Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Butternut Squash Slow Cooker Recipe

Try this quick and easy Chicken, Sweet Potato, & Butternut Squash slow-cooker recipe.

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Mandee and a few others suggested a slow-cooker which is a favorite kitchen appliance of mine! The last meal made in mine (before it cracked down the middle) was this Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Butternut Squash recipe. It deceivingly feels like a carb-fest because the butternut squash and sweet potatoes ending up looking so similar that you can hardly tell them apart. One serving of vegetables look and taste like a huge sweet potato. But in reality, the calories and carbs are actually cut drastically because of the butternut squash.

This is a perfect recipe for those days you are just hungry if you know what I mean.

Author/Source:

christine @ onceamonthmom.com

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts (4 ounces each)
• 2 medium sweet potatoes, cut into fourths
• 2 medium butternut squash, cut into chunks
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup fresh basil, finely chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Place all ingredients in slow cooker and place lid on top. Cook on low for 4 hours. Serve.

Cooking Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients and put into a gallon size freezer bag.
2. Freeze.
3. Defrost freezer bag overnight in refrigerator and pour contents into slow cooker.
4. Cook on low for 4 hours.

Nutritional Information

Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe • Calories: 415
Fat: 3 • Protein: 57 • Carbs: 36 • Fiber: 8 • WW Points: 6 • Points+: 10

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