Cooking During NaNoWriMo

At the beginning of the month, I wrote about participating in National Novel Writing Month.  I meant to write it as a pledge to myself and possibly a warning to those who have to listen to my character gossip. 

I didn't mean to throw down the gauntlet to the Universe.

Still, the Universe countered with two sick kids and my own decidedly ungraceful fall down our wooden stairs.  (My parents deserve at least half a refund for all those years of ballet lessons after that one.)

With a possibly bruised tailbone, unable to run, my best sanity saver, I've been trying to direct all of my jumbled, rushing thoughts into my little notebook.  My mind is consumed with my characters, which is exactly what NaNoWriMo should be about, but it's not conducive to planning dinner.

Universe, I'm countering back with my crockpot.

1 package of Chicken breasts

1 bottle Frank's Red Hot Wings sauce

1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch original salad dressing

cook on low for approximately 5-6 hours

shred chicken around 5 hours and let it soak up the sauce for a while longer

make delicious sandwiches, salads, or nachos

the cutest clean-up crew around

although they tend to make a bigger mess than the one they "clean"