Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken with Oven Roasted Cauliflower and Garlicky Green Beans

I'm so excited to share this recipe because it's the first one that is not new to me, and I'm a huge fan of it. I haven't purposely been choosing a lot of crockpot meals but this just so happens to be another one. This slow cooked balsamic chicken falls apart by the time you are ready to serve it. It's so delicious.

Ingredients: 

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 of a yellow onion, chopped

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp olive oil

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

8 chicken thighs, bone-in with skin

fresh chopped parsley

Directions: Combine the dry spices (garlic powder, basil, salt, pepper) in a small bowl. Rub chicken with spices. Pour olive oil and garlic into crockpot. Place chicken over the mixture. Dump onions over chicken. Then pour the balsamic vinegar over the chicken and onions. Cook on high for 4 hours. Sprinkle with fresh parsley to serve.

Recipe adapted from Metabolic Cooking Book

As a side to this dish, I made oven-roasted cauliflower with garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice, and some garlicky green beans. These were both very simple but still good.

Oven-Roasted Cauliflower Ingredients:

5-6 cups of cauliflower florets (1 1/2 inches)

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper 

2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Directions: Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place the cauliflower florets in a roasting pan. Drizzle the olive oil over the cauliflower, and season with garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to evenly roast. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Recipe credit to: KitchMe

The green beans were the easiest. All I did was chop off the ends of the beans and dropped them into boiling water for about ten minutes. After they were done, I drained out the water and then drizzled them with the homemade salad dressing that I posted a few days ago, and added some minced garlic. I gave them a good shake and that was it!