato masher and then put it back in the soup. This makes it a bit heartier.
  5. Serve with salad.

Ingredients

Prep
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 C quinoa
  • 4 C frozen butternut squash
  • 1 C frozen corn
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 2 t minced garlic
  • 1 pkg fajita seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste
On Cooking Day
  • 5 C chicken broth
  • 6 C salad greens

Instructions

To Assemble
  1. Rinse and drain the kidney beans then add to a large zipper bag with remaining ingredients. Zip to seal and squish around to mix.
To Cook
  1. Lightly grease slow cooker with non-stick spray.
  2. Add chicken mixture to slow cooker along with chicken broth. Cook on high 3-4 hours.
  3. At the end of cooking, shred chicken with 2 forks then mix well.
  4. Optional: At the end of cooking, remove some of the squash, mash it with a potato masher and then put it back in the soup. This makes it a bit heartier.
  5. Serve with salad.
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