recipe: chicken & dumplings

i don't usually cook anything that takes longer than 15-20 minutes during the week, but luckily this recipe has a 15-20 minute prep then just cooks itself all day, like a nice little robot dinner. i adapted the Slowcooker Chicken & Dumplings recipe from allrecipes.com, which i've made a few times now. the first time i made this i really didn't expect it to be that good looking at the ingredients... a lot of recipes with cream of chicken or mushroom soup in the slow cooker just taste like old cream of can, and i didn't love the idea of these cheater-dumplings. luckily i was mistaken b/c this is one of the easiest & comfortiest comfort meals, like getting a hug from a cuddly chicken.

ingredients list:
- 2 cans of cream of chicken soup
- 1 can of chicken broth
- 2 full chicken breasts
- 1/2 a large onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, diced
- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 1 red pepper, diced (i just used this b/c i had it on hand...any veggies you like work)
- salt
- pepper (i used white & garlic peppers)
- paprika
- 1 can of pillsbury biscuit dough

to make:
add first eight ingredients to slowcooker (my chicken breasts were frozen when i put them in...frozen/thawed both work), and set to low heat. add a few pinches of salt, pepper & paprika to taste. cook on low for 4-5 hours, then use forks to shred chicken. tear up biscuit dough into small (1/2 - 1 inch) pieces & add to slowcooker, turning up to high & cooking for an additional 2 hours (the original recipe has the 'dumplings' cooking for only a 1/2 hour... i prefer longer just to make sure they aren't too doughy). done!

rating... would be 7 *******. lot of yum over a minimal effort is okie doke in my book.