You know what I love about crockpots? You can just throw whatever you have in there, add some liquid, and it’s bound to taste good. And that’s exactly what happened here. 

It’s a gluten free, dairy free super easy and inexpensive meal idea. And even my kids like it!

Slow Cooker Chicken + Root Vegetable Quinoa

This is seriously so easy I feel silly even writing this all out.

You’ll need:

• Chicken breasts (although all I had was frozen chicken tenders, I used 5)
• 1 box (32 oz) butternut squash soup (or you can use chicken stock, veggie stock, whatever!)
• 1 large sweet potato / yam, chopped.
• 4 large carrots, sliced
• 1 cup quinoa

How to:

(Again, I feel silly even writing this out)

1. Put chicken and butternut squash in crockpot, and set for desired amount of time (I usually do 4 hours, because I’m forgetful and last minute with everything).
2. Halfway through, add the chopped sweet potato and carrots.
3. When there’s 45 minutes to an hour left, add the quinoa (don’t put it in too early, or else it will get mushy).
4. EAT UP!

And bonus – it’s really good topped with an egg for lunch the next day, too!