Crockpot Chicken and Gravy

You're busy getting ready for the holidays:  shopping, menu planning, cooking, decorating, kids home on break.  It's a whirlwind of activity but you still have to eat.  Make something that cooks itself, like this dinner--it's crockpot sourcery I tell you.  Pure magic.  With gravy :)

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(WHAT YOU WILL NEED)

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 envelope chicken gravy

chicken broth

salt/pepper/garlic powder

1 bag baby carrots

1 celery stalk, cut in large dice

1 small onion, peeled and quartered

2 or 3 fresh thyme sprigs

parsley

*Note:  serve with mashed potatoes

Place celery, onion, and carrots in crockpot.  Season chicken with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and place on top of vegetables.  Open soup and spoon over chicken, covering the top.  Fill both empty soup cans with chicken broth and pour around the chicken.  Sprinkle gravy packet over and around the chicken, mixing in with spoon.  Add in thyme sprigs. Cover, and cook on low heat, 5 1/2 - 6 hours.  Chicken is done when it breaks apart easily with a fork..

When done, break chicken into large chunks with 2 forks, stir all together and cook another few minutes .  Take out thyme sprigs.  Ladle into bowls with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with parsley.  Salt and pepper to taste.