Damn Scale and Mexican chicken vegetable slow cooker soup recipe

Here's a yummy recipe I adapted from this blog found on pinterest I added extra vegetables. Not only did I like it, my picky nine year old eater liked it.

The recipe:


1 tbs olive oil

1/2 a sweet yellow onion, diced

1 red pepper, diced

7-9 baby carrots thinly sliced

1-2 tbs minced garlic

5 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I put them in frozen)
1 can of kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can of corn (drained and rinsed)
2 cans of Ro-tel tomatoes (pick whatever heat you might like)
1 4-oz can of diced green chilis
1/8 C of chili powder
1-2 tbs of cayenne pepper
1 tbs oregeno
16 oz of vegetable stock (low sodium)
16 oz of chicken stock (low sodium)
half a medium zucchini cut into half inch cubes
1 can of green beans (drained and rinsed)
Juice of 5 limes


Toppers (not included in the nutritional info below)
avocado
onions
fresh tomatoes
sour cream/or greek yogurt
grated cheese
fresh cilantro

Saute the onions, garlic, peppers and carrots in the olive oil. Spray a crock pot with Pam and place the chicken on the bottom, when veggies are soft and fragrant, pour on top of chicken.  Add the rest of the ingredient, up to the zucchini. Cook on low 8-10 hours. An hour before serving, shred chicken and return to soup and add the zucchini, green beans and lime.

Makes 15 servings.  Big bowls.

Enjoy.


Here's the nutritional information, which, except for the sodium, is awesome.  Although it doesn't take into consideration I used low sodium stock and rinsed the canned vegetables.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 serving (318.4 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 186 Calories from Fat 31

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3.4g 5%

Saturated Fat 0.9g 4%

Cholesterol 40mg 13%

Sodium 796mg 33%

Total Carbohydrates 21.1g 7%

Dietary Fiber 5.1g 20%

Sugars 4.8g

Protein 19.5g

Vitamin A 31% • Vitamin C 39% Calcium 8% • Iron 13%

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

So the freakin' scale...UGH.  The day after my last awesome great weigh-in I am up 4 lbs.  Are you KIDDING ME! So since Wednesday I've been diligent about logging in all that I eat, just in case I'm fooling myself about what I've been eating.  And I haven't.  I'm staying around 800-900 Kcals a day.  I'm also exercising three to four times a week.  Granted it's not strenuous exercise, but I am working up a bit of a sweat.

Here's what really makes me mad. Up four pounds for no apparent reason and it happens in one day, but does it come off in one day? Nooooooo.  I have been experience PMS symptoms....like wondering if my friends all secretly hate me (I'd so much rather be bitchy) but nothing has shown up....hopefully soon, but with PCOS, you never know.  But maybe? this is it? Maybe it's just how it is.  But if I hear anyone say, "it's a matter of eating less and exercising more" I may shoot them (oh look at that, I do get bitchy and not just paranoid).

Here's the deal.  I'm not giving up! I'm going to continue plugging through.  I know this will happen. I know this is just how it happens.  It's still frustrating, but it is what it is.