{"id":321,"date":"2019-11-18T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/crockpot-monday-pesto-chicken\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:14:04","slug":"crockpot-monday-pesto-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/crockpot-monday-pesto-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockpot Monday: Pesto Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEib-brUN9R7o5J0nRq3JRuLEcUFOwe_ecJz1ey9igwOzftGqtHCNuZokl1lFGQhv23vaYOFUkBMTdvoRz1kFG2Ysd1x-5fkCkh5lZ5595_N1YzsUQFNxlRlITh7zy5gcm_lbliHXnGCWrYQ\/s1600\/51205069_394021194491746_5113043851606491136_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEib-brUN9R7o5J0nRq3JRuLEcUFOwe_ecJz1ey9igwOzftGqtHCNuZokl1lFGQhv23vaYOFUkBMTdvoRz1kFG2Ysd1x-5fkCkh5lZ5595_N1YzsUQFNxlRlITh7zy5gcm_lbliHXnGCWrYQ\/s320\/51205069_394021194491746_5113043851606491136_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"182\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"536\" data-original-width=\"940\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><u><b>Pesto Chicken:<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>Ingredients:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>For the pesto:<br \/>\n1\/4 cup olive oil<br \/>\n2 tablespoons lemon or lime juice<br \/>\n4 garlic cloves<br \/>\n2 cups fresh basil<br \/>\n2 tablespoons pine nuts<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon pepper<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>4 chicken thighs, or breast halves<br \/>\nsliced mozzarella cheese<br \/>\naluminum foil or parchment paper<br \/>\n4 small sweet potatoes, washed well, skin on<\/p>\n<p><u>Directions:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>In a food processor or blender, combine the ingredients for your pesto.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of a large slow cooker, arrange your chicken pieces. Layer on slices of mozzarella cheese. Pour pesto evenly on top. Cover with a layer of foil or parchment paper. Scrub sweet potatoes well, prick with a fork, and lay them on top of the paper or foil. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 4-5.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully remove the sweet potatoes with tongs, and remove foil or parchment. The steam that comes out will be hot, so please be careful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pesto Chicken: Ingredients: For the pesto: 1\/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon or lime juice 4 garlic cloves 2 cups fresh basil 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1\/4 teaspoon pepper&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2012],"tags":[8,7],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipe","tag-chicken","tag-crockpot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1961,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/1961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}