Crock Pot Pesto Ranch Chicken

I have been slacking on posting. Sorry! Last week, I just didn't feel like cooking. But now, I am back!  

Last night, I tried out a new Pinterest recipe. I have been wanting to try this one for a while, but when I mentioned it to the hubs, he didn't sound very enthused about it! ;)  So I have been waiting to try it out, but last night, I decided to finally do it! 

Crock Pot Ranch Pesto Chicken
Here is the actual link to the recipe.  I modified it just a bit! 
Pesto Ranch Crock Pot Chicken Thighs


First of all, I used chicken breasts, instead of chicken thighs, because that is what I always have on hand.

3 frozen chicken breasts
1 packet of Ranch (or 3 TBSP of the mix)
1 jar of pesto sauce (says 6 ounces, but my jar was 8.8)
1/2 cup chicken broth (I ended up using almost the whole can)

most of the ingredients

Put your chicken in the crock pot and pour the pesto on top of it

...then sprinkle the Ranch on top of that.  Then pour the chicken broth over everything!

Set the crock pot on high for 3 hours. I ended up adding another 30 minutes, because my chicken breasts were thick and I wanted to make sure they were done!

 

This is what it looked like when it was almost done! It smelled so good! 

I made these veggies and also some Ranch mashed potatoes for our sides.  I was a little worried that the kids wouldn't eat the green beans, because they used to not like them, but they gobbled them up! They loved them! I am so glad that my kids love veggies so much!

For the kid's plates, I cut up the chicken and poured some of the pesto sauce over the top of it! 

I made a salad to go with mine!

Another score for a new recipe! It was delish!!!!!  The kids really liked it and my hubbins did too! It was so easy to make and super tasty! And with the extra sauce, you can put it over your mashed potatoes and any veggies you make! Finger licking good! ;)