Tasty dinner

My mom got me a CrockPot cookbook for Christmas so I have been trying out a few recipes here and there and the following is a good one. I'll admit I was skeptical about the book at first, I thought it was gonna be just a bunch of gross old lady recipes since the people who submitted the recipes were all named Betty, Dorothy, Eleanor, etc. But I'm glad to say I have been pleasantly surprised. I don't use the crock pot often enough, I am paranoid about leaving it during the day because I worry it will start the house on fire and kill all the puppies. I like to worry. But I am going to start leaving recipes for Michael to do on his days off and that should make dinner a lot easier on those nights.

*Mandarin Orange Chicken*
Ann VanDoren of Lady Lake, FL (see, she's probably some old, retired lady living in sunny Florida because it helps her arthritis)

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (I use the frozen ones from Costco)
1 medium-sized onion, thinly sliced
1/4 C orange juice concentrate
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained, but save 3 Tbsp. of juice
2 tbsp. flour

1. Put chicken in the cooker (duh)
2. Put the onion, orange juice concentrate, poultry seasoning and salt over the chicken.
3. Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours (mine was done closer to the 4 hours)
4. Take just the chicken out, leaving all the juice and stuff in the crock pot
5. In a saucepan put the 3 tbsp of mandarin orange juice that you saved and the flour, stir until smooth.
6. Stir in chicken cooking juices (I just spooned as much out of the crock pot as I could), bring to a boil, stir and cook until its thickened (about 2 minutes).
7. Stir in mandarin oranges, then stir all that back in the crock pot with all the onion, etc.
8. Pour over chicken.

I cooked some rice in the rice cooker and put the chicken and sauce over the rice, it was really good! Michael wasn't a huge fan because he "doesn't like fruit in his dinner" but whatever, he's not much for going out on the "food" limb. The recipe makes 4 servings and is only 240 calories a serving (not including the rice). I guess old ladies, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose in society.
Haha, that last sentence is from the movie Dumb&Dumber, just for all those who might be offended.