Cooking Corner: Slow-cooker salsa chicken

Do you ever find yourself saying this? End the uncertainty with our healthy suggestions.

1. Treat yourself to breakfast foods at other meals, such as whole-grain cereal with dried or fresh fruit and low-fat milk or yogurt.

2. Have a salad or sandwich night.

3. For a 1-dish meal that serves 2, try this no-fail, mix-and-match dinner, using 1 cup of each type of ingredient:

• Cooked chicken, turkey or beef
• Barley, rice or diced potatoes
• Steamed, canned or leftover vegetables
• Tomato sauce or low-fat cream soup

Put your picks in a skillet and simmer until mixture becomes bubbly. 

Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken

Spice up dinner the easy way with this tasty, no-fuss meal.

• 2 boneless chicken breast halves
• 8 ounces salsa
• 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
• 1 can no-salt-added black beans, rinsed and drained
• 6 ounces no-salt-added diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
• ½ tsp. sugar
• Dash of salt
• Dash of pepper

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in your slow cooker and cook on low for 3 to 4 hours, until chicken is done.
2. Serve with hot cooked rice, chopped tomatoes, chopped green onions and/or cubed avocado.