Recipe
I’m continuing to try and eat healthy and exercise regularly and I’m feeling good (minus a nasty cold). I’ve been trying new and healthy recipes and this one is my recipe of the week. It’s perfect for busy weeknights because it’s cooked in the crockpot so that when you get home you have a guilt free, ready-made dinner. This can be served over rice with low fat sour cream and cheddar cheese.

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 19-oz can black beans
• 1 19-oz can kidney beans
• 1 8-oz can tomato sauce
• 10 oz frozen corn kernels
• 2 540 ml cans diced tomatoes (Alymer Accents for Chili)
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• (3-4) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• chili peppers, chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)

Combine beans, onion, chili peppers, corn, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning in a slow cooker. Place chicken on top and cover. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Serve topped with chopped chili peppers or fresh cilantro and/or low fat sour cream and cheddar cheese.
Servings: 10 • Size: 1 1/4 cups Calories: 203.7 • Fat: 1.4 g • Carb: 33.3 g • Fiber: 10.0 g • Protein: 16.9 g

Kids Korner
Make this quick and easy cake for your feathered friends.

Bird Cake
• Good quality bird seed
• Raisins
• Peanuts
• Suet or lard
• Small yogurt containers
• String
• Mixing bowl
• Scissors

Carefully make a small hole in the bottom of an empty yogurt container. Thread string through the hole and tie a knot on the inside. Leave enough string so that you can tie the pot to a tree. Allow the lard to warm up to room temperature, but don’t melt it. Then cut it up into small pieces and put it in the mixing bowl. Add the other ingredients to the bowl and mix them together with your fingertips. Keep adding the seeds, raisins and peanuts and squishing it until the fat holds it all together. Fill your yogurt containers with the bird cake mixture and put them in the fridge to set for an hour or so.