I read somewhere that the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook for dinner every single night for the rest of your life. Though I disagree that planning dinners is the hardest thing adulting has to offer, I sympathize with the stress behind the constant meal planning. The weeks that I've planned, grocery shopped, and prepped in advance of the craziness are the smoothest meal times (and make me feel accomplished as a wife and mom).

Here are 5 chicken recipes you can make with the same core ingredients and a single package of chicken breasts or thighs or even a cooked rotisserie chicken.

1. Chicken Enchilada Lasagna (Pampered Chef)

2. Crockpot "Roast" Chicken

3. King Ranch Chicken casserole

4. Chicken Pot Pie

5. Chicken chilaquiles

You can make these in almost any order, but you will need to have made the Crockpot "Roast" Chicken before the pot pie, because your leftovers become the pot pie filling with just a few tweaks!

Click into each recipe above for full details, and here is a cursory grocery list that assumes you have some pantry staples and seasonings. 

Shopping List:

• 1 rotisserie chicken or package of chicken thighs or breasts
• Monterrey jack cheese
• 1 can of green chili peppers
• 1 lb carrots
• 2 lbs baby red or golden potatoes
• 2-3 onions
• corn tortillas
• 1 bag frozen peas
• 1 can red enchilada sauce
• green tomatillo sauce
• chicken broth (also something you could make yourself by boiling the bones from your rotisserie chicken)
• pie crust (or follow this recipe for the best pie crust you will ever eat!)