Some of my favorite Fall recipes are crock pot recipes. It’s just so convenient to toss in all your ingredients in the morning, and then come home to a warm meal in the afternoon. Here’s an especially easy recipe for chicken cacciatore that you can serve over any pasta.

• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (6oz) cans tomato paste
• 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs. boneless chicken breast (legs and thighs are fine too)
• 8 oz mushrooms
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 c. dry white wine, optional
• 1/4 c. water

Place the sliced onion in the bottom of the slow cooker. Place chicken on the onion. Mix together tomato paste, mushrooms, salt, pepper, garlic, Italian seasoning, wine and water in a bowl. Pour mixture over chicken and cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serves 4.

This recipe contains tomato paste, which is an excellent source of lycopene, a cancer-fighting antioxidant.  Here’s more about the benefits of lycopene.