Easy Minestrone

I made this for a work lunch we had...it's tasty!

1 pound Sausage
1 pint green beans
1 can kidney beans ( I double these because I omit the garbanzo beans)
1 can garbanzo beans (I omit these because I don't care for them)
carrots, celery and onion, diced as many as you feel necessary, I add lots.
1 tablespoon parsley
1 can tomato paste
1 quart tomatoes
1 quart water
1 can beef consume
2-3 cups noodles (I used th garden colored rotoni)
1/2 teaspon basil
1 clove garlic


Brown meant, saute' vegetables. Add water, spices and beans. Simmer.
Add tomatoes and consume.

Boil noodles seperate and add about 5-10 minutes before serving.

Creamy Italian Chicken

This was easy:
4 Large Chicken Breast
1 Bottle of Italian Dressing
1 8 oz pkg Cream Cheese
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
Noodles or rice

Place chicken breasts in crock pot with italian dressing for 5 hours on low or 3 hours on high. Once cooked, remove chicken and shred. Before adding chicken back into the crock pot, add cream of chicken soup and package of cream cheese and mix until smooth. Add Chicken back into the mix and let it cook for about another hour. We put ours over bowtie or butterfly (as Libbi calls them) noodles, but you could put it over rice also. It's super yummy!