Creamy Ranch Chicken

We seem to be back on track, cooking wise, anyway!   I am always on the lookout for new dishes to try, and I think Emily is picking up the same habit. I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and came across this recipe.  Of course there seeems to be a lot of recipes appearing on those newsfeeds, but some of them are interesting looking.  This one looked simple enough and appetizing.  I don't use my crock pot as much as I could, but it does require more forethought than I usually give dinner.  Still I forwarded the recipe to Emily and asked her if she wanted to give it a go.  She asked if I had a crock pot (and she has seen me use it!) but thought she could manage.
After supper Sunday night I helped her assemble everything and stowed the casserole insert in the refrigerator until morning.
She scrubbed and diced 6 potatoes, the recipe didn't mention peeling them, so I told her to save the effort.  These went into the pot, followed by baby carrorts.  She laid chicken breasts on top and stirred together a can of cream of chicken soup, a packet of Ranch dressing mix and some milk then poured this over the top,  I thought it looked a little scant, so I added a second can of soup.  As it turned out we had too much sauce; I always forget things get more liquid, not less, in a slow cooker.  Oh well.  The orginal recipe cited 1 - 23oz can of soup, which seemed an awful lot to me.  Must have been a misprint.
When I got home from work on Monday I attempted to thicken the sauce a little by stirring a little flour & water into some sauce I spooned out, then stirring everything back in & turning the heat up to high while Emily made a salad.
Dinner was delicious, and made a nice lunch the following day.  The chicken breasts could even have been diced to make this into a nice chicken stew, especially with the addition of some peas, and even an onion.  I thought it needed a little seasoning too, but maybe that second can of soup detracted from the ranch dressing mix.

Creamy Ranch Chicken

6 meduim potatoes, diced                                         1 can condensed cream of chicken soup

2 cups baby carrots                                                   1 packet dry ranch dressing mix

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (1 pound)         1/2 cup milk

Place the potatoes and carrots into a greased crock pot, top with chicken breasts.  Mix together soup, dressing mix and milk, pour over chicken.  Cover and cook on high 4-6 hours, or low for 8-10 hours.

Top with fresh parsley, chopped, if desired.